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Weir, Robert Mitchell, 1877-1949

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Chapman-Southerland Collection (MS409)

 Collection
Identifier: MS409
Content Description

This Collection contains roughly 55 letters. It includes letters written by or to Helen Mary Chapman, Helen Pearson Chapman, Arthur Leigh Southerland, and Robert Mitchell Weir along with other family and business letters.

Dates: 1878-1916

Correspondence Between Helen M. Chapman and Robert M. Weir, 1895-1896

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

This folder contains 10 letters written between Robert (Bob) Mitchel Weir and his 2nd cousin Helen Mary Chapman, later Southerland. Robert's maternal grandfather, Robert Alexander, was the brother of Helen's paternal grandmother, Sigismunda Mary Francis Alexander Chapman. The contents of the letters appear to be messages during a courtship while Robert lived in Noblesville, Virginia and Washington, and Helen lived in Gunston which is now Arlington, Virginia.

Dates: 1895-1896

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