Collection Title: Jolly (James L. and Van Buren) Letters

Accession Number: AM 2000-88

Dates: 1861, 1897

Volume: 3 items

Given By: Mr. Charlie Dawkins.

Copyright: This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).

Form of Material:

Copies of letters written by James L. Jolly in Mt. Vernon, Indiana and Van Buren Jolly in Noble, Oklahoma. The originals are preserved in the Cox Collection in the Willard Library in Evansville, Indiana. The James L. Jolly family lived in Covington County, Mississippi from approximately 1830 to 1853.

1. Typescript of letter from James L. Jolly to W.L. Speed concerning familyhistory, farm produce, and politics (February 15, 1861).
2. Typescript of an unsigned letter from Van Buren Jolly to his sister Mary concerning family history (April 20, 1897).
3. Part of a handwritten letter from Van Buren Jolly (undated).

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