Letter from Mary addressed to Aunt Emma concerning teaching school, November 24, 1873
Description
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
Dates
- November 24, 1873
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 1485 item(s)
Medium
ink on paper
- Cherokee
- Cherokee
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- Christmas
- Emma Drew
- Indian Territory
- Indians of North America
- John Drew
- John Drew Manuscript Collection
- Letter
- Letters and letter-writing
- Manuscripts
- Mary Drew
- Native American
- Native Americans
- Tahlequah -- Daliqua
- infants
- post-Removal
- school
- schools
- teachers
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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