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May 25th / [18]72
To:
M. A. Banks,
Westville Miss.
Dear Pa We reced your letter a few days ago and was glad to hear from you. We also received a letter from Bettie the same day[.] she seems to be perfectly satisfied with her new house. We are all well and doing well[.] we had plenty of rain here yesterday which we were needing very much[.] it was the first we had for five weeks[.] about half the cotton planted in the County was not up to a stand[.] all my cotton was planted late and only about half of it is rip [sic] but it will all be up now soon[.] Corn in this county is mighty sorry looking and was needing rain to make it grow[.] We had a Hail Storm here on last Tuesday without much rain[.] it beat up the crops considerably in places
We have just finish [sic] a letter to Bettie in reply to hers. She will hear from this part of the country pretty often[.] all of
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Letter to Pa |
| Description | Letter to "Pa" (M. A. Banks in Westville, Mississippi) from "Cal & Jennie" regarding their cotton crop, a hailstorm, and family news. |
| Digital ID# | 20-012 |
| Physical ID | 20-012 |
| Object Type | Letter |
| Subject | Cotton. |
| Geographic location | Mississippi |
| Date (original) | 1872-05-25 |
| Time period | 1870-1879 |
| Original Collection | Williams (Daniel) Papers |
| Publisher | Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version). |
| 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 (original) | 24.9 x 19.5 cm. document |
| Format (digital) | 200 dpi JPEG image |
| Repository | Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries. |
| Location of Original | Williams (Daniel) Papers/Box 2/Folder 1 |
| Related materials | A digitization project sponsored by the Consortium for the History of Agricultural and Rural Mississippi (CHARM). |
| Language | eng |
| Contact information | For more information send email to sp_coll@library.msstate.edu or call 662-325-7679. |
| facet format | document |
| Transcript | May 25th / 72 To: M. A. Banks, Westville Miss. Dear Pa We reced your letter a few days ago and was glad to hear from you. We also received a letter from Bettie the same day[.] she seems to be perfectly satisfied with her new house. We are all well and doing well[.] we had plenty of rain here yesterday which we were needing very much[.] it was the first we had for five weeks[.] about half the cotton planted in the County was not up to a stand[.] all my cotton was planted late and only about half of it is rip [sic] but it will all be up now soon[.] Corn in this county is mighty sorry looking and was needing rain to make it grow[.] We had a Hail Storm here on last Tuesday without much rain[.] it beat up the crops considerably in places We have just finish [sic] a letter to Bettie in reply to hers. She will hear from this part of the country pretty often[.] all of [page 2] her friends are writing to her from here. The Children are all well and healthy as can be and we hope to be able to come down to see you when we get through work. Cant [sic] say when[.] Jennie says you must save her some Honey by the time she comes[.] our little Girl Mary is a mighty Pretty Child and is walking everywhere[.] the Boys want to see GrandPa mighty bad. Write to us if you cant [sic] come Goodbye from Your children, Cal & Jennie P.S. Ma's Family are well except Mrs Hollingsworth[.] she has been sick some time[.] she has something like consumption[.] we are very uneasy abot [sic] her. |
| Collection Title | Daniel Williams family papers |
Description
| Digital ID# | 20-012-p01.jpg |
| Original Collection | Williams (Daniel) Papers |
| Publisher | Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version). |
| 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) | 200 dpi jpeg image |
| Repository | Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries. |
| Related materials | A digitization project sponsored by the Consortium for the History of Agricultural and Rural Mississippi (CHARM). |
| Language | eng |
| Contact information | For more information send email to sp_coll@library.msstate.edu or call 662-325-7679. |
| Transcript | May 25th / [18]72 To: M. A. Banks, Westville Miss. Dear Pa We reced your letter a few days ago and was glad to hear from you. We also received a letter from Bettie the same day[.] she seems to be perfectly satisfied with her new house. We are all well and doing well[.] we had plenty of rain here yesterday which we were needing very much[.] it was the first we had for five weeks[.] about half the cotton planted in the County was not up to a stand[.] all my cotton was planted late and only about half of it is rip [sic] but it will all be up now soon[.] Corn in this county is mighty sorry looking and was needing rain to make it grow[.] We had a Hail Storm here on last Tuesday without much rain[.] it beat up the crops considerably in places We have just finish [sic] a letter to Bettie in reply to hers. She will hear from this part of the country pretty often[.] all of |
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