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Letter from William Hardy to Sallie Johnson; 23 March 1860

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Identifier	mus.m380.0001
Title	Letter from William Hardy to Sallie Johnson; 23 March 1860
Description	From the Hardy (William H. and Sallie J.) Papers. Letter from William Hardy to Sallie Johnson.
Creator	Hardy, William H. (William Harris), 1837-1917.
Date	23 March 1860
Coverage (time period)	23 March 1860
Subject	Hardy, William H. (William Harris), 1837-1917. Hardy, Sallie J. (Sallie Johnson), 1843-1872.
Mississippi county	Smith County (Miss.)
Geographic location	Raleigh (Miss.)
Resource type	Image Text
Format	Digital reproduction of a 3-page 6.5" x 8" letter.
Language	English
Publisher	University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version)
Notes	A finding aid for this collection is available online: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m380.htm
Rights	Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Contributing institution	Special Collections, McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi.
Collection	M380 Hardy (William H. and Sallie J.) Papers.
Source	Box 2
Digital repository	University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections.
Digital collection	Historical Manuscripts and Photographs.
Bit depth	24 bit color

Title	Page 1
Rights	Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Contributing institution	Special Collections, McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi.
Digital repository	University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections.
Digital collection	Historical Manuscripts and Photographs.
File size	341195 Bytes
File extension	jpg
Width	1261
Height	1592
Color space	RGB
Transcript	Raleigh Mississippi March 23rd 1860 Miss Sallie: You will doubtless be greatly surprised at receiving a communication from me especially so when I write it with the full recollection of the remark made by you in conversation when last I saw you –to wit- “I never write to gentlemen” I admit that in writing to you I am culpable, or in other words, that this is not only in direct violation of an adopted rule of yours – “Not to correspond with gentlemen” but also a direct violation of established rules of epistolary etiquette – id est – to write to a Young Lady without her consent. Yet, Miss Sallie, I hope you will pardon me – I hope you will not hold me strictly to the useless meaningless conventionalities of modern etiquette or custom, which recognize no prin-
File name	mus.m380.0001.01_Page 1.jpg

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