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Box 1

 Container
Call Number: RH MS 1361

Contains 111 Results:

Letter to Mr. William Graham [uncle] from Hattie E. Hodges in Spencer Clay Co, IA, October 30, 1887

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 77
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Hattie writes to William as he nears his 75th birthday; if he lives another five years she thinks she will see him again as she intends to come east again; she recieves letters from her old home but they are usually news that another of her friends has died; she reflects on her own old age

Dates: October 30, 1887

Letter to sister and family from Bentha M. Brown in Warren, PA, February 22, 1900

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 79
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Mrs. Edwards [a friend or relation of Brown's] had a 'sinking spell' due to her age

Dates: February 22, 1900

Letter to friends from Omar Bergman [??] in Fairhaven, December 15, 1889

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 80
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Bergman travelled through the mountains and it was very scenic; he is working on the construction of a brick building now; the bricks are being shipped from Japan

Dates: December 15, 1889

Letter to cousin from Ethel Viola (Palmer) Thrush in Farwell, MI, November 24, 1852

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 81
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E.V.J. points out some errors in her cousin's records of her and hers

Dates: November 24, 1852

Letter to Brother from J. Green [?] in Niagara Falls, NY, January 28, 1903

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 82
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J. is working for the M.C. Railroad at the moment

Dates: January 28, 1903

Letter to cousin from unknown in Findlay Lake, April 17, 1913

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 83
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Unknown informs cousin it will not take long to give their family record

Dates: April 17, 1913

Letter to Mr. Conwell from G.S. Babcock in Hoxie, KS, October 17, 1902

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 84
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Babcock and his wife cannot attend the wedding of Conwell's sister and Babcock's cousin

Dates: October 17, 1902

Letter to unknown sir from J. Green in Niagara Falls, NY, February 3, 1903

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 86
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Green is staying where he is and declining an offer from unknown

Dates: February 3, 1903

Letter to Mr. and Mrs. John M. Babcock from Mr. and Mrs. Taylor in Franklin, October 28, 1908

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 87
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The Taylors congratulate the Babcocks on their marriage

Dates: October 28, 1908

Letter to mother and father from unknown in Camp Jefferson, December [1861-1865?]

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 91
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Unknown has been in his present encampment for about 10 days, waiting for the completion of a railroad bridge that rebels had blown up across Green River

Dates: December [1861-1865?]

Letter from unknown in Harkinsville M and C R.R, AL, July 22, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 92
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Unknown's company had a brush with the Bushwhackers where they lost their captain; he recounts various other battle updates

Dates: July 22, 1862

Letter to brother and sister from James and Sarah Ladds in old england, June 4, 1844

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 93
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There is plenty of money in England but it is got in few peoples' hands so that the poor are starving

Dates: June 4, 1844

Letter to uncle from Ruth Blackman in Wardyhill Coveney near Ely Cambridgesheare, Old England, January 31, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 94
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Her mother died in July 1860; has not recieved any letters from America in a few years and hopes to get a reply

Dates: January 31, 1862

Letter to cousin from Thomas K. Hitchcock in Oakington, Cambridgeshire, February 3, 1871

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 95
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Hitchcock has had a wish to come to America for a long time; there is none in his country but starvation wages for hard work

Dates: February 3, 1871

Letter to friends from Ethel in Dempseytown, PA, February 2, 1898

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 97
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Ethel is in the eighth grade and studies reading, orthography, penmanship, arithmetic, history, civil government, grammar, geography, and physiology

Dates: February 2, 1898

Letter to friend from Ethel in Dempseytown, PA, August 19, 1898

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 98
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There was a murder near Ethel on August 10; one of her neighbors was shot wile sitting in his home rocking his baby; Ethel attended the funeral and it was one of the saddest she ever knew; there is a 2000 dollar reward for the capture of the man or men who did it

Dates: August 19, 1898

Letter to friend Johnny from Ethel in Dempseytown, PA, April 7, 1895

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 99
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Ethel is in the 5th Reader [grade] this winter, and through fractions and arithmetic; everyone has had the Grippe and Typhoid fever bad, with over 200 cases in Oil City

Dates: April 7, 1895

Letter to sister from unknown in Bellville, Sandusky Co, OH, August 23, 1869

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 100
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Unknown is beginning to feel old more this season than ever; he often feels that his work is most done, he begins to give up the care of things to the girls

Dates: August 23, 1869