Guide to the Bettie Fort Letter MSS.2615
Fort, Bettie Letter
- Author:
Finding aid prepared by Lydia Wommack
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
November 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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English
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Bettie Fort Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.2615
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet
- Dates:
1874 July 4
- Abstract:
Bettie Fort of Bolivar, Tennessee writes cousin Mrs. Aaron Thorp Dowagiac, Michigan, about her recent marriage and new life.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Lydia Wommack, 2009.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Bettie Fort Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2006.
Scope and Contents note
Bettie Fort of Bolivar, Tennessee writes cousin Mrs. Aaron Thorp of Dowagiac, Michigan, about her recent marriage to her other cousin's widower. The letter also discusses Madgie (probably Bettie's daughter) and her progress at college in Florence, Alabama. She discusses crops, livestock, and other family news.
Biographical/Historical note
Bettie Fort of Bolivar, Tennessee, writes cousin Mrs. Aaron Thorp of Dowagiac, Michigan.
Bettie Fort Letter Box SC0029 Folder 2615.1