Letter, Alex W. Feemster to Loulie Feemster, November 12, 1864

Authors

Alexander Whitfield Feemster

Files

Description

Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, telling her that he arrived in Mobile and planned to stay in a hotel until he learned that a steamboat was available. He describes the wildlife he saw as they went up the river and relates an incident wherein his shoes were stolen and then found in another passenger's room. He continues the letter several days later and explains that he was ill. He tells her that Mr. Ransom preached for the first time since resigning as an army chaplain, and that church hadn't been held lately because coal wasn't available. He asks if she has gotten the first issue of the ''Southern Observer.'' He worries that the rent in his boarding house will be increased to more than he can pay and tells her about his other options. He mentions pin tongues he has sent her and tells her that Jesse is at Aberdeen and will likely lose his leg. 1864.

ISBN

235-22

Publication Date

1-12-1864

Time Period

1860-1869

Subjects

Feemster family; Selma (Ala.); Railroad travel; Steamboats; Theft; Military chaplains; Civil war; United States; Southern Observer; Boardinghouses; Newspapers; Ransom, Lemuel Clark, 1831-1874; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867

Keywords

ASERL

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 1p ; 22.5 X 14.5 cm.

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

C_ASERL_2010_0071

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Special Collections Department, Manuscripts Division, Oakley Family Papers

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Rights

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Contact Information

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Recommended Citation

Oakley Family Papers, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University