Dan Scurlock, Irving College, to his brother Theodocius Joshua Scurlock, Pittsburg, Texas, 1856 January 8

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2

Identifier: id163976

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Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Relates how letter had been detoured to mother's house, was "read at home"then sent on to Irving; advises T.J. to settle down and get married; also advises to not travel until decision to make Kansas a state is made; advises to go to Kansas if it becomes a slave state; mentions a planned act of violence by Negroes near Clarksville [Tennessee] on the Cumberlan[d] River; planned to knock us all in the head"and "make themselves free Ladies and Gentleman."; other family news.

Dates

Creation: 1856 January 8

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

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