Box 1
Contains 5 Results:
Correspondence from Arthur L. Southerland to Helen P. Chapman, 1896-1898
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.
Correspondence Between Arthur L. Southerland and Helen M. Chapman, 1899-1900
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.
Miscellaneous Family Correspondence, 1877-1930
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.
Correspondence Between Helen M. Chapman and Robert M. Weir, 1895-1896
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.