Landon Family Papers

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Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
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Phone: (757) 221-3090
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Preferred citation:

Landon Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Summary

Extent:
1.00 Linear Feet
Creator:
Landon, Thompson Hoadley, 1830-1917 and Landon, Thomas Durland, 1865-1934
Language:
English French
Preferred citation:

Landon Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, diaries, and papers of Thompson Hoadley Landon (1830-1917) and his son Thomas Durland Landon (1865-1934). Several of the papers and correspondence relate to the Bordentown Military Institute of Bordentown, New Jersey of which both Thompson and Thomas were part of the senior administration for several years.

Series 1 of the collection contains the correspondence of Thompson H. Landon including correspondence with his father Seymour Landon (folder 1), a fellow pastor and friend James B. Faulks of East Orange, NJ (folders 2, 3, & 4), and others (folder 5).

Series 2 contains papers of Thompson H. Landon including returns (receipts) of certificates of 31 marriages that Thompson performed between 1878-1889 (folder 6) and programs from Wesleyan Academy where one of his sons Seymour Landon (1867-1930) attended (folder 7).

Series 3 is the correspondence of Thomas Durland Landon including correspondence with his father, Thompson Landon (folder 8), his brother, Seymour Landon (folder 9), a woman named Myrta Leontine Kenaston (c.1868-1958) (folder 10), a woman named Jessie May Anthony (folder 11), a man named "Woody" (folder 12), a man named "Will" (folder 13), and several others (folder 14). Among the letters in folder 14 are a group from someone in the French military written in French. Covers addressed to Thomas Landon with missing letters (folder 15) and letters that could have been sent to Thomas or Thompson (folder 16), but require more research for determination are also included in Series 3.

Series 4 contains diaries written by Thomas D. Landon for the years 1886 (folder 17), 1889 (folder 18), 1890 (folder 19), and 1891 (folder 20), each with daily entries. An account booklet with expenses, book lists, grocery lists, and various notes is also included (folder 21), as well as an album of cards (folder 22).

Series 5 contains papers of Thomas Landon including a roster of the Sixth Regiment of the National Guard of New Jersey for 1888 (folder 23), Landon's certificate of election to Captain of the same company in 1893 (folder 24), and other miscellaneous notes, ephemera, and clippings (folder 25).

This series contains the correspondence of Thompson H. Landon including correspondence with his father Seymour Landon, a fellow pastor, and friend James B. Faulks of East Orange, New Jersey, among others.

Correspondence between Seymour Landon (1798-1880) and his son Thompson Landon (1830-1917).

(in same envelope as July 6 letter)

(in same envelope as June 29 letter)

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James B. Faulks was a friend and fellow clergyman of Thompson Landon

James B. Faulks was a friend and fellow clergyman of Thompson Landon

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This folder also includes undated letters between Faulks and Landon. James B. Faulks was a friend and fellow clergyman of Thompson Landon

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(Gibson House envelope)

written with Benedict Brothers Jewelers letterhead and envelope

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written on Drew Theological Seminary letterhead

written on Drew Theological Seminary letterhead

entire contents mailed in an envelope from the American Bible Society. Inside is another envelope dated in which four IOU slips from 1883 and 1884 between Landon and Hunt were enclosed.

enclosed is a program for the June 5, 1890 conferral of degrees at Bryn Mawr College and a name card for "Miss Anna Powers," one of the graduates which contains a note on the back

This series contains papers of Thompson H. Landon including returns (receipts) of certificates of 31 marriages that Thompson performed between 1878-1889, and programs from Wesleyan Academy where one of his sons Seymour Landon (1867-1930) attended.

31 returns (reciepts) of certificates of marriages performed by Thompson Landon, often witnessed in the presence of his wife, Sarah Landon.

among the list of graduating students are Samuel Gail Landon and Seymour Landon (1867-1930, the son of Thompson H. Landon.

This series contains correspondence of Thomas Durland Landon including correspondence with his father, Thompson Landon, his brother, Seymour Landon, a woman named Myrta Leontine Kenaston (c.1868-1958), a woman named Jessie May Anthony, a man named "Woody," a man named "Will," and several others (folder 14). Among the letters in folder 14 are a group from someone in the French military written in French. Covers addressed to Thomas Landon with missing letters (folder 15) and letters that could have been sent to Thomas or Thompson (folder 16), but require more research for determination are also included in this series.

(no envelope); talks of Thomas Landon's sixteenth birthday which was May 18, 1881

envelope addressed to "T.D. Landon" and states "To be read at some lone time on ship board before of by Christmas day."

