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Preferred Citation:

Fletcher Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchase

Scope and Contents

Letters, 1848-1849, to Elizabeth H. Fletcher from Maria Farnum (concerning her alcoholic father) and Abby [?]; and letters, 1849-1850, to Lydia H. Fletcher from son S.W. Fletcher while attending Yale University (concerning the Brothers Society and the Linonian Society) and daughter Elizabeth H. Fletcher.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Alcoholism--United States--19th century
• Brothers Society, Yale University
• Correspondence
• Linonian Society, Yale University
• Yale University--History--19th century