Box 1

Scope and Contents 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...