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Letter 18
Dublin Core
Title
Letter 18
Subject
States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
Description
Leonidas Bryant to John Bryant, May 31, 1863
Creator
Leonidas Bryant
Source
Selvage Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Mars Hill University
Publisher
Southern Appalachian Archives, Liston B. Ramsey Center for Appalachian Studies, Mars Hill University
Date
1863-05-31
Rights
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Format
7 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.
Language
English
Coverage
Indianapolis, Indiana
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
Indianapolis May 31 1863
Dear father I received your letter of the 30th yesterday I was glad to hear from you I am well and enjoying myself here the best I can. Theodore M is at work here he says you are foolish iff you sell another barrel in Madison. They are putting up a large porkhouse here they said they would want over 130000 pork barrels this [p.2] season. I wouldn't advise you but i would move here if i was you. They are plenty of houses and lots of all sizes to sell here and iff you intend to follow coopering you can better yourself here and besides I hate the burg and never will stay there anymore. I was at the theater twice last week with Mrs Susan Mille. She is as devilish as ever she was before she was married [p.3] she said they tried to make a catholick of her but they could not come if they are no talk of [__?] leaving here at present. Iff you will send me some money I will come home a few days. I am straped now that is easy to be here. No more at present
Yors.
L. Bryant
Dear father I received your letter of the 30th yesterday I was glad to hear from you I am well and enjoying myself here the best I can. Theodore M is at work here he says you are foolish iff you sell another barrel in Madison. They are putting up a large porkhouse here they said they would want over 130000 pork barrels this [p.2] season. I wouldn't advise you but i would move here if i was you. They are plenty of houses and lots of all sizes to sell here and iff you intend to follow coopering you can better yourself here and besides I hate the burg and never will stay there anymore. I was at the theater twice last week with Mrs Susan Mille. She is as devilish as ever she was before she was married [p.3] she said they tried to make a catholick of her but they could not come if they are no talk of [__?] leaving here at present. Iff you will send me some money I will come home a few days. I am straped now that is easy to be here. No more at present
Yors.
L. Bryant
Original Format
Letter
Files
Collection
Citation
Leonidas Bryant, “Letter 18,” Southern Appalachian Archives Mars Hill University, accessed December 9, 2023, https://southernappalachianarchives.org/items/show/211.