Ashby, J. S. (SC 3062)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

10-10-2016

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3062. Letter, 9 February 1843, of J. S. Ashby, Daviess County, Kentucky, to James M. Howard, Wayne County, Illinois. He replies to Howard’s request for money with a description of poor local economic conditions, including low prices for crops and horses, difficulty collecting debts, and even lack of money to pay for marriage licenses. He expresses his wish to marry and relates an anecdote about three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter, the last referring to bachelors.

Disciplines

Economics | Social History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Ashby, J. S. (SC 3062)" (2016). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 4226.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4226