[Letter from Matilda Dodd and Willie McGee to Mary and Charles B. Moore, November 29, 1885]

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Letter from Matilda Dodd wrote to Mary and Charles B. Moore about the health of their family, attending church, visits, Thanksgiving, and the killing of hogs. She also writes about the people who want to or are planning to move to Texas. Willie McGee writes that he is out of school for a week and helping to gather the corn crop. He traded some firewood for some flour. Dinkie McGee gave family news, what she had for dinner, and how she has finished all her sewing. She said that Joe McGee killed himself. William Dodd also attached a note to … continued below

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Dodd, Matilda; McGee, Dinkie & McGee, Willie November 29, 1885.

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Letter from Matilda Dodd wrote to Mary and Charles B. Moore about the health of their family, attending church, visits, Thanksgiving, and the killing of hogs. She also writes about the people who want to or are planning to move to Texas. Willie McGee writes that he is out of school for a week and helping to gather the corn crop. He traded some firewood for some flour. Dinkie McGee gave family news, what she had for dinner, and how she has finished all her sewing. She said that Joe McGee killed himself. William Dodd also attached a note to the letter

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Dodd, Matilda; McGee, Dinkie & McGee, Willie. [Letter from Matilda Dodd and Willie McGee to Mary and Charles B. Moore, November 29, 1885], letter, November 29, 1885; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth203580/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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