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Letter from E. V. Clements in West Liberty, Virginia to his brother.

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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130

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In the letter Clements gives personal and community news to his brother, who is no longer living at home. He mentions his recent illness; young women he and his friends are interested in; his plans for school ("I am not going to school no where yet and do not know wheather [sic] I will goe [sic] any more this year or not"); hunting and weather in the area; a wagon accident in which the driver was killed; and repairs at the local mill where their father works. He ends the letter with "All the negroes send howdy to yous [sic]."
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Text
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600 Ppi Tiff
Created Date:
1859 October 9 1859 10 09
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Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130