Letter from Ossie Rivers to his father, February 19, 1888

Title

Letter from Ossie Rivers to his father, February 19, 1888

Description

Ossie writes about attempting to get a tin type made at various studios. He also talks about seeing Grover Cleveland and remarks that his wife is not as pretty as people say.

Source

A1984.24, Box 2, Folder 1

Publisher

The Citadel Archives & Museum

Date

Rights

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application/pdf

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/admin/items/show/1101

Coverage

Charleston (S.C.)

Text

[Page 1]
Feb 19th 1888

Dear Pa.
I received Ma’s letter yesterday. I should have written sooner but waited to see about the photographs; and was unable to get them for less than 3.00 a doz. I tried Anderson’s, Nowell’s, and Cook’s, could not get the tin types. I will try and have some taken before I come home. We went out to meet Cleaveland yesterday his wife is not as pretty as people say, (or try to make out) when she rode by our line she bowed so much that I suppose she has had stiff neck ere this. I tried to get my stand in the different branches; but was unable to do so. A catalogue will be sent you as soon as published. We have been invited to an entertainment next Friday

[Page 2]
which is to be given by some temperance society: I have read all of Poe’s Poems and am now reading Gipsy Blair the Western Detective. I must close now with much love for all

I remain Your Son
Ossie

I went to see Aunt Mary Well last Wednesday but she was not home.

Citation

Rivers, Walter Oswald, 1871-1890, “Letter from Ossie Rivers to his father, February 19, 1888,” The Citadel Archives Digital Collections, accessed March 28, 2024, https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/1101.