[Letter to Lizzie Johnson from unknown correspondent]

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Letter from unknown recipient (likely Lizzie's friend Dora), dated December 16, 1860. Letter discusses news from Chappell Hill, as well as affairs at Soule University, located in Chappell Hill. Letter is addressed to Lizzie in the "Tennessee Colony" or the Robertson, or Nashville Colony. Letter also alludes to the coming Civil War.

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[6] p.

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Creator: Unknown. December 16, 1860.

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Letter from unknown recipient (likely Lizzie's friend Dora), dated December 16, 1860. Letter discusses news from Chappell Hill, as well as affairs at Soule University, located in Chappell Hill. Letter is addressed to Lizzie in the "Tennessee Colony" or the Robertson, or Nashville Colony. Letter also alludes to the coming Civil War.

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Funded in part by the Institute of Museum & Library Services and the Texas State Library & Archives Commission (2015).

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  • Accession or Local Control No: Johnson-Box1-Folder1-1860-12-16-ChappellHill-SM
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth613867

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[Letter to Lizzie Johnson from unknown correspondent], letter, December 16, 1860; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth613867/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Southwestern University.

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