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• 1860-11-26

• Samford University Library

• Letter written by Helen Whiting to her uncle Dr. John Drish of Tuscaloosa in 1860. Helen wrote the letter while in school in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. In the letter, Helen discusses marriage, social life, and her meeting a man one evening who "seemed very talented and was very fine looking. He lives in Kansas and was a democratic candidate for Congress." We have been unable to determine who this gentleman that Helen met was. Helen also mentions the recent renovation of Dr. John Drish's historic plantation home in Tuscaloosa, writing "Cousin Mary Leland wrote me that your house is finished, and it looks like a white marble castle. I should like very much to see it." Helen was murdered in 1876 by her husband. Dr. John Drish was a prominent physician in Tuscaloosa who built his historic plantation home in Tuscaloosa in the 1830s.

• Marriage
• Social life and customs

• 1860-1869

• English

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