Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed Ruff, Fort Kearney, to Major. 2 pg. fragment. He cannot leave his post; tells Dougherty to send Lewis immediately to help in the store where his [Dougherty’s] goods are stored; many are ill and Dr. Fullwood is near death; “Be sure to get Ann off by the 2nd of May at very latest date. I shall be at old Ft. Kearney by 6th or 7th of May.”, 1849 Apr 5
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The family papers primarily include letters written and received by Annie E. Ruff, husband Charles F. Ruff, and several family members; some business and political correspondence and also land documents that belonged to John Dougherty; and two photographs. The papers are arranged chronologically. The collection dates from 1836 to circa 1890, with the bulk of the items dating from 1842 to 1850. There are several gaps in the correspondence: July 1851-1852, 1855, 1857-1864, 1867-1880,...
Dates:
1849 Apr 5