Guide to the Jacob Faser letters MSS.0506
Faser, jacob letters
- Publication:
University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama
Box 870266
November 2009
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
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- Language Usage:
English
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Jacob Faser letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.0506
- Repository:
University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (16 items)
- Dates:
1861-1865
- Abstract:
Letters written from Mobile, Alabama, where Faser was working as a sword maker, to his wife in Macon, Mississippi, dealing mainly with personal news and information on the prices of available goods.
- creator
Faser, Jacob
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Updated by Donnelly Walton, 2009; updated by Martha Bace, 2013
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Jacob Faser letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
Scope and Contents note
A collection of letters written from Mobile, Alabama, where Faser was working as a sword maker, to his wife in Macon, Mississippi. They deal principally with personal news and information on the prices of available goods.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Robert Kirksey, 1991
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
None
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
Biographical/Historical note
Sword maker working in Mobile, Alabama, during the Civil War.
Source(s)
Faser, Jacob -- Correspondence
Alabama (localbroad)
Business and Labor (localbroad)
Civil War (localbroad)
Commercial products--Prices--Alabama--Mobile (lcsh)
Daily Life and Family (localbroad)
Sword-maker (local)
Swords--Confederate States of America (lcsh)
Letters Box 3396
Letter from Jacob Faser, Mobile, Alabama, to Louisa Faser, Macon, Mississippi, June 29, 1861 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/16047
Letter from Jacob Faser, Mobile, Alabama, to Louisa Faser, Macon, Mississippi, July 4, 1861 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/16048
Letter from Jacob Faser, Mobile, Alabama, to Louisa Faser, Macon, Mississippi, July 19, 1861 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/16049
Letter from Jacob Faser, Mobile, Alabama, to Louisa Faser, Macon, Mississippi, August 4, 1861 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/16050
Letter from Jacob Faser, Mobile, Alabama, to Louisa Faser, Macon, Mississippi, August 18, 1861 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/16051
Letter from Jacob Faser, Mobile, Alabama, to Louisa Faser, Macon, Mississippi, August 29, 1861 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/16052
Letter from Jacob Faser, Mobile, Alabama, to Louisa Faser, Macon, Mississippi, September 8, 1861 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/16053
Letter from Jacob Faser, Mobile, Alabama, to Louisa Faser, Macon, Mississippi, October 4, 1861 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/16054
Letter from Jacob Faser, Mobile, Alabama, to Louisa Faser, Macon, Mississippi, October 27, 1861 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/16055
Letter from Jacob Faser, Mobile, Alabama, to Louisa Faser, Macon, Mississippi, November 10, 1861 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/16056
Letter from Jacob Faser, Mobile, Alabama, to Louisa Faser, Macon, Mississippi, November 15, 1861 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/16057
Letter from Jacob Faser, Mobile, Alabama, to Louisa Faser, Macon, Mississippi, November 24, 1861 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/16058
Letter from Jacob Faser, Mobile, Alabama, to Louisa Faser, Macon, Mississippi, December 1, 1861 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/16059
Letter from Christian Faser, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to brother, October 30, 1863 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/16060