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- GLC#
- GLC08165.18-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- October 13, 1868
- Author/Creator
- Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902
- Title
- to his sister
- Place Written
- Beaufort County, South Carolina
- Pagination
- 6 p. :
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- Reconstruction
Reports family news, including a discussion of Mac's recent illness, possibly McLeod Hutson. Discusses agricultural output and circumstances of various family members. Mentions cholera affecting the family. Discusses the improved health of his wife, Theodora, and the difficulties of managing a large household. Comments on a legal matter he is working on, referred to as the "C.H. question." The recipient may have been his sister Hattie Hutson or his sister-in-law Mary Anna Colcock.
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