Guide to the letter from Mary to Elisha Conklin MSS.2596
Conklin, Elisha Letter
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
September 2010
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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English
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Letter from Mary to Elisha Conklin
- Unit ID:
MSS.2596
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.5 Linear feet (1 letter, 1 envelope)
- Dates:
circa 1855 March 12
- Abstract:
Mary in New York wrote to brother Elisha Conklin of Cayuga, New York, requesting a family visit and detailing their friends' or family members' travel to California, possibly during the Gold Rush.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Lydia Wommack, 2009.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Letter from Mary to Elisha Conklin, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2006.
Biographical/Historical note
Mary in New York (possibly Harrison) writes to brother Elisha Conklin of Cayuga, New York
Scope and Contents note
Mary in New York wrote to brother Elisha Conklin in Cayuga, New York, requesting a family visit as their sister would soon leave on a long journey. Their sister might have been traveling to California, but the letter is unclear. She also wrote about their family members' or friends' recent departure aboard the Baltic to California. The letter was dated March 12 without a year, but it might have been written at the end of the Gold Rush based on the contents of the letter. The postage stamp on the envelope is a 3-cent stamp introduced in 1853.
Letter from Mary to Elisha Conklin Box SC0029 Folder 2596.1