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Contains 5 Results:

Correspondence from Arthur L. Southerland to Helen P. Chapman, 1896-1898

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

This folder contains 5 letters written by Arthur L. Southerland to Helen P. Chapman, cousin of his future wife, Helen Mary Chapman. The letters were written to Helen while she either lived or worked at the Washington Home for Incurables in Georgetown, and appear to indicate a friendship or courtship between the two.

Dates: 1896-1898

Correspondence Between Arthur L. Southerland and Helen M. Chapman, 1899-1900

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

This folder contains 10 letters written between future spouses Arthur L. Southerland and Helen M. Chapman. The letters are marked by courtship and span up until their marriage in the summer of 1900.

Dates: 1899-1900

Miscellaneous Family Correspondence, 1877-1930

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

This folder contains 8 letters from various Chapman or Southerland family members to others in the family. Authors include Webb Southerland, brother of Arthur L. Southerland, Leigh M. Southerland, father of Arthur, Cecelia W. Chapman and Leola E. Chapman, both sisters of Helen Pearson Chapman (all daughters of Maryland congressman Andrew Grant Chapman), Nannie Thomas, a cousin of Arthur, and Thomas Chapman Southerland, younger son of Arthur and Helen May Chapman Southerland.

Dates: 1877-1930

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

Assorted Letters, 1897-1932

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents This folder contains 15 miscellaneous letters mostly sent to either Helen M. Chapman Southerland or her husband Arthur L. Southerland. Authors include various banks such as the Home Savings Bank, Clarendon Trust Company, and Industrial Savings and Loan, V. Marcinkowski along with Arthur's labor union the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, lawyer C. W. Ford, a letter containing a note from John E. Wade along with a second letter from George J. Mueller to B. Matthews, Thomas Somerville, and...
Dates: 1897-1932