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Eunice Sewall (1837-1918), who was teaching school in Choctaw County, Alabama, wrote to one of her sisters in Mobile, where the Sewall family lived.
Kiah B. and Lucretia Day Sewall, Eunice's parents, had moved to Mobile from Maine in 1839.
Eunice discussed what food was available in her rural area of Alabama and how she wished her father could visit there and buy food for the family. The Civil War, including the Northern blockade of Southern ports, resulted in food shortages and high prices.
Eunice also discussed a group advocating for peace in Jones County, Mississippi, which was to the west of the area where Eunice was living.
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About This Item
- Title: Eunice Sewall on food supplies, war, Choctaw County, Alabama, 1864
- Creator: Eunice Day Sewall
- Creation Date: 1864-01-30
- Subject Date: 1864-01-30
- Location: Choctaw County, AL
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 18.6 cm x 12.2 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 105, Box 3/2
- Collection: Sewall family papers
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Sewall family
- Sewall, Eunice D., (1837-1918)--Correspondence
- Sewall, Kiah Bayley, 1807-1865--Correspondence
- Sewall, Lucretia Day
- Sisters
- Students--Alabama
- Teachers--Alabama
- United States--History--Civil War, 1862-1865--Personal narratives
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