Correspondence, 1883
- Containers:
- Box 15, Folder 5
- Scope and content:
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Includes family, friend, and business correspondence. Correspondents include: brother-in-law William Wilson Galt, cousin John B. Whitehead, sister Mary G. Galt, Lucy A. Priddy asking for a loan, cousin J. C. Carrington, friend and old neighbor J. W. Morton, Miss M. G. Nowlins, L. H. Hayes regarding horses, Miss S. A. Boswell with an invitation to church, an invitation from Mrs. McKelway, a driving invitation from Jennie Watkins, cousin Nellie Watkins, Alice Marrow regarding a visit, and cousin Louise Carrington. Includes a letter from W. H. Grigsby in Washington, DC about reviewing an enclosed crayon portrait of Hugh Blair Grigsby, letter from Lyon G. Tyler asking for any correspondence between Hugh Blair Grigsby and President Tyler for his research on President Tyler, letters from neighbors about escaped sheep and a loan, letters from young ladies and a letter from a local farmer J. E. Holt to Mrs. Grigsby about his family and farming.
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