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Letter from Sarah to "My Dear Sisters," January 18, 1857 Item Info
- Title:
- Letter from Sarah to "My Dear Sisters," January 18, 1857
- Creator (Person):
- Underwood, Sarah, 1829-1883
- Date Created:
- 1857-01-18
- Time Period:
- 1850s
- Description:
- Letter from Sarah Underwood to her sisters Ann E. Tefft and Mae Tefft, January 18, 1857. The letter includes descriptions of where she is now living including transportation on the Mississippi, sleighing, various items she is sending such as plants and a curtain sample, a local barn raising, and conversations with her neighbor Jesse about courting her sisters.
- Subject (Topic):
- Families Loneliness Frontier and pioneer life Courtship Mississippi River
- Subject (Person):
- Underwood, Sarah, 1829-1883 Tefft, Ann E. Tefft, Mae
- Location:
- Iowa--Princeton Iowa--Scott County
- Language:
- eng
- Source:
- Sarah Underwood papers
- Call Number:
- MS 694
- Box:
- 1
- Folder Number:
- 1
- Finding Aid Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9qr25
- Contributing Institution:
- Iowa State University. Special Collections and University Archives
- Publisher:
- Iowa State University. Library
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Genre:
- correspondence
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Digital Collection Title:
- Sarah Underwood papers
- Digital Collection Permalink:
- http://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w91c1tf6f
- Identifier:
- underwood12
- Item Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w97g6k
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Letter from Sarah to "My Dear Sisters," January 18, 1857", Sarah Underwood Papers, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
- Reference Link:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w97g6k
Rights
- Rights:
- The Iowa State University Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries.
- Standardized Rights: