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Nally H. Rood letter : to Solomon Howe

 Collection — manuscript box: 1 - folder 1
Identifier: 179m

Scope and content

Letter from a young man in Spencer, New York, to his parents in Greenwich, Massachusetts, addressed to Solomon Howe, evidently his father. The son describes his family's financial and livestock farming difficulties, but encourages his brothers and sisters to join him in the Spencer area, calling it "a good place for poor people and no worse for rich ones."

Dates

  • 1808 August 15.

Creator

Language of Material

In English.

Extent

1 items. (1 item.)

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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