(no envelope); Seymour Landon (1867-1930) was the brother of Thomas Landon

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none have envelopes

none have envelopes

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postcard of Freetown, Sierra Leone

postcard of Breakneck Steps in Quebec

postcard of Hobart College in Geneva, New York

postcard of Gay Head Cliffs, Life Saving Station and Light in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

postcard of scene near Bingham, Maine

postcard of Connestee Falls

postcard of Italian architecture and fountain

postcard of an 1896 photograph of the head of Echo River

postcard

postcard of a sand storm near the Great Sphinx

postcard

postcard, note written in French

written in French

written in French

written in French

nine covers, including six from Rev. G.W. Brown of Nassau, New York all postmarked 1925

These are letters most likely written to either Thompson H. Landon or Thomas D. Landon, but by the names that the writers address the recipient by such as "friend" or "Mr. Landon" it is not possible to discern which Landon each letter applies to without further research. None have envelopes.

possibly Seymour Landon to his father Thomas D. Landon. Only the first two pages of this letter are present, the rest is presumably missing.

This series contains diaries written by Thomas D. Landon for the years 1886, 1889, 1890, and 1891, each with daily entries. An account booklet with expenses, book lists, grocery lists, and various notes is also included, as well as an album of cards.

Inside cover labeled with "T.D. Landon, Bordentown, N.J., B.M.I." Short entries on daily activities, travels, and expenses. Also includes a receipt for a bicycle from Fred G. Wise of American Star Bicycle in Bordentown, NJ dated May 17, 1886 that was tucked inside the back sleeve of the diary. The expense for the bicycle is made note of in the diary.

Inside cover labeled "T.D. Landon, Bordentwon, N.J., B.M.I." Short entries on daily activities. Includes a list of addresses. Also includes an 1885 calendar that was tucked inside the back sleeve of the diary.

Inside cover labeled "T.D. Landon, Bordentown, N.J." Short entries on daily activities. Includes a list of addresses.

Inside cover labeled "T.D. Landon, Bordentown, N.J." Short entries on daily activities. Includes a list of books Landon was reading or intended to read.

Inside cover labeled "T.D. Landon, Bordentown, N.J." Includes grocery lists, book lists, lists of names, and notes of items purchased with prices.

Album with 10 illustrated cards, most likely late nineteenth century. One card has the name "Nellie" written on the back.

This series contains papers of Thomas Landon including a roster of the Sixth Regiment of the National Guard of New Jersey for 1888 (folder 23); Landon's certificate of election to Captain of the same company in 1893, and other miscellaneous notes, ephemera, and clippings (folder 25).

Thomas D. Landon is listed as the 2nd Lieutenant of Company A from Burlington.

Landon was elected on July 17, 1893, the document was witnessed and signed August 8, 1893. Signed by Landon on October 5, 1893 in Camden, New Jersey.

Biographical / historical:

Thompson Landon was born November 18, 1830 in Lansingburg, New York and the fourth child of parents Seymour Landon (1798-1880) and Phebe Thompson (1797-1879). Thompson Landon earned his B.A., then his M.A. in 1855, and later his D.D. in 1906. A reverend by profession, Thompson taught at the Amenia Seminary 1852-53 and at Pennington Seminary 1854-1857. He was stationed as a pastor in Newark, NJ, 1858-60; Franklin, NJ, 1860-62; Little Falls, NJ, 1862-64; Belvidere, NJ, 1864-67; Phillipsburgh, NJ, 1867-69; Montclair, NJ, 1869-72; Madison, NJ, 1872-74; Rahway, NJ, 1874-77; Port Richmond, NY, 1877-78; Succasunna, NJ, 1878-81; Elizabeth, NJ, 1881-83; Paterson, NJ, 1883-85; Thiels, NY, 1885. Thompson had been married to Sarah Durland on May 18, 1864. In 1885, Thompson Landon became the principal of the newly established Bordentown Military Institute in Bordentown, NJ.

Processing information:

Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in March 2011. Processed, organized, and finding aid written by Austin W. Smith, SCRC Staff, in May 2011.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into 5 series: Series 1: Corresondence of Thompson Hoadley Landon; Series 2: Papers of Thompson Hoadley Landon; Series 3: Correspondence of Thomas Durland Landon; Series 4: Diaries and Account Booklet of Thomas Durland Landon; Series 5: Papers of Thomas Durland Landon.