Booth family : papers, 1839-1911.

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Booth family : papers, 1839-1911.

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Correspondence between members of the Booth family of Louisville, Bardstown, and Brandenburg, Kentucky, and Fredonia, Indiana. Also included are letters from their cousins of the Beall and Browne families. Most correspondence is between women of the families and comments upon domestic matters, courtship, family illness, social visits, and church matters. Visits to watering places, cotillions, and religious revivals are mentioned frequently.

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