Scope and Content Note The collection contains primarily letters, many with transcriptions, dating from 1822 to 1928. Letters among the various members of the Dorsey family comprise the bulk of the collection. There are also small amounts of land tax records, clippings, and blank postcards. Small gaps appear in the correspondence throughout the collection where there may be a few letters for one or two years and significantly more for the following years. However, there is a large gap in the Dorsey...