Letter from Sarah Tait, Claiborne, Alabama, to Caroline Tait, Black's Bluff, Alabama, 1835-10-13

Letter from Sarah Tait, Claiborne, Alabama, to Caroline Tait, Black's Bluff, Alabama, 1835-10-13

This document is a letter from Sarah Tait to Caroline Tait, her daughter-in-law. Sarah was the mother, and Caroline the wife, of James Asbury Tait, a plantation owner in Wilcox County, Alabama. The letter discusses Sarah's sadness upon the death of her husband, Judge Charles Tait, her efforts t...

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Main Author: Tait, Sarah
Format: Electronic
Published: Auburn University Libraries
Subjects:
Plantation records
Online Access:http://content.lib.auburn.edu/u?/taitfamily,1002
format Electronic
collection Tait Family Papers Collection
building Auburn University Digital Library
publisher Auburn University Libraries
topic Plantation records
spellingShingle Plantation records
Letter from Sarah Tait, Claiborne, Alabama, to Caroline Tait, Black's Bluff, Alabama, 1835-10-13
Tait, Sarah
fulltopic Plantation records
Plantation life--Alabama; Alabama--Social life and customs--19th century; Monroe County (Ala.); Tait, Sarah; Tait, Caroline; Grief; Bereavement--Psychological aspects; Mourning customs--Alabama; Widowhood;
History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction; Peoples -- Domestic Life; Peoples -- Agricultural Life; Agriculture; Government & Politics -- Judiciary
description This document is a letter from Sarah Tait to Caroline Tait, her daughter-in-law. Sarah was the mother, and Caroline the wife, of James Asbury Tait, a plantation owner in Wilcox County, Alabama. The letter discusses Sarah's sadness upon the death of her husband, Judge Charles Tait, her efforts to procure mourning clothes, and financial matters. The Tait family were plantation owners in Wilcox County, Alabama; active in politics in Georgia, Alabama, and Texas. Family members include Charles Tait (1768-1835), politician and judge in Georgia and Alabama; his son, James Asbury Tait (1791-1855), plantation owner in Wilcox County; and James Goode Tait (1833-1911), the son of James Asbury, who inherited the family plantation. Other family members include Caroline, wife of James Asbury, and their children. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
spelling Letter from Sarah Tait, Claiborne, Alabama, to Caroline Tait, Black's Bluff, Alabama, 1835-10-13Tait, Sarah1835-10-13This document is a letter from Sarah Tait to Caroline Tait, her daughter-in-law. Sarah was the mother, and Caroline the wife, of James Asbury Tait, a plantation owner in Wilcox County, Alabama. The letter discusses Sarah's sadness upon the death of her husband, Judge Charles Tait, her efforts to procure mourning clothes, and financial matters. The Tait family were plantation owners in Wilcox County, Alabama; active in politics in Georgia, Alabama, and Texas. Family members include Charles Tait (1768-1835), politician and judge in Georgia and Alabama; his son, James Asbury Tait (1791-1855), plantation owner in Wilcox County; and James Goode Tait (1833-1911), the son of James Asbury, who inherited the family plantation. Other family members include Caroline, wife of James Asbury, and their children. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.Plantation life--Alabama; Alabama--Social life and customs--19th century; Monroe County (Ala.); Tait, Sarah; Tait, Caroline; Grief; Bereavement--Psychological aspects; Mourning customs--Alabama; Widowhood; History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction; Peoples -- Domestic Life; Peoples -- Agricultural Life; Agriculture; Government & Politics -- JudiciaryMonroe County, Alabama, United States1835-10-13Tail Family Papers, 1798-1922, Auburn University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives, Auburn Collection 345, Tait Family Papers, Folder 483 pages, 25 cmengAuburn, Ala. : Auburn University LibrariesThis image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of this image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.StillImage; TextFF48 letter to Caroline Tait.pdfapplication/pdfDeeply RootedAuburn University Librarieshttp://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/taitfamily/id/1002
title Letter from Sarah Tait, Claiborne, Alabama, to Caroline Tait, Black's Bluff, Alabama, 1835-10-13
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