Letter, Laura to Matilda Ann "Lit" Boyd Webb, August 31, 1879

Authors

Laura

Files

Description

In this handwritten letter, dated August 31, 1879Laura writes to her friend, Matilda Ann "Lit" Boyd Webb, both teenagers at the time, to talk about her love and devotion to a young man named William who she is unable to marry due to his parents' opposition to the union because of her lack of money and status. She lists all the things she loves about him and laments that she is poor. She asks Lit to tell her about how he seemed after she left though she knows such a thing is foolish. She ends the letter by sending love to all her friends there.

Publication Date

8-31-1849

Time Period

1840-1849

Subjects

Correspondence; Friendship; Unrequited love

Keywords

letters; friends; forbidden love; teenagers

Geographic Location

Benton (Miss.)

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 3pp

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_004_1849-08-31_Letter

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, Hays-Ray-Webb Collection, Box 1, Folder 44

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