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Letter signed Margaret Gibson, Philadelphia to Dear Madam [Mary Dougherty]. 4 pg. Thanks her for information about details on overland journeys in the west; she and her mother worry about the children; discusses packages and accounts for goods and Godeys Lady Book subscription; news of family and of friends lost to cholera. (Kelly, p. 114), 1849 Sept 2

 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 Sept 2