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Letter, W. H. Hobbs and Howell Hobbs to Eudora Hobbs; 1/13/1961

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Title	Letter, W. H. Hobbs and Howell Hobbs to Eudora Hobbs 1/13/1961
Description	Letter to Eudora Hobbs in Salem, North Carolina, from her young brother, W. H. Hobbs, and her father, Howell Hobbs, near Jackson, Mississippi, 1861. The boy writes about Christmas firecrackers and food, as well as duck shooting. Howell Hobbs writes about Mississippi's secession from the Union.
Creator	Hobbs, W.H. Hobbs, Howell, 1810-1877.
Physical ID	51-F3-2
Date (original)	1861-01-13
Date	January 13, 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	Secession Mississippi Duck shooting Children Christmas Hinds County (Miss.)
Original collection	Hobbs family papers
Object type	text
Format (original)	correspondence: 1 p. 20 X 24 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_0012a
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	near Jackson Jan 13 1861 Dear sister I have been loking for a letter a long time but I was gratified by pa bring me one last night. We are going to clear up the well ground between Colonel Jones and the lot. pa says he is going plowing as soon as it gets big enough. I spent the Christmas well. I had as many fire crackers as I wanted. I took dinner at aunt sues We had a fine bwol of coustard and other nice dishes halsey came uot home with me and we had a fine time Went to the river and saw two old ducks in it halsey shot at them and the old fellow so such

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