1832-06-07 LAFAYETTE IND. ( I n. )***W-----TIPPECANOE CO----BLACK 30MM CDS & MS 25 RATE------TO MISS ELIZABETH W. BRADEN, CARE OF WILLIAM H. MILLER, ALEXANDRIA, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-----FROM ANN D. JENNERS, LAFAYETTE, TIPPECANOE CO, INDIANA----"OUR DEAR LITTLE EUGENIA WAS A GREAT SOURCE OF AMUSEMENT AND PLEASURE TO US ALL, BUT SHE TOO IS GONE, SHE HAS DROOPED AND DIED LIKE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MAY ROSES. SHE DIED THE 18TH OF MAY WITHIN 3 DAYS OF BEING 5 YEARS OLD. SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL CHILD AND ONE OF THE MOST SENSIBLE CHILDREN I EVER KNEW. SALLY IS IN GREAT DISTRESS ABOUT IT."----THE DR. IS IN A LOW STATE OF CONSUMPTION, SISTER IS ALSO IN VERY BAD HEALTH. MARY AND BURR ARE BOTH VERY WELL, I THINK THEIR FAMILY WILL BE INCREASED BEFORE LONG FROM APPEARANCES. HECTOR IS VERY WELL. MARY WROTE ME THAT HECTOR HAS BEEN CALLING AUNT NAN EVER SINCE. MA IS IN TOLERABLE GOOD HEALTH. "WILLIAM AND DAVID HAVE BEEN TO FIGHT THE SIOUX INDIANS, WHICH HAVE BROKEN OUT AGAINST US, I HAVE BEEN FRIGHTENED ALMOST TO DEATH ABOUT IT."---BAD WEATHER AND HIGH WATER---ALBA IS WORKING AT THE CABINET MAKING---MR JOHN HAMILTON IS NOT MARRIED, NOR I DON'T BELIEVE EVER WILL BE UNLESS I MARRY HIM AND I THINK THAT IS RATHER DOUBTFUL ???---THERE ARE A GREAT MANY WEDDINGS HERE. A MAN THINKS NOTHING OF MARRYING HIS SISTER-IN-LAW IN 8 MONTHS AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE. IT HAS BEEN DONE IN TWO INSTANCESWITHIN 3 MONTHS, AND IN ONE WAS A MAN MARRIED IN 6 WEEKS FROM THE DAY HIS WIFE DEATH----MY LOVE TO E J HARRIS, A E EDWARDS, L E M POTTER,R J WALKER, P HOUGH, AUNT AMY, MRS PHILIPS, ADDISON THOMAS, R HARRIS---WEATHER----NATIVE AMERICANS----GENEALOGY----3pg----PAGE 3----ERNIES COLLECTION $25
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1. 1832-06-07 LAFAYETTE IND. ( I n. )***W-----TIPPECANOE CO----BLACK 30MM CDS & MS 25 RATE------TO MISS ELIZABETH W. BRADEN, CARE OF WILLIAM H. MILLER, ALEXANDRIA, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-----FROM ANN D. JENNERS, LAFAYETTE, TIPPECANOE CO, INDIANA----"OUR DEAR LITTLE EUGENIA WAS A GREAT SOURCE OF AMUSEMENT AND PLEASURE TO US ALL, BUT SHE TOO IS GONE, SHE HAS DROOPED AND DIED LIKE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MAY ROSES. SHE DIED THE 18TH OF MAY WITHIN 3 DAYS OF BEING 5 YEARS OLD. SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL CHILD AND ONE OF THE MOST SENSIBLE CHILDREN I EVER KNEW. SALLY IS IN GREAT DISTRESS ABOUT IT."----THE DR. IS IN A LOW STATE OF CONSUMPTION, SISTER IS ALSO IN VERY BAD HEALTH. MARY AND BURR ARE BOTH VERY WELL, I THINK THEIR FAMILY WILL BE INCREASED BEFORE LONG FROM APPEARANCES. HECTOR IS VERY WELL. MARY WROTE ME THAT HECTOR HAS BEEN CALLING AUNT NAN EVER SINCE. MA IS IN TOLERABLE GOOD HEALTH. "WILLIAM AND DAVID HAVE BEEN TO FIGHT THE SIOUX INDIANS, WHICH HAVE BROKEN OUT AGAINST US, I HAVE BEEN FRIGHTENED ALMOST TO DEATH ABOUT IT."---BAD WEATHER AND HIGH WATER---ALBA IS WORKING AT THE CABINET MAKING---MR JOHN HAMILTON IS NOT MARRIED, NOR I DON'T BELIEVE EVER WILL BE UNLESS I MARRY HIM AND I THINK THAT IS RATHER DOUBTFUL ???---THERE ARE A GREAT MANY WEDDINGS HERE. A MAN THINKS NOTHING OF MARRYING HIS SISTER-IN-LAW IN 8 MONTHS AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE. IT HAS BEEN DONE IN TWO INSTANCESWITHIN 3 MONTHS, AND IN ONE WAS A MAN MARRIED IN 6 WEEKS FROM THE DAY HIS WIFE DEATH----MY LOVE TO E J HARRIS, A E EDWARDS, L E M POTTER,R J WALKER, P HOUGH, AUNT AMY, MRS PHILIPS, ADDISON THOMAS, R HARRIS---WEATHER----NATIVE AMERICANS----GENEALOGY----3pg----PAGE 1----ERNIES COLLECTION $25 Read More..
