The letter in this edition was sent by Horace Kephart to Charles Henry Hull, a friend of the Kephart family’s, on October 8, 1892. Kephart sent this letter from St. Louis, as he had moved there with his wife Laura shortly...
This edition is created from the manuscript of I.L. Kephart’s letter to Horace Kephart on September 11, 1888. In this letter, Isaiah asks Horace about his family’s wellbeing. He spends the majority of the letter recounting the...
This letter was written by Ida Jane Smith in January 1947. Within this letter, Ida Smith discusses the salaries she received as a pioneer schoolteacher in western North Carolina. The text of the letter recognizes that this...
E. Berkley Bowie, first name Edris, was born in Maryland on May 8th 1882. He was an avid gun enthusiast, especially in regards to Confederate arms. Bowie posted an ad in the Confederate Veteran of March 1920 which reads “E....
This edition is created from the manuscript of I. L. Kephart’s letter to Horace Kephart on September 2, 1888. Within this this letter, I. L. Kephart lays out the Kephart family tree in what is a rudimentary genealogy of the...
This edition is created from the manuscript of Isaiah Lafayette Kephart’s (I.L.K.) letter to his son Horace Kephart on October 3rd & 4th, 1888. Isaiah Kephart’s letter from these two days covers topics of domestic life such...
This edition is created from the manuscript of J.W. Barre’s letter to Horace Kephart on May 22, 1898. Barre’s letter is a very short response to a letter from Kephart. He mentions that he had missed seeing Kephart in his visit...
This document is a letter written by Jacob Siler, a former Agent of the State1 (1839-40) working within North Carolina and nearby states, and sent to North Carolina Governor David Settle Reid. In the letter, Siler lists the...
This manuscript is a letter written from Jacob Siler—North Carolina state law maker and at the time of this letter an Agent for the State of North Carolina in Cherokee County—to the North Carolina governor of 1845-1848, William...
This manuscript is a letter written by Jacob Siler, a former Agent of the State (1839-40) working within North Carolina and nearby states, and sent to William Holland Thomas. In the letter Jacob Siler is protesting both...
