Guide to the E.J. Clarke Letter MSS.2091
Clarke, E. J.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
May 2008
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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E.J. Clarke Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.2091
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (1 letter)
- Dates:
1840 July 10
- Abstract:
An 1840 letter from E.J. Clarke of Talladega, Alabama, to a friend in New Hampshire, describing the pain of losing her son, the joy her baby daughter brings, life in Alabama, and the depreciation of Southern money.
Scope and Contents note
This letter, written in 1840, from E.J. Clarke of Talladega, Alabama, to her friend Isabella Morrison of Dunbarton, New Hampshire, describes the pain of losing her son and the joy her infant daughter brought. She also describes her house in Talladega, and although she says it is beautiful, she wants to return to New Hampshire. She states that it is harder to buy goods, because Southern money is depreciating.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Rosanne Rumstay, 2008
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
E.J. Clarke Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2007
Biographical/Historical note
E.J. Clarke was a wife and homemaker in Talladega, Alabama, during the Antebellum Era. She was originally from New Hampshire.
Letter Box SC0006 Folder 2091 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32244