Correspondence
Identifier
MUM00683, 1.35
Recipient
Roxana Chapin Gerdine (1833-1891)
Publication Date
1879
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Description
Most likely written by Tom Gerdine, Roxana and W.L.C. Gerdine's first born son, while she was on vacation up north visiting family. Tom mentions town events, and talks about his father's grave and Greenwood Cemetery
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Greenwood Cemetery (West Point, Miss.); Travel; Women -- United States -- History -- 19th century ; Plantation life -- Southern States -- History; Confederate States of America
Relational Format
Archival Material
Original Format
correspondence
City
West Point (Miss.)
Original Collection
Roxana Chapin Gerdine Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
Rights
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Comments
A.L. (4 p.) Incomplete
Also included in the Civil War in the American South collection.