Guide to the Nathaniel Cotton Letter MSS.2671
Cotton, Nathaniel
- 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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Nathaniel Cotton Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.2671
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet
- Dates:
1851 January 1
- Abstract:
A letter from Nathaniel Cotton of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to his brother, Leonard Cotton of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, about the health of family members, business and the new year.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Lydia Wommack, 2010.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2006.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Nathaniel Cotton Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
Biographical/Historical note
In 1851 Nathaniel Cotton was a resident of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains a letter from Nathaniel Cotton of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to his brother, Leonard Cotton of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, about the health of the family. As an engineer, he also comments on the construction of new roads and closes by wishing his brother a happy new year.
Letter Box SC0030 Folder 2671.1