Letters, 1844-1874.

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Letters, 1844-1874.

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Letters (1844-1874) to Elizabeth Boswell Horne and Susan Boswell, from relatives and friends in Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas. Included are Civil War-era descriptions of dyeing cloth and weaving dimity, and letters (1871-1874) from a nephew, W. Emory Horne, attending East Alabama Male College, later Auburn University, who later emigrated to Texas.

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Auburn University.

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Auburn University.

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Boswell Family.

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Elizabeth Boswell, of Pike County, Alabama, married a Mr. Horne. From the description of Letters, 1844-1874. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 27901815 ...

Horne, W. Emory.

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East Alabama Male College

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Auburn university

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East Alabama Male College, sponsored by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was chartered in May 1856. Classes opened in 1859 in Auburn, Alabama, but the college closed during the Civil War. Reopening in 1866, the college became a land-grant institution in 1872 and changed its name to Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. The college was known as Alabama Polytechnic Institute from 1899 to 1960, when it became Auburn University. From the description of Founders Day collec...