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Personal letter written from Kate Drew at Cherokee Orphan Asylum addressed to Sister

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Kate told her sister that she had written Suggy [sic] but had not heard from him. She told her sister how much she missed her and home. Kate would be going into the kitchen the next week but she found it fun. She urged her sister to come up at Christmas and asked if she was going to come and stay with Cousin Sue that winter. Letter is signed Kate Drew and she would have been 13 when she wrote the letter. The bottom of the page says, "bring me what you said you was dont forget". Folder 413

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Title(s): 
Personal letter written from Kate Drew at Cherokee Orphan Asylum addressed to Sister
Culture: 
Native American, Cherokee
Date: 
December 4, 1875
Materials/Techniques: 
ink on paper
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
4026.2001.2
Previous Number(s): 
75165
Department: 
Not On View

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