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Gordon, George, fl. 1893-1894 To F. B. Noyes

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02150.24.01 Author/Creator: Gordon, George, fl. 1893-1894 Place Written: Somerville, Massachusetts Type: Typed document Date: 13 June 1893 Pagination: 1 p. : 20.4 x 25.5 cm Order a Copy

A letter from George A. Gordon, regarding the military ancestry of Frank B. Noyes's wife, who was a daughter of Charles L. Wilder. Her great-grandfather, Moses Wilder, was a corporal in the revolution, and her great-great grandfather, Oliver Wilder, was a colonel in the colonial wars.

Noyes, Thomas, 1754-1819

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