Correspondence from Martha Rice Lacy to Martha "Mattie" Rice Porter, 1878 August 22

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Correspondence from Martha Rice Lacy, Raleigh, North Carolina, to her sister, Martha "Mattie" Rice Porter, Memphis, Tennessee, 1878 August 22.

"I take up the daily paper every morning and look at the yellow fever reports, especially from Memphis. How sad it is and what hope is there until a frost comes, which at the earliest cannot be until October?... I hope you won't run any risk by going into the infected city."

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sc.0154.001_014.001

Date

1878 August 22

Keywords

Correspondence--20th Century; Yellow Fever--Memphis; Domestic life

Recommended Citation

"Correspondence from Martha Rice Lacy to Martha "Mattie" Rice Porter, 1878 August 22" (2026). Documents. 6.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-porterrice1/6