Letter, Eliza Patterson to Ann Boyd Green, September 1, 1861

Authors

Eliza Patterson

Files

Description

Letter from Eliza Patterson to her aunt, Ann Boyd Green, from Tunica County, Mississippi. She writes of being home from Nashville and bringing a nephew Bell with her, and about a nephew who recently died of whooping cough and measles. She mentions cousins Jack (Boyd) and Robert (Boyd), who are serving in the war. She writes that times are hard, and all they hear about is war. 1861.

Publication Date

9-1-1861

Time Period

1860-1869

Subjects

Civil war; United States; Education; Agriculture; Green, Anna, 1804-1886; Tunica County (Miss.)

Keywords

ASERL

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 1p. ; 18 X 27 cm.

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

C_ASERL_2010_0009

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