[Letter from Matilda Dodd to Mary and Charles B. Moore, December 20, 1885]

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Letter from Matilda Dodd to Mary and Charles Moore on December 20, 1885. She writes about her family's health and their activities marketing their farm produce. She says that John Wallace said that he had never seen as many poor people as he saw in Texas. She passes on the information that Lily Franklin and Charly Elliot are "going to jump the broomstick" (get married). She also says that there will be little candy and Christmas. William Dodd enclosed a note with the letter

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Dodd, Matilda December 20, 1885.

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Letter from Matilda Dodd to Mary and Charles Moore on December 20, 1885. She writes about her family's health and their activities marketing their farm produce. She says that John Wallace said that he had never seen as many poor people as he saw in Texas. She passes on the information that Lily Franklin and Charly Elliot are "going to jump the broomstick" (get married). She also says that there will be little candy and Christmas. William Dodd enclosed a note with the letter

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2p. ;24 h x 22w cm.

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The Civil War and its Aftermath: Diverse Perspectives

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  • December 20, 1885

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Dodd, Matilda. [Letter from Matilda Dodd to Mary and Charles B. Moore, December 20, 1885], letter, December 20, 1885; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth203582/: accessed November 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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