Hays Ray Webb Collection
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Description
In this handwritten letter, dated October 24, 1859, Sophia Boyd Andrews Hays writes to her sister, Matilda Ann "Lit" Boyd Webb to let her know that she had bought the materials to make their brother, Jack (Anderson Jackson Boyd), some shirts but hasn't had time to make them yet. She goes on to tell her how busy and fatiguing time it has been taking care of a boarding house with all the rooms to clean and beds to fit largely on her own. She describes her servants as slow and says that talking to them is "just as useless to talk them as to trees." She also describes troubles she's had with some of the boarders and how trying it can be to live with so many personalities. She discusses a new yeast and beer for baking and asks advice of Lit in how to use it.
Publication Date
10-24-1859
Time Period
1850-1859
Subjects
Correspondence; Families; Boardinghouses; Baking
Keywords
letters; families; boarding houses; boarders; housekeeping; servants; beer; baking
Geographic Location
La Grange (Tenn.)
Object Type
text
Format (original)
correspondence: 4pp
Format (digital)
Digital ID
MFM_MSS_004_1859-10-24_Letter
Source
Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, Hays-Ray-Webb Collection, Box 1, Folder 36
Repository
Manuscripts Unit
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.
Recommended Citation
Hays-Ray-Webb collection, Archives and Special Collections Division, Mississippi State University Libraries, Mississippi State University