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Box 1

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Selenah Oakey letter to Sarah Oakey Sirrine, 1885 April 27

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 48
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 1 Item 1
Scope and Contents

A letter written by Selenah Oakey in Cottonwood, Idaho to Sarah Oakey Sirrine in Salt Lake City. Selena is 17, married just three months earlier to Sarah's brother Hyrum. She says Sarah's "maw" misses her. She says to tell Tom the boys would like him to find out what they could get fence wire for and ship it to Montpelier. Dated April 27, 1885.

Dates: 1885 April 27
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8593, Sarah Oakey Sirrine collection / Helen Bateman collection of Sarah Oakey Sirrine manuscripts / Volume 1

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