Guide to the Augustus and Nelia Merriman Letters MSS.3270
Merriman, augustus and nelia
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
May 2011
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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Augustus and Nelia Merriman Letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.3270
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet (six letters, four envelopes)
- Dates:
1894-1900
- Abstract:
The collection contains six letters sent to and from Augustus Merriman and his wife Nelia, of Harpswell, Maine. Most letters, written to Nelia by various relatives, discuss family news and gossip, and two letters are from Augustus to Nelia.
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
none
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2006
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Augustus and Nelia Merriman Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Processing Information:
Processing Information note
Processed by Kendal Spires, 2011
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains letters to and from Augustus and Nelia Merriman. Four letters were written to Nelia from her friend Isabel, cousins Ada M. and Hattie Rideout, and her mother. These letters talked mainly of family news and the couple's children. One letter is from Augustus to Nelia, telling her of happenings on the farm since her departure on a trip to Auburn, Maine. In another brief letter he mentions that he is enclosing a letter from Hattie, which is also in the collection.
Biographical/Historical note
Augustus and Cornelia (Nelia) Merriman lived on a farm in Harpswell, Maine. They had at least two children.
Augustus and Nelia Merriman Letters Box SC0065 Folder 3270.01