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Included in the collection of letters between Dr. Bone and Minerva are letters to the Bones from family and friends, report forms from the post office at Douglass, and two poems (probably written by Dr. Bone). Typescripts for most of the papers in the collection are in a booklet in Box 2. Several 19th century newspapers belonging to Dr. Bone are cataloged and shelved with the newspaper bundles.

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West Bank of Trinity River, Madison County, Texas, Dr. Bone to Minerva: traveling conditions and company spirits good, gives advice on raising their son and on stocking up. [url=http://digital.sfasu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/EastTexRC/id/5340][image][/url]

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Hemstead, Austin County, Texas, Dr. Bone to Minerva: amazement at vastness of prairies, traveling by rail, absence of males in towns, patriotic feelings of friendly hostesses, religious services, military funeral, scarcity of quinine.

Short love note to Dr. Bones wife.

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Camp Sanford near Hemstead, Austin County, Texas, Dr. Bone to Minerva: his health, food, camp conditions, his appointment in the regiment.

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Camp Sanford, Austin County, Texas. Dr. Bone to Minerva: his appointment and pay, advice on raising their son and on her own conduct, hospitality of a woman who took in sick soldiers.

Scope and Contents (1) Hemstead, Austin County, Texas, Dr. Bone to Minerva: learns of birth of his second son, many in the company have colds, scarcity of paper and envelopes. (2) Camp Hebert, Austin County, Texas, Dr. Bone to Minerva: Galveston vacated by General Hebert causing great excitement, requests a Bible and another suit of clothes and his case of instruments. (3) Camp Hebert, Austin County, Texas, Dr. Bone to Minerva: advises to save nails, family matters, laundry...

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(1) No place given, Dr. Bone to Minerva: heard a Presbyterian sermon, contrast of morals of soldiers, differences of army practice and common practice of medicine, advice on raising the children.

(2) Nacogdoches County, Texas, Minerva to Dr. Bone: offers to send a mattress and towels, visits friends. health of the family, the children, moved in with her parents, news of their property.

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Camp Hebert, Dr. Bone to Minerva: his health, the health of acquaintances in his camp, health problems encountered--typhoid fever, sore legs, Catarrhal fever, colds--,assures her that in spite of what she hears they have plenty to eat and are well taken care of.

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Nacogdoches County, State of Texas. Minerva to Dr. Bone: family health, provisions, boarding up their house.

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Camp Hebert, Austin County, Texas. Dr. Bone to Minerva: sent his horse home to be sold, requests mattress and quilt, financial matters, naming their new son, he's very busy with increasing numbers of sick soldiers.

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(1) Nacogdoches County, State of Texas, Minerva to Dr. Bone: is sending supplies he requested, news of deaths of acquaintances involved in the war, provisions, health, financial matters, respects from friends.

(2) Camp Hebert, Dr. Bone to Minerva: he received the things she sent, is very busy with the sick soldiers because the Chief Surgeon has not arrived.

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Nacogdoches County, State of Texas, Minerva to Dr. Bone: her health, collecting provisions on his accounts.

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Camp Hebert, Dr. Bone to Minerva: he's busy shouldering the responsibilities of the Chief Surgeon in his absence and does not like it, lots of sickness in camp.

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Camp Hebert, Dr. Bone to Minerva: he is well, requests more clothes, sends word to friends of their relatives' health.

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Nacogdoches, State of Texas, Minerva to Dr. Bone: she and the children are well, she has a new wheel that she paid $5 for, financial matters.

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Camp Hebert, Dr. Bone to Minerva: many sick in camp, saddened by the Confederate defeat at Roanoke Island but gladdened by another victory at Fort Donelson, everyone in camp admired the gray Jeans she made and want some; he is extremely busy with the sick.

Camp Hebert, Dr. Bone to Minerva: he is too busy with the sick to write, he is well, they may be sent to Kentucky or Tennessee, a friend in camp will deliver money to her, advice on raising their children.

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Nacogdoches County, State of Texas, Minerva to Dr. Bone: she's uneasy because she has not heard from him, every man has been called to the military - even her father, financial matters, good health of the family, her mother has a fine pair of cards costing only $31, and her father will not have to go to war.

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Nacogdoches County, State of Texas, Minerva to Dr. Bone: she received some things and money he sent, almost all the men in town are going to war, family business.

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Camp Hebert, Dr. Bone to Minerva: he is troubled by all the sickness and death in his camp, his camp hears bad news continuously from the war, they may go to eastern Texas to try to keep the Feds from entering through Arkansas.[url=http://digital.sfasu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/EastTexRC/id/5416][image][/url]

Dr. Bone to Minerva: requests yardage for Jeans to resell.

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Nacogdoches County, State of Texas. Minerva to Dr. Bone: friends and relatives are going off to war, the children are fine, she's afraid all the men (even her father) will be called to war because she fears the worst is not there yet, she's heard that the Northerners have taken Memphis, Tennessee, some Negroes were hung at Carthage because they were about to kill their white families.