Personal letter written from Kate Drew at the Orphan Asylum addressed to My Dear Sister, April 26, 1875
Description
Kate told her sister that even though she had not written in awhile she had not forgotten her and she felt sad when she thought of her sister being at home alone. She thought her sister would be lonely because Suggie [sic] had gone off to school. Kate had received one letter from "johny" since he started teaching school near Fort Smith. Kate told her sister that there have been many sick kids but she is in good health and wished her sister good health. Letter is signed Kate and she would have been 13 when she wrote the letter. Folder 413
Dates
- April 26, 1875
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 Indians
- Cherokee Orphan Asylum
- Emma Vann
- Fort Smith
- Indian Territory
- Indians of North America
- John Drew Manuscript Collection
- Kate Drew
- Letter
- Letters and letter-writing
- Manuscripts
- Native American
- Native Americans
- death
- dying
- illness
- orphan
- orphanages
- post-Removal
- school
- sickness
- sisters
Repository Details
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