Levy Family Papers
Levy Family Papers collection includes correspondence, funeral notices, tax receipts, and poems pertaining to Levy, Holmes, Baptist, Carothers, Hull, and Roby families of Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, New York, North Carolina, and Virginia. Subjects include family affairs and the Civil War. Among the Civil War letters is a letter written at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in 1861.
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Letter, Mattie Morrow to Billie and Jimmie; 7/14/1864
Mattie Morrow
Letter from Mattie Morrow in West Point, Mississippi, to Billie and Jimmie, asking about family and mutual friends and referring to the Battle of Brice's Cross Roads, June, 1864. She mentions Generals Forrest and Roddey, Colonel William Duff of the 8th Mississippi Cavalry and helping wounded soldiers who arrive on the trains.
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Letter, Georgetta Potts to Mattie Morrow; 1/16/1864
Georgetta Potts
Letter from Georgetta Potts to Mattie Morrow, mostly regarding news about mutual friends. She writes that she has a new 'sweetheart,' an intelligent and wealthy Spaniard. She mentions that Lucie Hampton is dying of consumption and that Frank W. is going to the war. 1864.
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Telegraph to Mattie Morrow; 9/25/1863
Telegraph to Mattie Morrow in West Point, Mississippi, from Georgia in Okolona, Mississippi, asking her to come up the following evening, 1863.
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Letter, Mattie Morrow to Shep; 4/15/1863
Mattie Morrow
Letter from Mattie Morrow in West Point, Mississippi, to her cousin 'Shep,' regarding family and local matters, 1863.
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The Officer's funeral
Sentimental poem about a soldier's funeral, noting that he will eventually be forgotten by even 'the kindest.' Incomplete, undated.