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Letter from Mary addressed to Aunt Emma concerning teaching school

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Mary wrote from Tahlequah to her Aunt Emma apologizing for not keeping her promise to write faithfully. She informed her aunt that she did not have news or anything interesting to write about. Mary asked her aunt how she was getting along with her school and informed her that she doing first rate at her school and had a good boarding place. She told her aunt she did get lonesome sometimes and that she would like to see her this Christmas. Signed, "Affectionately, Mary". Folder 397

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Title(s): 
Letter from Mary addressed to Aunt Emma concerning teaching school
Culture: 
Native American, Cherokee
Date: 
November 24, 1873
Materials/Techniques: 
ink on paper
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
4026.1960
Previous Number(s): 
74842
Department: 
Not On View

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