Hays Ray Webb Collection

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Description

In this handwritten letter, dated April 17, 1861, Sophia Boyd Andrews Hays writes to her sister, Matilda Ann "Lit" Boyd Webb and speaks of her disappointment that their brother, Jack (Anderson Jackson Boyd) is leaving school to go join up with the army in anticipation of a war between the states. She expresses how frustrating it is to see so many boys giving up education in favor of fighting though she knows it is their duty to defend life and country. She goes on to speak of the political unrest and share what she's heard about Virginia's movement.

Publication Date

4-17-1861

Time Period

1860-1869

Subjects

Correspondence; Education; Sewing; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Keywords

letters; families; Civil War

Geographic Location

La Grange (Tenn.)

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 4pp

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_004_1861-04-17_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.

Letter, Sophia Boyd Andrews Hays to Matilda Ann
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