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Guide to the A. Babbitt letter MSS.0100

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Babbit, A.

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Publication:

W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama

Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu

May 2009

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Language Usage:

English

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November 2012

A. Babbitt letter

Unit ID:

MSS.0100

Repository:

W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama

Quantity:

0.1 Linear feet (1 item)

Dates:

circa 1843 December

Abstract:

One letter from Babbitt, written from Gainesville, Alabama, dated 28 December, to his cousin William H. Babbitt of Princeton, New Jersey. In pencil someone has annotated "1843." The letter describes an ocean voyage from New York to Mobile, and Babbitt's subsequent doings in Alabama.

creator

Babbitt, A. , unknown

Scope and Contents note

One letter from Babbitt, written from Gainesville, Alabama, dated 28 December, to his cousin William H. Babbitt of Princeton, New Jersey. In pencil someone has annotated "1843." The letter describes an ocean voyage from New York to Mobile, and Babbitt's subsequent doings in Alabama.

Preferred Citation:

Preferred Citation

A. Babbitt letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.

Acquisition Information:

Provenance

Purchased from Cather & Brown Books, 1992

Processing Information:

Processed by

R. Rumstay 2009; updated by Andrew Harris 2012

Biographical/Historical note

Unknown

Usage Restrictions:

Conditions Governing Use note

None

Access Restrictions:

Conditions Governing Access note

None

Source(s)

Babbitt, William H. (local)

Alabama (localbroad)

Daily Life and Family (localbroad)

Letters (rbgenr)

Mobile County (Ala.) (lcsh)

Personal correspondence (aat)

Travel and Tourism (localbroad)

Babbitt, A. Box 4050