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Letter, Sophie Boyd Hays to Matilda Boyd Webb; 4/17/1861

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Title	Letter, Sophie Boyd Hays to Matilda Boyd Webb 4/17/1861
Description	Letter from Sophie Boyd Hays in La Grange, Tennessee, to 'Lit' (Matilda A. Boyd Webb), mentioning the likely secession of Virginia and regretting that young men are leaving school to sign up for the army, 1861. She also discusses dressmaking and the problems of maintaining her house and distrust of servants.
Creator	Hays, Sophia Boyd, ca. 1827-1910
Physical ID	4-F17-1
Date (original)	1861-04-17
Date	April 17, 1861
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	Civil war United States Women's clothing Education La Grange (Tenn.) Webb, Matilda Ann, 1832-1913
Original collection	Hays-Ray-Webb collection
Object type	text
Format (original)	correspondence: 1p. 19 X 23.5 cm.
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.

Title	C_ASERL_2010_0007a
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	La Grange, Apr 17, 1861 Dear Lit, I must write you a few lines by Jack. I am very much obliged to you for those things you sent. They are all so nice, and will be quite valuable to me. Yet, I am really sorry you took time to do the work when you have so much to do. I hope you will take a good long rest now. It is said to be very unhealthy for a lady to sew very constantly on those machines. I should think by giving an hour or two a day to it you might keep it done up. I am feeling very sadly [left margin] I had almost forgotten to tell you that I am delighted with your soap.

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