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MSA SC 910-16-14
Collection	Ridout Papers
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Dates	1844
Medium	Original
Restrictions	NO RESTRICTIONS
Storage	00/53/14/42
Description
Letters from Samuel B. Owings. 1844 letter to sister, Prudence G. Ridout, tells of his move to East Union, Cochocton, which has no physician. He is boarding with Rev. Mr. Neal. His daughter, Anne E., is with Prue and John in Annapolis, Mary is with Sophia, he supposes. 1844 letter mentions their "log tenement on the banks of the great Mississippi, our little furniture aranged by my thrifty wife" and that little Anne Eliza tends the boy on one side of the fire with Mary and I on the other. Mentions his sickness, an illness affecting his practice. Mentions Dorcas. Another 1844 letter, from Fosters Mill, Seneca Co, laments his itinerancy.His wife has died and his daughters are with Prue. Asks Prue to have Ann E. baptised in the Church of Christ.

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