Hays Ray Webb Collection

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Description

In this handwritten letter, dated June 22, 1861, Mattie A. Boyd writes to her cousin, Matilda Ann "Lit" Boyd Webb to let her know that school in Oxford has closed so she has gone to La Grange, Tennessee to visit her cousin (Lit's sister) Sophia for a few days. She speaks of how quiet it is there since everyone but older gentlemen, women, and children have all gone off to join the war. She goes on to say how they had received news from Sophia and Lit's brother, Robert, from where he is encamped. She let's Lit know that she intends to attempt a visit to her in the Fall. She asks about the possibility of finding a job in Kosciusko the next session. A letter to Lit from Sophia is added at the bottom of Mattie's letter imploring her to find a job for Mattie in Kosciusko and describes her as a superior girl and lists her various attributes.

Publication Date

6-22-1861

Time Period

1860-1869

Subjects

Correspondence; Families; Travel; Employment; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Keywords

letters; families

Geographic Location

La Grange (Tenn.)

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 4pp

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_004_1861-06-22_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, Mattie A. Boyd to Matilda Ann
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