Letter from Augusta J. Evans, Mobile, Alabama, to Rachel Lyons Heustis, February 28, 1864
Augusta Evans, an Alabama novelist, writes her friend, Rachel, of her return trip from Columbus to Mobile. She reports that it was bitterly cold going to the train station in Columbus. As she travel with friends, it was ordered that ladies must leave the train and not travel to Mobile. She was ab...
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Documents Letter from Augusta J. Evans, Mobile, Alabama, to Rachel Lyons Heustis, February 28, 1864 Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane), 1835-1909 (Correspondent) |
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Augusta Evans, an Alabama novelist, writes her friend, Rachel, of her return trip from Columbus to Mobile. She reports that it was bitterly cold going to the train station in Columbus. As she travel with friends, it was ordered that ladies must leave the train and not travel to Mobile. She was able to get a passport allowing her to travel onto Mobile. Later, she was detained in Pollard, Alabama, during the early morning hours. An officer escorted her and her friends to a room where other detained travelers were waiting. Though, she didn't know the others most of them knew of her friends. The early morning hours were spent in good humor and witty conversation. Later in the morning, General Maury telegraphed to Pollard to allow her to travel at once to Mobile. Augusta thought the immediate threat in Mobile of an attack was subsiding. She relates to the officers that are stationed near her home in Mobile. Augusta conveys that she cannot find the cotton or the dress that Rachel wants.The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries. |
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Letter from Augusta J. Evans, Mobile, Alabama, to Rachel Lyons Heustis, February 28, 1864Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane), 1835-1909 (Correspondent)Heustis, Rachel Lyons (Addressee)Text1864-02-28engelectronic; image/jpeg; 4 p.Augusta Evans, an Alabama novelist, writes her friend, Rachel, of her return trip from Columbus to Mobile. She reports that it was bitterly cold going to the train station in Columbus. As she travel with friends, it was ordered that ladies must leave the train and not travel to Mobile. She was able to get a passport allowing her to travel onto Mobile. Later, she was detained in Pollard, Alabama, during the early morning hours. An officer escorted her and her friends to a room where other detained travelers were waiting. Though, she didn't know the others most of them knew of her friends. The early morning hours were spent in good humor and witty conversation. Later in the morning, General Maury telegraphed to Pollard to allow her to travel at once to Mobile. Augusta thought the immediate threat in Mobile of an attack was subsiding. She relates to the officers that are stationed near her home in Mobile. Augusta conveys that she cannot find the cotton or the dress that Rachel wants.The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries.Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane), 1835-1909; Heustis, Rachel Lyons; Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane), 1835-1909--Travel; Military passes; letters (correspondence)Mobile (Ala.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--Alabama--Mobile County--MobileThe University of Alabama Libraries Special CollectionsAugusta Evans Wilson papersBox 1, Folder 3u0003_0001563_0000020http://purl.lib.ua.edu/19738https://archives.lib.ua.edu/repositories/3/resources/1917Images are in the public domain or protected under U.S. copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code), and both types may be used for research and private study. For publication, commercial use, or reproduction, in print or digital format, of all images and/or the accompanying data, users are required to secure prior written permission from the copyright holder and from archives@ua.edu. When permission is granted, please credit the images as Courtesy of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections.http://cdm17336.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/u0003_0001563/id/36 |
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Letter from Augusta J. Evans, Mobile, Alabama, to Rachel Lyons Heustis, February 28, 1864 |
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Letter from Augusta J. Evans, Mobile, Alabama, to Rachel Lyons Heustis, February 28, 1864 |
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