- Collection:
- Columbia Theological Seminary Manuscript Collection
- Title:
- Letter of Thomas Woodrow [Sr.] to Robert Williamson, 1836
- Creator:
- Woodrow, Thomas, 1793-1877
- Date of Original:
- 1836
- Subject:
- Bereavement
Emigration and immigration
Transatlantic voyages
Voyages and travels
Williamson, Robert, approximately 1750-1838
Wilson, Janet Woodrow, 1826-1888
Woodrow family
Woodrow, James, 1828-1907
Woodrow, Marion, 1791-1836
Woodrow, Robert, 1820-1857
Woodrow, Thomas, 1793-1877--Personal correspondence
Oliver Street Baptist Church (New York, N.Y.)
Dutchess County (N.Y.)
England--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century
Glasgow (Scotland)
Liverpool (England)
New York (N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)--Emigration and immigration
New York County (N.Y.)
New York (State)
Scotland - Location:
- United States, New York, 43.00035, -75.4999
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
personal correspondence - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Letter of Thomas Woodrow [Sr.] to Robert Williamson, father-in-law of Thomas. He gives an account of the terrible voyage of the Woodrow family to New York from Liverpool and expresses sorrow over the recent death and burial of his wife Marion, the daughter of Robert. The immigrating Woodrow family includes Woodrow Wilson's mother, Janet Woodrow, then a child. He briefly describes their life in New York, and the city itself. New York (N.Y.), February 23, 1836. Includes a handwritten copy of the letter.
Institution: C. Benton Kline, Jr. Special Collections and Archives, John Bulow Campbell Library, Columbia Theological Seminary - Metadata URL:
- http://cdm17323.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17323coll7/id/5557
- IIIF manifest:
- https://cdm17323.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/2/p17323coll7:5557/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 8 pages
- Original Collection:
- James Woodrow papers, 1808, 1836-1916 [bulk 1850-1867]
- Holding Institution:
- Columbia Theological Seminary
- Rights:
-
