| Summary: | This document is a letter from Charles William Tait to Robert Tait, his younger brother. Charles, a plantation owner in Colorado County, Texas, and Robert were two of the sons of James Asbury Tait, a plantation owner in Wilcox County, Alabama. The letter discusses the recent birth of Charles' second son, a visit from Charles' and Robert's brother James, bear-hunting, and a shortage of breeding stock for horses and hunting dogs. 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.
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