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January 16th 1870 Letter from Margaret Thornton and F. D. Thornton to her cousins Harry and Emma Shaw describing Christmas in Huntsville and relating how members of her church raised money to pay off the church's debt by the first of...
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March 1 [1871] Letter from Margaret Thornton to her cousin Emma Shaw relating family news, children in school, Mr. Thornton building a house fifty miles away. She is glad that the "Franco and Prussian war" ended before her cousin...
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November 23rd, 1873 Letter from Margaret Thornton to her cousin Emma (Shaw) describes effect of a spring and summer weather on crops. She says that the coming election should "be the death of the Radicals." 4pp. 10 x 7...
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October 2 [1867] (yellow fever letter) Letter from Margaret Thornton to her cousins Harry and Emma Shaw describing her return trip from England to Huntsville, Texas. 8pp. 8 1/2 x 10.
THORNTON PAPERS This collection is comprised of...
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October 7th, 1879 Letter from Margaret Thornton to her cousin Emma Shaw asking about her relative in England and hopes that Harry will come to visit. She states business is "dull" and "money sparse" since crops have been poor for...
