Emma A. Shoolbred to Col. J. Cathey, March 30, 1863

Emma A. Shoolbred to Col. J. Cathey, March 30, 1863

Agricultural prices

Cathey, Joseph, 1803-1874

Shoolbred, Emma A., 1806?- -- Correspondence

Widows

Widows -- North Carolina -- Social conditions -- 19th century

In this letter of March 30, 1863, Emma Shoolbred writes to Joseph Cathey. She is a widow with three sons in Confederate service and another unaccounted for, and she does not have the resources to provide for the slaves in her employ. Though she had never met Cathey, she makes her request based on Cathey's knowledge of her son James, and she inquires about the possibility of purchasing corn, an ox, and wheat flour, and what those items might cost her.

Shoolbred, Emma A., 1806?-

Joseph Cathey and Cathey Family Papers

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Civil War in Southern Appalachia