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Letter, Jane Lipscomb to Elizabeth Wier; 2/28/1864

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Title	Letter, Jane Lipscomb to Elizabeth Wier 2/28/1864
Description	Letter, Jane Hardwick Lipscomb, probably from Jasper County, Mississippi, to her sister-in-law Elizabeth Lipscomb Wier at Enterprise, Mississippi, telling of the state of the anxiety of her daughter Laura and sympathizing with the recent troubles at Enterprise. She hopes that the Yanks have left the state, and says that she imagines the children will never forget the burning of Enterprise. She mentions Pastor Chatfield and the death of his son William, killed by a falling limb. She tells of sending butter by Bob, the possibility of sending coal and potatoes, and sends good wishes to the children. 1864
Creator	Lipscomb, Jane, 1810-1865
Physical ID	646-2
Date (original)	1864-02-28
Date	February 28, 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	Lipscomb, Jane, 1810-1865 Wier, Elizabeth, 1798-1864 Enterprise (Miss.) Civil war United States Chatfield, William M. Chatfield, George Washington, 1810-1881 Clergy Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 20th. Company I (Jasper Rifles) Slaves Food supply Jasper County (Miss.) Izard family Izard, Laura, 1841-1892
Original collection	T. C. Wier family papers
Object type	text
Format (original)	Correspondence: 1 page 17.8 X 16.5 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	ASERL VII

Title	6462i
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	ASERL VII
Transcript	Feb 28th [1864] My Dear Sister This evening finds us all well. Laura is very complaining & looks badly the excitement has almost laid her up we all begin to fell moore quiet but often think of you all in these dark days of trouble & distress. Hope this note will find you all well. I wrote to you a few days ago by Capt. Cole sympathizing with you all in your great trouble. I do hope the Yanks have all left the State & I pray God they will never return. Rev. Chatfield give us a good sermon today we had pray [sic] meeting this evening. He is in deep distress his son Capt. Wm Chatfield was killed by the falling of a limb it struck him on the head & broke his skull & neck. How sad indeed he was a noble & brave officer & a good Christian how mysterious are the ways of our heavenly Father. We must

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