Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Publication Date

9-6-2012

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-5083, mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid, scans and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) 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

SC 2593 Josephine Reid letters.pdf (3405 kB)
Josephine Reid letters

SC 2593 Josephine Reid letter 12 Feb 1863 typescript.doc (41 kB)
Feb. 12, 1863 letter typescript

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