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[paper creased, folded over on itself]
Boonville July 12 12 o'clock ["12 o'clock" inserted above line]/1846
Miss Sarah E. Harrison,
Dear Sis
I have ben so very lonesome since you left
that I hardly know what to do with myself ["with myself" inserted above line] but as I expect to go to St
Louis shortly I am somewhat cheerful, but I do not think
that I could possibly be cheerful without having some of
you here
We heard that you all got to Glasgow in safety,
from ["from" written above stricken "by"] the boat but as to getting home in safety we heard nothing
of. We are all very well ["to" stricken] except Sis who has been sick from
eating green apples but I do not think she is very much so
Sis you must not expect a very good letter from
me as I am one of the poorest of the poor letter writers but
I will do my best. You must not lose that piece of paper
that I gave you before you started for if you do I shall
not think hard of it. Tell Fanny Giddings (the first
time you see her) that I have lost that piece of hair that
she gave me but tell her that it was not so much my
fault as of cousin Carry Maye's for I put it in my
Lallah Rooke [Lalla Rookh] where I thought that it would be safe but
she was reading in it and let it fall out but I have
the paper yet all except that piece I gave to you
I have not seen the person I wished to see
yet and I was badly disappointed ["this m" stricken] at morn
service to day ["to day" inserted above line] at not seeing her but I hope to see her tomorrow
if she comes in to say her French lessons but never-
the less accidents will happen in the best of families
Sis as this letter may reach you pretty soon I
will tell you that Pa expects to go ["go" written above stricken "come"] up on the Sun
with Lucinda Bouldin. Tilitha and Susan Ann Embry
went home last Saturday morning and Flora McDaniel
and, Virginia Thompson the evening of the same day but
Object Description
| Title | Shackelford, Thomas (1822-1908), Papers, 1820-1908 |
| Temporal Coverage | 1846-1875 |
| Description | Personal and business letters, documents and memoirs of a lawyer and politician of Glasgow, Missouri. He was a member of the Missouri Convention of 1861 and of the Constitutional Convention of 1875. Includes family letters and letters relating to his legal practice and politics, a few of them pertaining to the Constitutional Convention of 1875. |
| Subject.LCSH |
United States--Civil War, 1861-1865 Shackelford, Thomas (1822-1908) |
| Keywords | Shackelford, Thomas; Shackelford, Sarah; Harrison, Sarah E.; Shackelford, Ida; Missouri; Supreme Court of Missouri; Civil War; Missouri; Glasgow, Missouri; Family correspondence |
| Original Format | Manuscript (document genre) |
| Collection Number | C0163 |
| Collection Name | Shackelford, Thomas (1822-1908), Papers, 1820-1908 |
| Language | eng |
| Finding Aid | http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/invent/0163.pdf |
| Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
| Publisher | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
| Rights | This material is protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). It may not be cited without acknowledgment to The State Historical Society of Missouri and the Western Historical Manuscript Collection, a Joint Collection of the University of Missouri and the State Historical Society of Missouri. |