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Letter to Sallie E. Curry; 8/28/1863

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Title	Letter to Sallie E. Curry 8/28/1863
Description	Letter to widow Sallie E. Curry from an unidentified man in West Point, Mississippi, asking her permission to correspond with him or allow him to call on her, 1863. Sallie E. Curry married W.P. Bond in 1888.
Physical ID	70-F1-8
Date (original)	1863-08-23
Date	August 23, 1863
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	Curry family West Point (Miss.) Courtship Bond, Sarah E. (Sallie), 1830-1902
Original collection	Raymond Stiles family papers
Object type	text
Format (original)	Correspondence: 1 p. 19.1 X 23.1 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
Transcript	C_ASERL_2010_0123.jpg

Title	C_ASERL_2010_0123a
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.
Format (digital)	JPEG
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.
Tag field	December 2010
Transcript	West Point Aug 28 /63 Mrs Sallie Curry Esteemed Lady I must confess, I am no advocate for epistolary communication on important and intricate matters, when they can be communicated otherwise, there are cases though, when they are admissible, and I think this is one, because of the great inclination of persons to make remarks on the the slightest? pretext, and I fear you are not prepared to brook such; as regards my self, such would have but little weight, or in any way intimidate me, with much respect for your natural sensibility; and proper regard, as to the relations, we sustain to each other, and to life, I desire to make one small request to you

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