Letter, Jack (Anderson Jackson) Boyd to Matilda Ann "Lit" Boyd Webb, April 25, 1859

Authors

Anderson Jackson Boyd

Files

Description

In this handwritten letter, dated April 25, 1859, Jack (Anderson Jackson) Boyd writes to his sister, Matilda Ann "Lit" Boyd Webb to let her know that he has not received any letters from her and speculates that they must have been lost. He goes on to describe where the area where he's staying and how different the climate is there. He describes the classmates of his current department of study as "idle no account boys" and expresses the ease of his classes and his appreciation for the faculty he's encountered. He concludes the letter by telling her of one of his classmate's death from a brain fever.

Publication Date

4-25-1859

Time Period

1850-1859

Subjects

Correspondence; Families; College students

Keywords

letters; families

Geographic Location

La Grange (Tenn.)

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 3pp

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_004_1859-04-25_Letter

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, Hays-Ray-Webb Collection, Box 1, Folder 21

Repository

Manuscripts Unit

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Rights

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Contact Information

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Recommended Citation

Hays-Ray-Webb collection, Archives and Special Collections Division, Mississippi State University Libraries, Mississippi State University