Correspondence
Subject
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Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Giles Gunn papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0292
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of five letters (dated 1848 to 1854) written by Giles Gunn while he was a schoolteacher in Lexington, Virginia. The letters, addressed primarily to his sister Mary (living at the Gunn home in Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut), include discussions of interesting local events as well as references to family. Topics include:
VMI commencement
A detailed description of his school and his methods of instruction
A description of the...
Letter to father, 1854 January 15
Item
Scope and Contents
The letter describes in detail the circumstances surrounding the murder of Richard C. Taylor's classmate Thomas Blackburn by Charles B. Christian, a Washington College law student.
Letter to father, 1854 January 15
Digital Image
Identifier: https://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/2420
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Letter to Margaret Fulkerson (Vance), 1854 April 14
Item
Scope and Contents
Written from VMI, Lexington, Virginia. Letter regards family news and the trial of Charles Christian for the murder of Cadet Thomas Blackburn.
Letter to Margaret Fulkerson (Vance), 1854 April 14
Digital Image
Identifier: https://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/2080
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Letter to Mary Gunn, 1854 February 1
Item
Scope and Contents
Written from Lexington, Virginia. Topics include the murder of VMI cadet Thomas Blackburn by Charles B. Christian, a local law student.
Letter to Mary Gunn, 1854 February 1
Digital Image
Identifier: https://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/1149
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Richard C. Taylor letter
Collection
Identifier: MS-0159
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one letter from Richard C. Taylor to his father, dated January 15, 1854. Taylor describes in detail the circumstances surrounding the murder of his classmate Cadet Thomas Blackburn by Charles B. Christian, a Washington College law student.
