Y.M. Moody personal documents and ephemera (Tax List 1859, including numbers of enslaved persons, amount of income; petit point example; telegrams; a poem entitled “Mother’s Love”

File — Folder: 3

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The bulk of the correspondence is from Young M. Moody to his “Dear and Confiding Wife.”, written during the U.S. Civil War. In addition there are other family letters, military correspondence, land and business records, photographs, daguerreotypes and badges of rank and an epaulet from General Moody’s uniform.

Dates

Creation: 1852-1955

Creator

From the Collection: Moody, Young Marshall, 1822-1866 (Person)

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.