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Hale, Aurelia, 1798-? to Sarah W. Hale

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08934.034 Author/Creator: Hale, Aurelia, 1798-? Place Written: Hurricane Prairie, AL Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 August 1832 - 30 August 1832 Pagination: 4 p. : address : Height: 21 cm, Width: 26 cm Order a Copy

The letter is dated August 26, but there is a notation halfway down the first page that much of it was written August 30. In the first part, she writes that there has been a good deal of rain and wind. In the second part, she writes that the cotton crop is "very much injured" as a result of the storms and mentions a friend whose cotton had "turned black with the rot." She also says that her husband is planning to build a mill.

Hale, Aurelia, 1798-?
Hale, Sarah, 1801-?

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