Letter, Mattie A. Boyd and Sophie Boyd Hays to Matilda Boyd Webb, June 22, 1851

Authors

Sophia Boyd Hays
Mattie Ann Boyd

Files

Description

Letter to ''Lit'' (Matilda Ann Boyd Webb) from her cousin, Mattie A. Boyd, and Sophie Boyd Hays. Mattie is visiting Sophie, her school term in Oxford having just ended. Mattie writes that most of the young men are gone from town, and that ''cousin Robert'' is happy at the army camp. She asks if any positions are available at local schools or with families. Sophie emphasizes Mattie's request for a teaching position and recommends her for such, and mentions that the troops at Union City might be sent to Missouri. 1861.

Publication Date

6-22-1861

Time Period

1860-1869

Subjects

Civil war; United States; Teachers; Education; Union City (Tenn.); La Grange (Tenn.); Oxford (Miss.); Webb, Matilda Ann, 1832-1913

Keywords

ASERL

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 1p. ; 18 X 27.5 cm.

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

C_ASERL_2010_0008

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