Florella Brown Adair
Ada Adair

This undated letter, ca. December 1862, was presumably written by Florella Brown Adair and Ada Adair to Samuel Lyle Adair. Florella writes that some local women have formed a benevolent society to raise funds for “buying land or fencing in ground for a general burying ground for the place.” Florella has attended only one of the society’s meetings and is not sure if she will attend their Christmas fundraising event. On the last page of the letter, Florella transcribes a message from her young daughter Ada to “Dear PaPa.”

Women
Surviving a Guerrilla War

Florella Brown Adair
Ada Adair

Miami County, Kansas

Kansas Historical Society

Samuel Lyle & Florella Brown Adair Family Collection, Box 1: Folder 3

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