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World politics -- History -- 19th century -- Archival resources

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Reuben Gilder papers

 Collection 0187-MDHC
Abstract Little is known concerning the details of the life of Reuben Gilder, other than various accounts of his military service during the War of 1812 in the Fort Niagara, Canada, theater of war, along with selected subsequent experiences in the capacity of a retired military man and unsuccessful merchant in Baltimore during the 1810s and 1820s. Reuben Gilder married an Eliza Mary Hughes in Baltimore on February 17, 1819. According to Gilder's own accounts, he and his wife had at least one son,...
Dates: 1815-1827; Majority of material found within 1815-1823