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Box 1

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Letter signed Wm. H. Collins, Collinsville, Ill., to Dear Aunt [Mary Dougherty]. 3 pg. Tells Mary about Illinois College, where the Dougherty’s plan to send sons Kerr and O’Fallon; is recovering from cholera but says it has abated in the area., 1849 July

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
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 July