Letter, Sophia Boyd Andrews Hays to Matilda Ann "Lit" Boyd Webb, October 1, 1860

Authors

Sophia Boyd Andrews Hays

Files

Description

In this handwritten letter, dated October 1, 1860, Sophia Boyd Andrews Hays writes to her sister, Matilda Ann "Lit" Boyd Webb to tell her how busy she has been with taking on boarders again without a reliable servant to help her. She states that she has just secured a new cook that she is confident will take a lot of the work from her. She goes on to relay a message to their brother, Bob (Robert R. Boyd) that should he raise the money for tuition she has a place for him at her house rent free. She then tells her sister that she wishes she and her husband would move closer to her and that she could help him secure a partner for a mercantile business.

Publication Date

10-1-1860

Time Period

1860-1869

Subjects

Correspondence; Families; Boardinghouses

Keywords

letters; families; boarding houses; boarders; housekeeping; servants

Geographic Location

La Grange (Tenn.)

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 4pp

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_004_1860-10-01_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

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Recommended Citation

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