Keen Letter

Name/Title

Keen Letter

Entry/Object ID

2021.16.69

Tags

1860s, Postage

Scope and Content

Letter addressed to Viola Keen from Margaret. "Miss Viola Keen Brookfield Trumbull Co Ohio february the 14 father mother sisters I now write a few to you we are all now back and Charly has ben sick since I last rote did you say adda died write as soon as you get this and tell me what is the matter father and if he is any better Walter was here when our boys began to cough wheat looks good hear this spring Margaret tell me where beck is now and what she is doing the weather is warm ... but now have had A good deal of snow and cold weather when you write tell all the news dont say we are all well and stop their tell eleata (?) hall to write to me William is sawing the boys is at school the ground is all covered with ice and watter(?) now the river is foammy"

Acquisition

Accession

2021.16

Source or Donor

Cover, Dave, Luoma, Leonard

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

circa 1860

Location

Location

Container

Civil War

Room

Archives

Building

Morgan History Center

Date

January 6, 2022

Notes

Folder: Post Civil War Letters 1

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Keen, Viola, Harris, Margaret

Related Places

Place

* Untyped Place

Brookfield Township, Ohio

Research Notes

Research Type

Transcribed