2. 1832-06-07 LAFAYETTE IND. ( I n. )***W-----TIPPECANOE CO----BLACK 30MM CDS & MS 25 RATE------TO MISS ELIZABETH W. BRADEN, CARE OF WILLIAM H. MILLER, ALEXANDRIA, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-----FROM ANN D. JENNERS, LAFAYETTE, TIPPECANOE CO, INDIANA----"OUR DEAR LITTLE EUGENIA WAS A GREAT SOURCE OF AMUSEMENT AND PLEASURE TO US ALL, BUT SHE TOO IS GONE, SHE HAS DROOPED AND DIED LIKE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MAY ROSES. SHE DIED THE 18TH OF MAY WITHIN 3 DAYS OF BEING 5 YEARS OLD. SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL CHILD AND ONE OF THE MOST SENSIBLE CHILDREN I EVER KNEW. SALLY IS IN GREAT DISTRESS ABOUT IT."----THE DR. IS IN A LOW STATE OF CONSUMPTION, SISTER IS ALSO IN VERY BAD HEALTH. MARY AND BURR ARE BOTH VERY WELL, I THINK THEIR FAMILY WILL BE INCREASED BEFORE LONG FROM APPEARANCES. HECTOR IS VERY WELL. MARY WROTE ME THAT HECTOR HAS BEEN CALLING AUNT NAN EVER SINCE. MA IS IN TOLERABLE GOOD HEALTH. "WILLIAM AND DAVID HAVE BEEN TO FIGHT THE SIOUX INDIANS, WHICH HAVE BROKEN OUT AGAINST US, I HAVE BEEN FRIGHTENED ALMOST TO DEATH ABOUT IT."---BAD WEATHER AND HIGH WATER---ALBA IS WORKING AT THE CABINET MAKING---MR JOHN HAMILTON IS NOT MARRIED, NOR I DON'T BELIEVE EVER WILL BE UNLESS I MARRY HIM AND I THINK THAT IS RATHER DOUBTFUL ???---THERE ARE A GREAT MANY WEDDINGS HERE. A MAN THINKS NOTHING OF MARRYING HIS SISTER-IN-LAW IN 8 MONTHS AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE. IT HAS BEEN DONE IN TWO INSTANCESWITHIN 3 MONTHS, AND IN ONE WAS A MAN MARRIED IN 6 WEEKS FROM THE DAY HIS WIFE DEATH----MY LOVE TO E J HARRIS, A E EDWARDS, L E M POTTER,R J WALKER, P HOUGH, AUNT AMY, MRS PHILIPS, ADDISON THOMAS, R HARRIS---WEATHER----NATIVE AMERICANS----GENEALOGY----3pg----PAGE 2----ERNIES COLLECTION $25 Read More..
3. 1832-06-07 LAFAYETTE IND. ( I n. )***W-----TIPPECANOE CO----BLACK 30MM CDS & MS 25 RATE------TO MISS ELIZABETH W. BRADEN, CARE OF WILLIAM H. MILLER, ALEXANDRIA, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-----FROM ANN D. JENNERS, LAFAYETTE, TIPPECANOE CO, INDIANA----"OUR DEAR LITTLE EUGENIA WAS A GREAT SOURCE OF AMUSEMENT AND PLEASURE TO US ALL, BUT SHE TOO IS GONE, SHE HAS DROOPED AND DIED LIKE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MAY ROSES. SHE DIED THE 18TH OF MAY WITHIN 3 DAYS OF BEING 5 YEARS OLD. SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL CHILD AND ONE OF THE MOST SENSIBLE CHILDREN I EVER KNEW. SALLY IS IN GREAT DISTRESS ABOUT IT."----THE DR. IS IN A LOW STATE OF CONSUMPTION, SISTER IS ALSO IN VERY BAD HEALTH. MARY AND BURR ARE BOTH VERY WELL, I THINK THEIR FAMILY WILL BE INCREASED BEFORE LONG FROM APPEARANCES. HECTOR IS VERY WELL. MARY WROTE ME THAT HECTOR HAS BEEN CALLING AUNT NAN EVER SINCE. MA IS IN TOLERABLE GOOD HEALTH. "WILLIAM AND DAVID HAVE BEEN TO FIGHT THE SIOUX INDIANS, WHICH HAVE BROKEN OUT AGAINST US, I HAVE BEEN FRIGHTENED ALMOST TO DEATH ABOUT IT."---BAD WEATHER AND HIGH WATER---ALBA IS WORKING AT THE CABINET MAKING---MR JOHN HAMILTON IS NOT MARRIED, NOR I DON'T BELIEVE EVER WILL BE UNLESS I MARRY HIM AND I THINK THAT IS RATHER DOUBTFUL ???---THERE ARE A GREAT MANY WEDDINGS HERE. A MAN THINKS NOTHING OF MARRYING HIS SISTER-IN-LAW IN 8 MONTHS AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE. IT HAS BEEN DONE IN TWO INSTANCESWITHIN 3 MONTHS, AND IN ONE WAS A MAN MARRIED IN 6 WEEKS FROM THE DAY HIS WIFE DEATH----MY LOVE TO E J HARRIS, A E EDWARDS, L E M POTTER,R J WALKER, P HOUGH, AUNT AMY, MRS PHILIPS, ADDISON THOMAS, R HARRIS---WEATHER----NATIVE AMERICANS----GENEALOGY----3pg----PAGE 3----ERNIES COLLECTION $25 Read More..