Letter from Augusta J. Evans, Mobile, Alabama, to Rachel Lyons Heustis, February 2, 1861
Augusta Evans, an Alabama novelist, writes her friend, Rachel. Augusta assisted in preparing over 9,000 bags to be filled with sand for use at Fort Morgan. She is very anxious about her father and two brothers serving at Fort Morgan. They will be sent to Fort Pickens, Pensacola, Florida, if neede...
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Documents Letter from Augusta J. Evans, Mobile, Alabama, to Rachel Lyons Heustis, February 2, 1861 Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane), 1835-1909 (Correspondent) |
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Augusta Evans, an Alabama novelist, writes her friend, Rachel. Augusta assisted in preparing over 9,000 bags to be filled with sand for use at Fort Morgan. She is very anxious about her father and two brothers serving at Fort Morgan. They will be sent to Fort Pickens, Pensacola, Florida, if needed. Augusta replies to questions about Mr. Derby, a strong Union supporter, who has returned to New York City. She expresses her wish that Virginia secedes soon as well as other border states.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 2, 1861Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane), 1835-1909 (Correspondent)Heustis, Rachel Lyons (Addressee)Text1861-02-02engelectronic; image/jpeg; 4 p.Augusta Evans, an Alabama novelist, writes her friend, Rachel. Augusta assisted in preparing over 9,000 bags to be filled with sand for use at Fort Morgan. She is very anxious about her father and two brothers serving at Fort Morgan. They will be sent to Fort Pickens, Pensacola, Florida, if needed. Augusta replies to questions about Mr. Derby, a strong Union supporter, who has returned to New York City. She expresses her wish that Virginia secedes soon as well as other border states.The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries.Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane), 1835-1909; Heustis, Rachel Lyons; Secession--Southern States; letters (correspondence)United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--Alabama--Mobile County--MobileThe University of Alabama Libraries Special CollectionsAugusta Evans Wilson papersBox 1, Folder 6u0003_0001563_0000007http://purl.lib.ua.edu/19724https://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/81 |
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Letter from Augusta J. Evans, Mobile, Alabama, to Rachel Lyons Heustis, February 2, 1861 |
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Letter from Augusta J. Evans, Mobile, Alabama, to Rachel Lyons Heustis, February 2, 1861 |
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Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane), 1835-1909 (Correspondent) |
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