Guide to the Letter from John to M.C. Sage MSS.2514
John to M.C. Sage
- Author:
Finding aid prepared by Amanda Haldy
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
September, 2009.
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
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- Language Usage:
English
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Letter from John to M.C. Sage
- Unit ID:
MSS.2514
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (1 Letter, 1 Envelope)
- Dates:
1866 August 20
- Abstract:
John writes to his niece and newphew in Indiana as he travels west through the midwest, at least as far as Iowa. He describes his discoveries about friends and relatives living in the west and promises to send some silk and a book by mail.
Scope and Contents note
Contains an account from a man traveling westward through the midwest. He writes to his nephew and niece about the relatives and friends he has found thus far on his travels and promises to send some silk and a book by mail.
Biographical/Historical note
The writer, John, sent this letter from Batavia, Iowa, through which he passed during his journey west. The nephew and niece he writes to were in Bellmore, Indiana.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Letter from John to M.C. Sage, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2006.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Amanda Haldy, 2009.
Letter from John to M.C. Sage Box SC0024 Folder 2514.01