Letters; Milroy family--Correspondence; Typhoid fever; Home life; Domestics--Indiana--Rensselaer
A letter from Milroy's wife, Mary, writing about the children and the neighbors. The James family is sick with typhoid fever and Mary sent her servant over to help them out.
A letter to Milroy's wife, Mary, thanking her for the letters from the children. He talks of finances, as well as a secret deal with his brother to buy land containing oil. He was given a sword by the people of Shelbyville and Bedford County. ...
Letters; Milroy family--Correspondence; Sick children; Boring; Lead mines and mining; Silver mines and mining; Oil wells; Milroy, Waters & Co.; Pygmies
A letter to Milroy's wife, Mary, asking about her and the children. He thinks it is time to start gauging where the children's future interest might lie. He writes of the oil wells and boring as well as their work at the lead mine. He has...
A letter from Milroy's wife, Mary, writing that their new buggy will be finished in a couple of weeks. Val took Mary, Walter and Mary's step-mother for a buggy ride. Val and Walter are going to singing school.
Letters; Milroy family--Correspondence; Guitar--Instruction and study; Fruit trees; Cows
A letter from Milroy's daughter, Ella, writing to let him know she is taking guitar lessons. Their cow had a calf, and all their fruit trees have fruit on them - apples, pears, peaches and black plums.
A letter from Milroy's daughter, Ella, writing of her recent activities, the family's winter supplies, the marriages of neighbors, an the accident of another neighbor.
A ltter from Mary Milroy's brother, Valerius Armitage, to Milroy. Valerius writes of living in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and the state of things there. He also writes his reaction to a false news report that Milroy was killed in battle.
