Guide to the W. G. Croft letter MSS.0377
Croft, W. G.
- Publication:
University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama
Box 870266
February 2008
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
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English
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W. G. Croft letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.0377
- Repository:
University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet (1 item)
- Dates:
circa 1835
- Abstract:
Letter from W. G. Croft, dated 18 November (circa 1835) from Canebreak, Union Town, Alabama, to his brother, Randall Croft, at Beaufort, South Carolina, discussing cotton crop yields in the area.
- creator
Croft, W. G.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
W. G. Croft letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains a letter from W. G. Croft, dated 18 November (circa 1835) from Canebreak, Union Town, Alabama, to his brother, Randall Croft, at Beaufort, South Carolina, discussing cotton crop yields in the area.
Biographical/Historical note
W. G. Croft was visiting friends in the Cane Break area of south Alabama, probably in the early 1830s, to determine the profitability of the cotton crops in the region.
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
None
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
unknown
- Processing Information:
Processed by
unknown, 2008; updated by Martha Bace, 2013
Source(s)
Community and Place (localbroad)
Daily Life and Family (localbroad)
Farmers--Correspondence (lcsh)
Farming and Agriculture (localbroad)
Letters (correspondence) (aat)
Letter Box 571