- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Jennie Terry letter to Sarah Wadley, 1862 January 17
- Creator:
- Terry, Jennie
- Publisher:
- Jennie Terry letter to Sarah Wadley. MS 1598. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1862-01-17
- Subject:
- War and family--Georgia--Monroe--History--Sources
War and family--Mississippi--Hinds County--History--Sources
Women--Georgia--Monroe--Correspondence
Women--Mississippi--Hinds County--Correspondence - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Walton County, Monroe, 33.79484, -83.71323
United States, Mississippi, Hinds County, 32.2667, -90.44282 - Medium:
- correspondence
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- The collection consists of one autographed letter signed from Jennie Terry in Hinds County to Miss Sarah Wadley, Monroe, Georgia. It is dated 17 January 1862 and mainly discusses how the war has affected the family.
"Sarah Lois Wadley was the daughter of William Morrill Wadley (1812?-1882) and Rebecca Barnard Everingham Wadley (fl. 1840-1884) and lived with her family in homes near Amite in Tangipahoa Parish, Monroe and Oakland in Ouachita Parish, La., and near Macon, Ga." -- from "Inventory of the Sarah Lois Wadley Papers, 1849-1886," available at http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/w/Wadley,Sarah_Lois.html (Accessed April 6, 2009)
America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia received support from a Digitizing Historical Records grant awarded to the Atlanta History Center, Georgia Historical Society, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Digital Library of Georgia by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_turningpoint_harg1598-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg1598-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Jennie Terry letter to Sarah Wadley. MS 1598. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
