Mary Bates Letters, 1845
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 1.00 folders 1 folder
- 0.00 Linear Feet 0 linear feet
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Mary Bates Letters, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida.
Background
- Scope and content:
Two letters written by Mary Bates of Tallahassee, Florida. Transcriptions are included with each original letter. One letter is written from Dudley, Massachusetts. Both letters are addressed to a Charles Dana, Jr. of Woodstock, Vermont.
- Biographical / historical:
Mary Bates was in charge of a school for girls in Tallahassee in the early 1840s. She was originally from New England.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Symmachus Trading Co. of Boston, Massachusettes in 1950 and 1951. (No record of amount paid for first items, but the last item was purchased for $3.50)
- Processing information:
Processed Janurary 29, 1964.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.
- Terms of access:
Copyright has not been transferred to the Florida State University Libraries.
All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Mary Bates Letters, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida.
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
