Manuscript Database

Creator/Title

Catherine to Mrs. John Christman, Middletown, Oh.- Lexington Ky. 11 September 1838. ALS, 2 pp.

Call No.

Mss. C C

Content

Letter detailing news following return to Lexington after visiting her aunt, Elizabeth Christman, in Ohio. She apologizes for not writing sooner, but her son John has been ill. She talks of the weather, reporting that there has been none in the Lexington area for several weeks, and "everything in town and country is suffering from the great drought."

Subject Heading

Kentucky - History - 1792-1865