[Letter from Ann Farman to her Brother, August 4, 1883] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Letter from Ann Farman to her Brother, August 4, 1883]

Creator

  • Author: Farman, Ann
    Creator Type: Personal

Date

  • Creation: 1883-08-04

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Letter from Ann Farman to her brother with news of her family. Her husband has been recovering from his broken leg and began working around their farm once more. Her daughter has been sick for five years with an unknown ailment. Among other family news, she informed her brother that their sister, Sarah, wanted him to write. She condemned a drunken family member as disgraceful and discussed the possibility of adding family members' names to the family burial ground if the bodies were not able to be buried there.
  • Physical Description: [16] p. ; 21 x 26 cm., folded to 21 x 13 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Correspondence
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Families
  • Keyword: Nichols
  • Named Person: Farman, Ann
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Agriculture - Farming
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Agriculture - Domestic Animals - Cattle
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Agriculture - Domestic Animals - Sheep
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Customs - Funerals - Cemeteries
  • Keyword: alcoholism
  • Keyword: alcoholics
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Finance - Banks
  • Keyword: homesteads

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Coverage

  • Coverage Date: 1883-08
  • Time Period: new-sou

Collection

  • Name: Osterhout Papers
    Code: OSTERH

Institution

  • Name: Austin College
    Code: ASTC

Resource Type

  • Letter

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: ASTC_002-059-06
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth255491
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