[Letter from Laura Jernigan to Henry Moore, March 27. 1887

One of 1,686 letters in the series: Charles B. Moore Family papers, 1832-1917 available on this site.

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Letter from Laura Jernigan discusses how well her garden is doing and talks about her children going to the new schoolhouse in Cannon. The family is boarding the teacher and they are getting along well. There is a new jail in town. The town has a new paper, the Educational Journal, and the debate and literary society recently debated the subject of how prohibition would benefit the state of Texas. Includes original envelope.

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[6] p. ; 20 x 13 cm.

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Jernigan, Laura March 27, 1887.

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Letter from Laura Jernigan discusses how well her garden is doing and talks about her children going to the new schoolhouse in Cannon. The family is boarding the teacher and they are getting along well. There is a new jail in town. The town has a new paper, the Educational Journal, and the debate and literary society recently debated the subject of how prohibition would benefit the state of Texas. Includes original envelope.

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[6] p. ; 20 x 13 cm.

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Jernigan, Laura. [Letter from Laura Jernigan to Henry Moore, March 27. 1887, letter, March 27, 1887; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth203583/: accessed March 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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