Guide to the G. Reid Letter MSS.3103
Reid, G.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
November 2010
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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- Language Usage:
English
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G. Reid Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.3103
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet (1 letter)
- Dates:
1872 May 21
- Abstract:
A letter written on 21 May 1872, from G. Reid of Robinson, Illinois, to his brother and sister.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
G. Reid Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2006
- Processing Information:
Processed by
John C. Harris, 2010
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains a letter written on 21 May 1872, from G. Reid of Robinson, Illinois, to his brother and sister. In it he describes how the town has prospered with the completion of the railroad; the number of lumber cars passing daily - each with 6 or 7 thousand board feet of lumber on them, the addition of a lath and shingle mill and the prospect of a stone mill. He also describes how well his crops are doing.
Letter Box SC0054 Folder 3103.01