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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher, undated
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Topics include clothing for Ruth's children, and family members' health.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher, undated
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Topics include plans for visiting family and friends.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher, [1850?] January 13
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Topics include her trip home previously and the entertaining she did, the activities of her brothers Cornelius and Levi, attending the New Years Ball in Peacham, and church meetings in the schoolhouse.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher, 1850 February 26
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Topics include Mary's brother Cornelius' move to Massachusetts, her spelling school activities, her health and medicinal treatments, and inquiries about friends and family.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher, 1850 April 28
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Topics include her new dress and silver ware, her brother Cornelius in Massachusetts, and the activities of friends and family.
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- [Mary Harvey?] to Ruth Fletcher, 1850 December 11
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Topics include her difficulties with the father of a girl who was helping with her boarding house, Field's (?) departure for California, other departures, her eye trouble, and the health and activities of her children.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher, 1852 August 8 and October 9
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Topics include Mary's trip back home during warm weather, her family members' activities, and the numbing illness of Cornelius that last several weeks.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher, 1853 August 26
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Topics include the birth of her Mary's daughter, and the health of family members.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher, 1855 January 26
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Topics include the illnesses and deaths among friends, neighbors, and family.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher, 1855 February 19
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Topics include the death of Mary's daughter.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher, 1855 July 30
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Topics include a family visit, Uncle's hurt hand, runaway horses, the birth of a neighbor's daughter, and the sale of wood.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher, 1859 February 4 and February 7
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Topics include the sale of their properties, preparations to move, and Caleb's plans to go west.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher, 1859 March 20
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Topics include the sale of Mary and Caleb's house, Caleb's travels West to look for a place in Illinois or Kansas, and Mary's need of payment from Ruth.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher, 1859 April 24
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Topics include Mary's attempts to sell their furniture and Caleb's attempts to locate property in Kansas Territory or Iowa.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher, 1859 June 26 and 28
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Topics include her safe arrival at her new home in Neponset, Illinois.
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- [Mary Harvey?] to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher, 1860 January 19
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Topics include the prices of grains and stocks in Illinois, the village conditions and organizations, and the state of their farm. This letter is a fragment: the final page or pages are missing, including the closing signature. The attribution of authorship is based on the handwriting and topics...
Show moreTopics include the prices of grains and stocks in Illinois, the village conditions and organizations, and the state of their farm. This letter is a fragment: the final page or pages are missing, including the closing signature. The attribution of authorship is based on the handwriting and topics of the letter.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher, 1860 November 3
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Topics include their activities starting a farm in Malcom Iowa, the good land and good prospects of the country, and the nearness of Iowa State College in Grinnell.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher, 1863 January 24
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Topics include Mary's family's farm in Illinois and their health, the prices of grains, dry goods, and groceries, the activities of relatives including those fighting or killed in the War, and her specific requests for photographs and their packaging.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher, 1864 April 19
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Topics include the birth of her son, their work on the farm, and school teachers and qualification in Iowa.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher, 1865 July 14
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Topics include the effect of the war on Malcom, Iowa, their hard work on their farm, her children's health, and her opinion on the photgraphs which Ruth had sent to her.