Transcript of letter from Effie Watts Rector to Rush Rector discussing life back at home with regards to family, friends, and neighbors. She says how deeply he is missed by family members and friends since he had left for school.
The McWhiney History Education Group (formerly the Grady McWhiney Research Foundation) was chartered in 1996 as a Texas 501(c)3 private operating foundation. Its purpose is to further education on topics regarding the middle years of the 19th century in American history, topics in Texas history and culture, and topics in military history. The McWhiney Group seeks to promote, encourage, and fund research, writing, symposia, and publishing on subjects of historical significance. It further seeks to make this information available to the public through both traditional educational vehicles and electronic media such as the Internet.
Transcript of letter from Effie Watts Rector to Rush Rector discussing life back at home with regards to family, friends, and neighbors. She says how deeply he is missed by family members and friends since he had left for school.
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Donated by H. Leldon Clifton and Kenna Clifton to the McWhiney History Education Group, previously known as the Grady McWhiney Research Foundation, the K. K. Rector Letter Collection is housed at McMurry University’s Jay-Rollins Library in Abilene, Texas. Comprised of correspondence from the early 1850s through 1914, letters center around the Rector family in Texas and the Virginia based Watts family.
This letter is part of the following collection of related materials.
Abilene Library Consortium
Featuring thousands of newspapers, photographs, sound recordings, technical drawings, and much more, this diverse collection tells the story of Texas through the preservation and exhibition of valuable resources.
Transcript of letter from Effie Watts Rector to Rush Rector discussing life back at home with regards to family, friends, and neighbors. She says how deeply he is missed by family members and friends since he had left for school.