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[Transcript of Letter from David Fentress to Clara Fentress - December 7, 1864]
Transcript of a letter from the David Fentress to "My Dear Wife" (Clara Fentress). The letter is badly faded. It appears to inform the recipient that the writer is about to take a trip of several days. The trip may have been delayed so he can "wait until all danger is past."
Date:
December 7, 1864
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from David Fentress to Clara Fentress, December 7, 1864]
Letter from the David Fentress to "My Dear Wife" (Clara Fentress). The letter is badly faded. It appears to inform the recipient that the writer is about to take a trip of several days. The trip may have been delayed so he can "wait until all danger is past."
Date:
December 7, 1864
Creator:
Fentress, David
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara, February 27, 1864]
Letter written by David Fentress to his wife stating that his brigade has been furloughed and requesting that she come to collect him in Bastrop. He has been sick since the party at Colonel Groce's and she needs to bring a wagon or ambulance to move him.
Date:
February 27, 1864
Creator:
Fentress, David
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter to Lizzie Johnson from Dora, September 7, 1860]
Letter from Dora to Lizzie Johnson, discussing news from Chappell Hill, and hinting at the "contagion" concerning the town.
Date:
September 7, 1860
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Lizzie Johnson from unknown correspondent]
Letter from unknown recipient (likely Lizzie's friend Dora), dated December 16, 1860. Letter discusses news from Chappell Hill, as well as affairs at Soule University, located in Chappell Hill. Letter is addressed to Lizzie in the "Tennessee Colony" or the Robertson, or Nashville Colony. Letter also alludes to the coming Civil War.
Date:
December 16, 1860
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dora to Lizzie Johnson, dated May 12, 1863]
Letter from Dora to Lizzie Johnson. Dora inquires as to why she has not heard from Lizzie, questions Lizzie's loyalties to the Union or the Confederacy since Lizzie lives in Austin. Dora also states that she knows both her and Lizzie's brothers were taken prisoner at the Post [Arkansas Post] earlier in 1863.
Date:
May 12, 1863
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History