- GLC#
- GLC02150.25-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 25 May 1895
- Author/Creator
- Gordon, George, fl. 1893-1894
- Title
- To F. B. Noyes
- Place Written
- Somerville, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 25.3 cm
- Primary time period
- Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
- Sub-Era
- The Gilded Age
Letter regarding a request from F. B. Noyes about geneological information about a mutual friend named Judge Wheeler. Gordon traces his ancestry several notable historical figures, including Emperor Charlemagne and Arnulf, bishop of Metz. It also talks about the subject of geneology in a more general way, speculating about the number of ancestors people have as well as how long pride in ethnic heritage maintains itself.
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