Letter, probably from Mary Ann Hall in Portland, Alabama, to her son, Charles, at a boarding school in Coosa County.
In the letter she discusses a recent raid; supplies she has sent to him and other people (including mercurial ointment, "a dangerous medicine to use...you must be exceedingly cautious"); conditions and activities at home ("We have only a tolerable garden"); tax payments; and busi...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/4284 |
| Summary: | In the letter she discusses a recent raid; supplies she has sent to him and other people (including mercurial ointment, "a dangerous medicine to use...you must be exceedingly cautious"); conditions and activities at home ("We have only a tolerable garden"); tax payments; and business in the family store: "We have few goods in the store and they keep Father so busy with government business that I do not believe we shall buy any more I think I shall have to attend to it mostly." A transcription is included. |
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