Letter, Eliza to Anna (Annie) McKee Boyd Green, September 1, 1861

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Description

In this handwritten letter, Eliza writes to her aunt, Ann (Annie) McKee Boyd Green in response to a letter she and her mother had received that had been addressed to her aunt, Matilda Patterson. She explains that their letters must have gotten mixed up but that she would respond, anyway. She tells her aunt about the death of her nephew, Eddie from whooping cough and measles. She goes on to update her on others in the family and ask after Jack (Anderson Jackson Boyd) as she had last heard that he was ill and that he and Robert had been injured in the war. She speaks of the healthy corn crop they're having but how difficult life is with the war and discontent in the country. She states that "if we southerners can only subdue those villainous republicans all will be well."

Publication Date

9-1-1861

Time Period

1860-1869

Subjects

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

Keywords

letters; families; civil war; corn crops

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 3pp

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_004_1861-09-01_Letter

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, Hays-Ray-Webb Collection, Box 1, Folder 42

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