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Native American, Cherokee
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Native American, Cherokee

Personal letter from Emma to her husband William concerned local news and home life

Scope and Content Notes

Emma wrote to her husband W. G. Robinson telling him she missed him and was lonesome. She had been sewing all day for a burial suit for little Maggie Neal, who died Tuesday morning. William had come home but did not look good. William and "brother" went to pick apples to take to Muskogee. One of their cows had died and another was sick. Letter signed Emma. Folder 427

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Title(s): 
Personal letter from Emma to her husband William concerned local news and home life
Culture: 
Native American, Cherokee
Date: 
September 28, 1876
Materials/Techniques: 
ink on paper
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
4026.2016
Previous Number(s): 
75181
Department: 
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