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Letter, J. N. Ledbetter to Eudora Hobbs; 1/15/1861

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Title	Letter, J. N. Ledbetter to Eudora Hobbs 1/15/1861
Description	Letter to Eudora Hobbs in Salem, North Carolina, from her uncle, J. N. Ledbetter, in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding the state's secession from the Union, as well as family news.
Creator	Ledbetter, J.N.
Physical ID	51-F3-3
Date (original)	1861-01-15
Date	January 15, 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 Jackson (Miss.)
Original collection	Hobbs family papers
Object type	text
Format (original)	correspondence: 1 p. 25 X 19.5 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_0013a
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	Jackson January 15th 61 My Dear Dora Having a moments leisure, I ? to write to you to Say we are out of the Union and are foreigners at last I suppose you are still in the United States. We have a Convention and a Legislature both Sitting at this time in our town and we hear of stirring times in South Carolina and Some little stir in your State (N.C.) Cannot tell what will be the result of the present state of affairs I do not know of any thing that will interest you now than to inform you that Miss Lane has taken a school in Madison County and has left your house at last I hope to stay, forever. I am glad you have found such a Sweet Companion do you have fun together like you and sir godfrey use to have You may find a gold dollar enclosed sally

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