Reid, Josephine Rogers (Rowan), 1838-1911 (SC 2593)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

9-6-2012

Comments

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

Abstract

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2593. Letters of Josephine Rogers (Rowan) Reid, written from Federal Hill, Bardstown, Kentucky to a friend, “Mary.” She writes in 1860 of treatment for an injured foot and an offer of marriage; reacts to Mary’s marriage to a Mr. Keating, notes the anniversary of her brother John’s death, and reports on her brother Lytle’s Civil War service in 1863; and writes of her own marriage and forthcoming move to New Orleans in 1865.

Disciplines

History | Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Reid, Josephine Rogers (Rowan), 1838-1911 (SC 2593)" (2012). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 2292.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/2292