Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed Annie Ruff, Columbia Barracks, to Ma, Liberty, Mo. 4 pg., envelope. Wishes father would stay home; Charlie says she must go home in the spring but not sure how he can afford to pay for cook and washing without her there to do it for him; laments the soldier servant but does not want another slave; at the insistence of the bachelors she plans to host a dance during Christmas week; when she travels east will go first to Philadelphia and asks her mother to meet her there (Kelly, p. 205), 1850 Dec 17
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11
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:
1850 Dec 17