Correspondence

Author

Lucy Chapin

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Identifier

MUM00683, 1.18

Recipient

Emily McKinstry Chapin

Publication Date

1861

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In this letter Lucy writes about her desire to know more of Chicopee, MA gossip; explains the lack of eligible men in the area due to the outbreak of the Civil War; and the effects of the Civil War in general upon Mississippi

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Homefront; Communication; Gossip; Man-woman relationships; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects; Women -- United States -- History -- 19th century ; Plantation life -- Southern States -- History; Confederate States of America

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Archival Material

Original Format

correspondence

City

West Point (Miss.)

Original Collection

Roxana Chapin Gerdine Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

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A.L.S. (4 p.) Photocopy

Also included in the Civil War in the American South collection.

Lucy Chapin to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1862 March 21)

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