Letter: Mary Jane Chester, Columbia, to Elizabeth Chester, Jackson, 1840

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Letter written by Mary Jane Chester at the Columbia Female Institute, Columbia, Tennessee, to her mother Elizabeth Chester, Jackson, Tennessee, dated November 20, 1840. Mary Jane notes her unhappiness at the election of "that Old Granny Harrison" as president. Notes talk of an insurrection has her worried, but the school will not allow the lattice door of her dormitory to be locked because of the risk of fire. The chimneys of the school need attention and relates how a chimney caught fire recently and they all had to leave their beds. Fortunately, the fire was extinguished quickly but it left a large hole.

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sc.0025.001_004.003

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1840 November 20

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Chester, Mary Jane.

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"Letter: Mary Jane Chester, Columbia, to Elizabeth Chester, Jackson, 1840" (2021). Documents. 8.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-chester1/8