Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926 to Alexander M. Ross

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GLC#
GLC03007.20-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1 July 1888
Author/Creator
Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926
Title
to Alexander M. Ross
Place Written
Rohnerville, California
Pagination
6 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 13 cm
Primary time period
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Sub-Era
Slavery & Anti-slavery

Discusses at length her faith in God, and how despair only makes it stronger, as her father taught her. Mentions smallpox incidents nearby and greater women's rights in California. Her oldest son, fifteen, has run off to become a locomotive engineer and she fears he may have drowned in heavy rain. Recipient inferred from content.

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