Letter, Sophie Boyd Hays to Matilda Boyd Webb, April 17, 1861

Authors

Sophia Boyd Hays

Files

Description

Letter from Sophie Boyd Hays in La Grange, Tennessee, to ''Lit'' (Matilda A. Boyd Webb), mentioning the likely secession of Virginia and regretting that young men are leaving school to sign up for the army, 1861. She also discusses dressmaking and the problems of maintaining her house and distrust of servants.

Publication Date

4-17-1861

Time Period

1860-1869

Subjects

Civil war; United States; Women's clothing; Education; La Grange (Tenn.); Webb, Matilda Ann, 1832-1913

Keywords

ASERL

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 1p. ; 19 X 23.5 cm.

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

C_ASERL_2010_0007

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Special Collections Department, Manuscripts Division, Hays-Ray-Webb collection, Folder 17

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Rights

Manuscripts

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

Hays-Ray-Webb collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University