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Box 1

 Container

Contains 107 Results:

Promissory notes (four on the page), including one from John E. McLendon at Troy, AL to Jim Stokes for $3.00 (recto); and two school lessons, one about rabbits and the other on intolerance (verso), 5/18/1880, 5/15/1881, 5/21/1881

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates: 5/18/1880, 5/15/1881, 5/21/1881

Letter from Dr. C. C. Wiggins at Pollard, AL to L. G. McLendon re: inquiring if he is the same McLendon he used to know, 9/19/1881

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates: 9/19/1881

Letter from John E. McLendon at Columbia, AL to his mother re: coming home earlier than expected; and wants Bartow to come meet him, 1/17/1883

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates: 1/17/1883

Letter from W. B. Cumbie at Big Sandy, TX to L. G. McLendon re: his daughter Mollie has married and asks for news, 3/25/1883

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13, Item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates: 3/25/1883

Letter from J. E. Hardie at Henderson to his sister Nancy re: family news, children all out “sparking”, 5/28/1871

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates: 5/28/1871

Letter from J. E. Hardie at Henderson to his niece “Lydan” re: sorry her husband and mother don’t get on well, they are welcome to come stay if they will reconcile, 3/28/1875

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates: 3/28/1875

Letter from J. F. McLendon at Carthage to his brother re: withdrawn from race for Tax Assessor/Collector, too busy with preaching and his farm, 6/23/1875

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates: 6/23/1875

Letter from J. F. McLendon at Carthage to L. G. McLendon re: wishes they would move to Texas, moving to Clayton for children’s college, 12/12/1876

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates: 12/12/1876

Letter from Lydia McLendon to her mother Nancy Bridges re: children doing well in school and missing her mother (includes envelope), 5/18/1876

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Item: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates: 5/18/1876

Letter from C. C. McLendon at Clayton, Panola County, to Loammie and Lydia Ann re: they should come to Texas as Loammie could sell his photographs, 5/26/1878

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Item: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates: 5/26/1878

Letter from W. B. Cumbie at Big Sandy, Upshur County, to L. G. McLendon re: McLendon would do better in Texas; and the expansion of Big Sandy, 6/8/1877

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Item: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates: 6/8/1877

Letter from an unknown parent in Wilkinson County, GA to “Dear Son Robert re: bad drought in the county (fragment), 7/1849

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates: 7/1849

Letter from Solomon Horton in Wilkinson County, GA to Miss Lydia A. D. Bridges re: hoping she will become more interested in him, 5/16/1860

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates: 5/16/1860

Letter from P. F. Hogan at Oxford, AL to Lydia A. McLendon re: happy to hear she had married, 4/17/1864

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates: 4/17/1864

Letter from Sallie Jackson to her niece Nancy Bridges and her cousin Lydia McLendon re: sends love to them and their families, 9/30/1869

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11, Item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates: 9/30/1869

Letter from L. G. McLendon at Richmond, VA to his wife Lydia A. D. McLendon, 5/1/1864

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11, Item: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates: 5/1/1864

Grocery list written on fragment of a store receipt, 1890

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates: 1890

Note typed by Alfred on back of Gatesville (Texas) Post stationary

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates: 1849-1933

Card with dried flowers, printed “Fleurs de Mont Sion, Posees sure le Saint Sepulcre” and an envelope advertising “Printed India Silk”

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates: 1849-1933

Envelope from G. D. O. at Huntsville addressed to Ms. Nan Ballard at Center with a love note written on the inside flap, 1923

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, Item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates: 1923