Hays Ray Webb Collection
![Letter, Sophia Boyd Andrews Hays to Unidentified, February 5, [1867]](https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/mss-webb-collection/1533/thumbnail.jpg)
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Description
In this handwritten letter, dated February 5, [1867], Sophia Boyd Andrews Hays writes to an unidentified family member to request they send some postage stamps from their old correspondences so that her son, Leon, can trade them with his classmates at school as postage stamp collecting from other countries has become popular there.
Publication Date
2-5-1867
Approximate Creation Date
1867
Time Period
1860-1869
Subjects
Correspondence; Philately; Stamp collecting
Keywords
letters; postage stamps; stamp collections
Geographic Location
Europe
Object Type
text
Format (original)
correspondence 1p
Format (digital)
Digital ID
MFM_MSS_004_Letter_February-5-Hays_001
Source
Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, Hays-Ray-Webb Collection, Box 1, Folder 41
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