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[Letter from Dinkie McGee to Mary and Charles B. Moore, March 1, 1891]

Letter from Dinkie McGee to Mary and Charles Moore in which she wrote about the health of her family and the cold weather. She describes Alice McGee's wedding including the food that was served and some of the presents. She also wrote about the visits between family and friends since her last letter. She requests blue dye as the indigo she has turns the cloth "black." Will Dodd adds a note at the end of the letter. On a separate sheet of paper Birdie McGee wrote about working on two quilts, n… more

Date: March 1, 1891

Creator: McGee, Dinkie & McGee, Birdie

Item Type: Letter

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[Letter from Dinkie McGee to Mary and Charles B. Moore, April 14, 1891]

Letter from Dinkie McGee to Mary and Charles B. Moore in which she updates them on the health of family members, the crops, and the weather. She thanks them for the bluing. She also says that her family is selling sheep and lambs. She has been making money selling eggs and butter. She asks if Mary has had her "teeth out." Included with this letter is a swatch of blue fabric with a white line design of squares.

Date: April 14, 1891

Creator: McGee, Dinkie

Item Type: Letter

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Chicken-Coop.

Patent for improvements in coops for fowls and other birds by using a combination of a cage with a door having a depending leg, a post and a lever for raising and lowering the cage; the cage door is “automatically opened when lowered and closed as it is raised,” (lines 75-76) "so that the young will be out of danger from attacks of rodents, collecting water, &c...," (lines 22-23) includes illustration.

Date: March 24, 1891

Creator: Harp, Charles A.

Item Type: Patent

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