Guide to the J.E. Burnham Letters MSS.2573
- Author:
Finding aid prepared by Martha Bace
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
October 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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- Language Usage:
English
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J.E. Burnham letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.2573
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet
- Dates:
1889
- Abstract:
Two letters from J.E. Burnham, writing from New York City, New York, to his wife in Saco, Maine, in October and November 1889.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
J.E. Burnham Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2009
Scope and Contents note
The collections contains two letters, written by J.E. Burnham in New York City, to his wife in Saco, Maine on October 29, 1889 and November 11, 1889. The first letter tells her that the doctor holds out no hope for his mother and he expresses how much he wishes she (his wife) were there to support him. The second letter is written after his mother's death, and expreseses how sad he is and how ill he is. He asks after his mother-in-law, and tells that he received a letter from a friend in New Orleans sending "love to my Dear Mother not knowing she was gone. Oh sad. Sad sad." He again tells her how much he misses her.
J.E. Burnham Letters Box SC0026 Folder 2573.01