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Letter, Mattie A. Boyd and Sophie Boyd Hays to Matilda Boyd Webb; 6/22/1861

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Title	Letter, Mattie A. Boyd and Sophie Boyd Hays to Matilda Boyd Webb 6/22/1861
Description	Letter to 'Lit' (Matilda Ann Boyd Webb) from her cousin, Mattie A. Boyd, and Sophie Boyd Hays. Mattie is visiting Sophie, her school term in Oxford having just ended. Mattie writes that most of the young men are gone from town, and that 'cousin Robert' is happy at the army camp. She asks if any positions are available at local schools or with families. Sophie emphasizes Mattie's request for a teaching position and recommends her for such, and mentions that the troops at Union City might be sent to Missouri. 1861.
Creator	Boyd, Mattie Ann Hays, Sophia Boyd, ca. 1827-1910
Physical ID	4-F17-2
Date (original)	1861-06-22
Date	June 22, 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 Teachers Education Union City (Tenn.) La Grange (Tenn.) Oxford (Miss.) Webb, Matilda Ann, 1832-1913
Original collection	Hays-Ray-Webb collection
Object type	text
Format (original)	correspondence: 1p. 18 X 27.5 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.

Title	C_ASERL_2010_0008a
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, Tenn. June 22nd/61. Dear cousin Lit, School having closed in Oxford a few days since, and relieved me from my toils I have left there, and come up to La Grange to spend a few days with cousin Sophia; where I am having quite a nice quiet time. Everybody having gone to the wars except the ladies, a few old gentleman, and occasionally a young man. Cousin Sophia & myself have been talking about writing to you for several days but having been very busily engaged (as she is making preparations to go to Union City in a few days) we have had to decline until the present. Cousin Sophia received a letter from cousin Robert yesterday. He writes in quite a happy manner, and seems to be well satisfied. He says they are very comfortably fixed in camp, and thinks they will be rather loth to leave even to return home. Though they hope to return in August, and I greatly wish their hopes may not be in vain. Is

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