Letter from Mary Ann Hall in Portland, Alabama, to her son, Edward, probably in Connecticut or New York.

Letter from Mary Ann Hall in Portland, Alabama, to her son, Edward, probably in Connecticut or New York.

In the letter she discusses money that has been sent to Edward to buy clothes; unreliable mail delivery; the difficulty of traveling between the North and South; and her husband's new retail firm. She makes predictions about the outcome of the newly begun war, and she advises her son to keep hi...

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Letter from Mary Ann Hall in Portland, Alabama, to her son, Edward, probably in Connecticut or New York.
fulltopic Alabama documents
Hall, Edward Clifton, d. 1861; Hall, Mary Ann Cooke; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects
description In the letter she discusses money that has been sent to Edward to buy clothes; unreliable mail delivery; the difficulty of traveling between the North and South; and her husband's new retail firm. She makes predictions about the outcome of the newly begun war, and she advises her son to keep his Southern viewpoints to himself while he is away from home: "If the North persist in refusing to acknowledge the southern confederacy there will be a long and bloody war. The southerners will be extermined before they yield...You had better not get excited on political subjects and say just as little as possible. I think the Southern Confederacy is bound to succeed." A transcription is included.
spelling Q0000038622 - Q0000038625Q38622 - Q38625Letter from Mary Ann Hall in Portland, Alabama, to her son, Edward, probably in Connecticut or New York.In the letter she discusses money that has been sent to Edward to buy clothes; unreliable mail delivery; the difficulty of traveling between the North and South; and her husband's new retail firm. She makes predictions about the outcome of the newly begun war, and she advises her son to keep his Southern viewpoints to himself while he is away from home: "If the North persist in refusing to acknowledge the southern confederacy there will be a long and bloody war. The southerners will be extermined before they yield...You had better not get excited on political subjects and say just as little as possible. I think the Southern Confederacy is bound to succeed." A transcription is included.1861 May 41861-05-041860-1869Hall, Edward Clifton, d. 1861; Hall, Mary Ann Cooke; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspectsTextCorrespondenceHall, Alexander K.Alexander K. Hall family papersLPR58v1969Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/4251
title Letter from Mary Ann Hall in Portland, Alabama, to her son, Edward, probably in Connecticut or New York.
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