Shelby, Virginia, fl. 1846 to her brother Tobias Gibson

GLC04501.053

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GLC#
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Type
Letters
Date
13 July 1846
Author/Creator
Shelby, Virginia, fl. 1846
Title
to her brother Tobias Gibson
Place Written
Danville, Kentucky
Pagination
2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 27 cm, Width: 21 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson Lincoln

Extends an invitation for Tobias to visit. Writes news of family and friends. She adds the rather intriguing remark: "Mrs. Fishback I think has forgotten her fathers [sic] land, her Lincoln kin."

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