From Charles Adair to Samuel Lyle Adair

Details
Title

From Charles Adair to Samuel Lyle Adair

Creator

Charles Adair

Description

This letter was written on January 12, 1861 by Charles Adair in Hudson, Ohio, to his father Samuel Lyle Adair. Charles reports that his uncle plans to move to the “oil springs" with his wife. Charles says that he received a letter from his mother, Florella Brown Adair, who is in Grafton, Ohio. He writes about the textbooks he is using in school and tells his father there is a college in Hudson.

Date

January 12, 1861

Local Subject

Women
Presidential Election of 1860, Secession, and the War's Commencement
Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri

People

Charles Adair

Geographic Subject

Miami County, Kansas

Owning Organization

Kansas Historical Society

Location

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

Rights

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