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Creator: Brookes, Josephine Date: 1862 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Letter is dated September 2nd, 1862. The letter was written by Josephine Brookes (Fayetteville, AL) to her mother Sarah Brookes. The letter briefly mentions a Civil War regiment in the area. The bulk of the letter discusses family matters. Josephine Brookes was one of the daughters of Baptist cle... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1826 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Letter dated July 11, 1826, written to Rev. Iveson L. Brookes (Jones County, Georgia) from an unidentified person (the name is illegible) from Sandy Hills, New York in 1884. Rev. Brookes was a Baptist clergyman and planter. The creator of the letter was a preacher. The writer briefly discusses hi... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Circa 1900-1919 book of formulas from the Gorsuch Pharmacy, 311 Main Street, Zanesville, Ohio. All of the “recipes” are handwritten in calligraphy. A note in the front of the book states that the Recipe Book Survived the 1913 Zanesville Flood (Ohio River). View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1884 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Letter dated October 19, 1884 from Mr. Robert (Montgomery, AL) to Sarah Brookes (Rome, GA) in 1884. The letter discusses the death of a Miss Margaret Reed by way of an unidentified sickeness. Others are briefly mentioned to have come down with sickness. Sarah Brookes was married to Baptist clergy... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1884 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Letter dated October 20, 1884 from Mr. Robert (Montgomery, AL) to Sarah Brookes (Rome, GA) in 1884. The letter discusses the death of Raymond Reed. Sarah Brookes was married to Baptist clergyman and planter Iveson L. Brookes. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1869 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Letter written by former slave Lotsey White on August 24th, 1869 in Holmes County, Mississippi, to Reverend Howard Montague, of Miller, Essex County, Virginia, inquiring on the whereabouts of various family members that had been sold off separately from herself. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Jackson, William Thomas (1836-1864) Date: 1864 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: An undated letter from William Thomas Jackson to Mother Balzora Jackson. The letter is on pink paper and appears to have been copied over in pen. Some traces of the original text can be barely made out underneath the newer ink. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Jackson, William Thomas (1836-1864) Date: 1864-09-16 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: A letter from William Thomas Jackson to Mother Balzora Jackson and Mary Ellen Jackson written on September 16, 1864 and sent from the hospital near Petersburg, Virginia. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Jackson, William Thomas (1836-1864) Date: 1864 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Letter from William Thomas Jackson writing to Mary Ellen Jackson. There is no a location or date given. The paper is deteriorated. Some chipping on edges of paper. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Jackson, William Thomas (1836-1864) Date: 1864-08-22 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Letter from William Thomas Jackson to Mary Ellen Jackson written on August 22, 1864 and sent from the 8th Alabama regiment camp near Petersburg, Virginia. View Full Item at Samford University Library