Horry travel letter
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Horry travel letter
- Date
- 1871 January 29
- Extent
- 0.01 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Description and travel.
- Covington (Ky.) -- description and travel
- Railroad accidents -- United States
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- United States -- Description and travel.
- Preferred Citation
- 2021ms018: [identification of item], Horry travel letter, 1871 January 29, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Scope and Content
- The "Horry" travel letter (dated 1871 January 29; 0.01 cubic feet; 1 item) comprises a detailed letter written by a man named either "Horry" or "Howy" describing his travel through the eastern United States from New Hampshire to Iowa. Horry seems to have been sent to collect debts for his company. The letter describes social encounters and flirtations, scenery, and crops. Writing from his destination in Iowa, he recounts his journey: he sets out first from New Hampshire to New York and on to Maryland, then west to Harper's Ferry, where he describes lingering evidence of the Civil War. He describes cabins, formerly inhabited by enslaved persons, surrounding plantation houses. He describes an encounter with a woman and her father who lost their wealth during Reconstruction. As they traveled west into the Appalachians, they have an unexpected encounter when their train ran into a stationary freight train that was on the wrong track. The fireman of the train was badly injured, and some passengers were bruised, but there were no apparent fatalities. After securing another train, Horry travelled on to Cincinnati and Covington, Kentucky, which he describes in some detail.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment
- Use Restrictions
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