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Box 4257.025

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

Letter from Johnnie to Watty Watkinson, 1873 June 1

 File — Box: 4257.025, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Letter from Johnnie in Paris, France, to Watty Watkinson in Middletown, Connecticutt, telling her about his activities there. He says he is becoming very "french" in his liking of theater and opera. Although he calls her his "own dear wife" and signs the letter "your old hubby", the envelope is addressed to Miss Watkinson, and it is unclear if they are married.
Dates: 1873 June 1
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-4257, Wade Hall Collection on American Life / U. S. TERRITORIES AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES