Guide to the S.B. Russy Letter MSS.2660
Russy, sb Letter
- Author:
Finding aid prepared by Lydia Wommack
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
February 2010
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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S.B. Russy Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.2660
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet
- Dates:
1835
- Abstract:
Written to her brother R.D. Robbins in Andover, Massachusetts, Russy's letter details her garden of lilies and plans for pomegranate and guava trees in the future. She also tells a scandalous story about a mutual acquaintance from home whose daughter eloped with a "Dutchman" at the age of 18.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Lydia Wommack and Donnelly Lancaster Walton, 2010.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2006.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
S.B. Russy Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
Scope and Contents note
Written to her brother R.D. Robbins in Andover, Massachusetts, Russy's letter details her garden of lilies and plans for pomegranate and guava trees in the future. She also tells a scandalous story about a mutual acquaintance from home whose daughter eloped with a "Dutchman" at the age of 18.
The author's handwriting makes the letter very difficult to read. The letter appears to be dated September 7, 1835, but two postmarks are for May and June or July.
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S.B. Russy Letter Box SC0029 Folder 2660.1