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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Gist family papers, 1776-1865</title>
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  <typeOfResource collection="yes" manuscript="yes">mixed material</typeOfResource>
  <originInfo>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
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  <abstract>Includes letters (1776-1778) of John McClure and William Sterett to Mordecai Gist relating to the Revolution in Maryland; letters (1847-1853) of W. W. H. Gist while serving in the Mexican War in New Mexico and while in California; and letters from various family members who served in the 6th Maryland Infantry and the 17th Kentucky Infantry during the Civil War relating to action in Maryland, Virginia, and Tennessee.  Includes a map of military installations around the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers at the time of the Revolution.  Correspondents include Branford Gist, George W. Gist, Mary Gist, and Richard J. Gist.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>In part, photocopies. [S.l.].</note>
  <note>Members of the Gist family in Maryland and Missouri.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Gist, Mary</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Gist, Mordecai</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1742-1792</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Gist, Branford</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1843-1863</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Gist, George Washington</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1819-1895</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Gist, Richard J</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Gist, W. W. H</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>McClure, John</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">approximately 1730-1780</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Sterett, William</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Gist family</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Army.</namePart>
      <namePart>Kentucky Infantry Regiment, 17th (1861-1865)</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Army.</namePart>
      <namePart>Maryland Infantry Regiment, 6th (1862-1865)</namePart>
    </name>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Mexican War, 1846-1848</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>California</geographic>
    <topic>Description and travel</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Revolution, 1775-1783</temporal>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Kentucky</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
    <topic>Campaigns</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Maryland</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Maryland</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Revolution, 1775-1783</temporal>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>New Mexico</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>To 1848</temporal>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Pennsylvania</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Revolution, 1775-1783</temporal>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Schuylkill River Valley (Pa.)</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Tennessee</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
    <topic>Campaigns</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
    <topic>Campaigns</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Revolution, 1775-1783</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Virginia</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
    <topic>Campaigns</topic>
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  <identifier type="lccn">mm 78022889</identifier>
  <accessCondition type="restrictionOnAccess">Open to research.</accessCondition>
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