Guide to the Thomas Mathews Letter MSS.2669
Mathews, Thomas
- 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
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English
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Thomas Mathews Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.2669
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet
- Dates:
1839 May 20
- Abstract:
A letter from Thomas Mathews of England, to his friend, Robert John Black of Rushville, Fairfield County, Ohio, about his travels from England to America and about family left behind.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Lydia Wommack, 2010.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2006.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Thomas Mathews Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
Biographical/Historical note
In 1839, Thomas Mathews embarked on a trip from Liverpool, England on March 29th to his brother's home in Columbus, Ohio. By May 20th, he was approaching Cincinnati aboard the Ohio River Steamer Malta.
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains a letter from Thomas Mathews of England, to his friend, Robert John Black of Rushville, Fairfield County, Ohio, from a steamer on the Ohio River, giving a detailed account of his travels to America and Black's family in England. Mathews also observes an American maxim for "man to mind himself."
Letter Box SC0030 Folder 2669.1