Letter signed William A. Hall, Huntsville, Mo., to Dr. Nickolas Marmion and Lydia Marmion, Harpers Ferry, Va. Dear Doctor: Discussion of money owed writer, request for payment of note. Willard [P. Hall] has just left us, and from the accounts he gives there is reason to hope he will soon have a good practice. Dear Lydia: I have nothing to write. I might describe western scenery or western manners but those you can get cheaper and better from Travels or Geographies. Questions about girls in Harpers Ferry. Ma [Statira Hall] is very much disposed to turn me out. She finds she can get along without me and so she wants me to marry off. I am going to squat shortly and take a preemption, and then if I can find a gentle being who will grace my humble cabin and take love and hard times, there is her chance. Individuals mentioned: Sappington, James Foley, Henry Bedinger, Mary [Hall], Elizabeth Gates, Ann[?] Gates, Dangerfield, and Willie [Marmion]., [ca. 1842] Sept 30

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The collection contains primarily letters of Hall family members to family in Virginia and Missouri discussing family news, farming, their enslaved labor, their legal and political careers, the Mexican-American War, the California Gold Rush, and the John Brown raid on Harpers Ferry. Correspondents include Willard P. Hall and wife Anne E. Richardson Hall, mother Statira Hall, and siblings William A. Hall, George H. Hall, Mary Hall, and Anna Hall.