Correspondence and papers of Memucan and Rebecca Porter Howard, 1848 - 1887
Scope and Contents
The correspondence consists of letters of Memucan Howard and his wife Rebecca Howard to their niece, Josephine Porter Cope and her husband, Caleb Cope. Some letters of M.H. Howard contain genealogical information about the Porter family. Those by Rebecca Howard are more generally about health.
Ca. 20 letters by M.H. Howard and 10 by Rebecca P. Howard, all in the 1880s
Letters primarily to Memucan Howard -- and a few to Rebecca Howard -- are both personal and business, quite a number asking for monetary assistance and include:
from J.B. Caruthers, 1878, information on the devastation of Yellow Fever in Tennessee;
Several letters of sympathy after the death of his wife in 1885;
Several letters in 1886 from Delavan and Eakin regarding the estate of Rebecca Porter Howard;
from Mary Kellogg, 1885, requesting money for her church. Attached is a clipping indicating the various donations M.H. Howard made to Tennessee institutions
Ca. 70 items
Dates
- Creation: 1848 - 1887
Access Restriction
The collection is open for research use.
Extent
4 folders
Arrangement
Letters to Memucan Howard are arranged alphabetically.
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