Manuscripts
Typescripts of letters by Margaret Short Hereford Wilson
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- Description
- Typescripts of letters by and relating to Margaret Short Hereford Wilson from originals held by the Huntington Library. The letters span 1840-1892 and include those written to Margaret's first husband Dr. Thomas A. Hereford, second husband Benjamin Davis Wilson, mother Esther Short Sale, and other family members. The majority of Margaret's letters were sent from California, but others were written from Tuscumbia, Alabama; during her travels in Mexico (1850); and during her trip to New York on the steamer Illinois and subsequent stay in St. Louis (1856). Also includes some letters from family members to Margaret. Included with the letter transcripts are genealogical notes on the Herefords, Pattons, Wilsons, and Shorbs, a biography of Benjamin Davis Wilson, and an index. Bound.
- Production date
- 1998.
- Call number
- mssHM 78052
