Series 3. Plattenburg Family Papers, 1824-1884

This series includes legal and financial documents such as deeds and tax receipts, as well as family correspondence of the Plattenburgs. The Plattenburgs are connected to the Doddridge family through Philip Doddridge's daughter, Ellen [or Eleanor] Sophia, who married Perry Plattenburg. Correspondence topics include family matters, illness, travel, the Civil War, and other subjects. Letters about illness include item 90. There are letters about the Oregon Trail (items 86, 121, 122), Overland Trail (item 100), and travel by steamboat (items 88, 115 [clipping]) and stagecoach (item 123). Letters about the Civil War include items 104 and 110.