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Letter, J. M. Jones to Mrs. Augusta H. Rice; 6/16/1864

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Title	Letter, J. M. Jones to Mrs. Augusta H. Rice 6/16/1864
Description	Black-bordered letter from J. M. Jones in Marion, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice in Mobile, Alabama, opening with news about mutual friends and the weather. She writes about women in Marion working to help maimed soldiers and describes one of her pupils as 'the most stupid child in the world.' She also refers to the death of General Leonidas Polk, who was killed in Georgia two days earlier. Letter was sent 'by Ansel'. 1864.
Creator	Jones, J. M.
Physical ID	24-F23-5
Date (original)	1864-06-16
Date	June 16, 1864
Digital Collection Title	ASERL
Rights	Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Subject	Marion (Miss.) Women Civil war United States Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864 Jones family Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906 Teachers
Original collection	Nannie Herndon Rice family papers
Object type	text
Format (original)	Correspondence: 1 p. 18.5 x 24.5 cm.
Format (digital)	JPEG
Digital publisher	Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Related materials	http://www.american-south.org/
Language	en
Repository	Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Contact information	For more information send email to sp_coll@library.msstate.edu or call 662-325-7679.
Tag field	December 2010

Title	C_ASERL_2010_0040a
Digital Collection Title	ASERL
Rights	Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Digital publisher	Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Related materials	http://www.american-south.org/
Repository	Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Contact information	For more information send email to sp_coll@library.msstate.edu or call 662-325-7679.
Transcript	Marion June 16th 1864 My dear Mrs Rice I have just finished reading your very acceptable letter by Ansel & delivered to him the articles you desire. so far from considering it troublesome quite the contrary; it affords me great pleasure. We were all very much delighted to hear from you & the children, but would have been much more pleased to have seen you in person, it would really be a treat (notwithstanding the war time) to have you come up to spend a long time with us. Your friend Mrs Logerman left Marion (I presume for Huntsville) some two or three weeks ago, she seemed very much dejected after the death of her father & was anxious to return to Huntsville, but through the advice of some of her friends she remained here some weeks & finally left. I have not heard from her since. The Walthalls & Carlisle are all well except

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