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Title	Letter, A. Shaw to Mary Shaw 5/14/1862
Description	Letter, Albert Shaw to his mother, Mary Shaw, telling her that his health has not improved and that his wife, Almerinda (''Rinnie''), has the measles. He thinks that the measles were carried by sick soldiers from Corinth, Mississippi. Yankee gunboats destroyed part of a railroad bridge at Manchac Pass and killed 20-30 soldiers. More than 200 soldiers, including a company of artillery from Natchez and a company of infantry from Lawrence County, left Brookhaven the day before. He also writes about the state of his crops. 1862.
Creator	Shaw, Albert, 1828-1864
Physical ID	12-F2-3
Date (original)	1862-05-14
Date	May 14, 1862
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	Shaw family Copiah County (Miss.) Measles Diseases Corinth (Miss.) Gunboats Manchac (La.) Brookhaven (Miss.) Natchez (Miss.) Lawrence County (Miss.) Civil war United States Agriculture
Original collection	Thompson B. Shaw-McKell papers
Object type	text
Format (original)	Correspondence: 1 leaf 29.5 X 19.1 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.
Tag field	December 2010
Transcript	At Home � Sunday May 11, 1862 Dear Mother � I merely write a few lines to let you know how I am & I am sorry that I have no improvement in my health to relate. I remain about the same � just able to ride out in the field stay a few minutes and come back and lay down. Since you was here Rinnie has had the measles. She has not entirely recovered yet but is up. We suppose that it was brought here by some sick Soldiers from Corinth. None of the rest of the family have taken it as yet. We hear that the Yankee Gunboats have destroyed part of the R.Road bridge at Manchac Pass between here & New Orleans & killed 20 or 30 of our men. Also of the Battles at Corinth and in Virginia. You no doubt hear of them too. We are done planting Corn. Have some to work the first time yet. The Corn is small but looks well. I am plowing up what Cotton we had planted and will plant Peas. The rust has spoiled our Oats and wheat. There was more than two hundred soldiers left Brookhaven yesterday. One Company of Artillery from Natchez and a Company of Infantry from Lawrence County. We are needing rain and as it is Thundering this Evening I hope we will have it. Tell Mollie that I thank her very much for her present of Strawberries. You must come and see us again. Yours Affectionately A. Shaw

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Letter, A. Shaw to Mary Shaw; 5/14/1862

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