Letter: Andrew Jackson Coffee to Alexander D. Coffee, 1853

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Letter from Andrew Jackson Coffee, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Alexander Donelson Coffee, Florence, Alabama, written on February 7,1853.

Andrew has sent some “Dutch” [German] people to Alex for work. Notes they may not be exactly as Alex wanted but they are industrious and he hopes that will induce others to follow. The “benevolent ‘Dutch Society’” recommended them but he will not be dealing with it again, calling it “a humbug”. Says New Orleans is very prosperous and the “railroad spirit is abroad”. He hopes that he can soon travel back to Florence by rail “without all the labor and loss of time now necessary to do so.” Urges Alex to build a new house on a site which is more conducive to his health.

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sc.0027.001_004.002

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1853 February 7

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Coffee, Andrew Jackson, 1819-1891.

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"Letter: Andrew Jackson Coffee to Alexander D. Coffee, 1853" (2021). Documents. 17.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-coffeefamily1/17