Mattoon Letter December 16, 1864 Mattoon, Nancy Levine author Michigan State University. Archives and Historical Collections owner text Text Correspondence No place, unknown, or undetermined 1864-12-16 1864 eng English 4 pages reformatted digital Nancy, Gershom's mother--she refers to him as "Woodruff" (his middle name and her maiden name)--tells him that she will be alone for the winter and then describes her plans to add on to the house. She then writes that her husband was unable to cut enough hay in the summer to feed many cattle over the winter. Instead, like many of their neighbors, they invested in sheep in order to sell wool. Nancy says they are struggling to pay off their debts but tells Gershom to spend his money as he pleases. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) United States Army Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 6th (1862-1865) United States Army Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 6th (1862-1865) Women Women Work Women Women Work Debt Debt Chores Chores Crops Crops Agricultural prices Agricultural prices Agriculture Agriculture Animals Animals Diseases Diseases Mattoon Family Papers (LC.00019) uahc:cwc:cwc-mattoonfamily LC.00019 cwc_mattoonfamily041 22 - Mother2WoodruffClintonCounty18641216_1 No Copyright https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m59z93p3f rda MiEM Michigan State University. Libraries 2021-10-25 2024-01-17 cwc-mattoonfamily:cwc_mattoonfamily041 Record was converted from a Kora XML export to MODS 3.7 using XSLT in OxygenXML. eng