Unkown to Dear Uncle, April 6, 1861

Unkown to Dear Uncle, April 6, 1861

Bereavement

Delirium

Families

Parents -- Death

In this letter of April 6, 1861, Unknown writes their uncle from Ray County, Missouri to let him know they are well, but it is too wet to plow. He or she is answering a previous letter from the uncle by explaining their father’s death. The letter details the particulars of their father’s mystery illness starting about the first of May 1860 and lasting until his death July 12, 1860. It is likely that the letter is referring to the death of Jacob Misemer. The letter is cut short by at least one missing page.

Unknown

McFee-Misemer Civil War Letters

1861-04-06

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/

letters (correspondence)

eng

Text

64423

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/64423

Ray County (Mo.)

12" x 7.5"(dimension)

2(pages)

Civil War in Southern Appalachia