Box 2

Bosler tells his friend about his efforts to find him a job in Louisville.

Breckinridge County Court orders an appraisal and the widow's dowry for the estate of Henry S. Burch.

Letter placing $50 on credit account and ordering more coal. He also talks about barge transportation on the river in the winter and alludes to problems with hauling in the winter.

Letter from Georgetown College President 1901-03 declining an invitation to preach. He also talks about the Southern B.Y.P.U. meeting in Asheville. He mentions an endowment and fundraising for the college.

She is writing to her cousin. Mentions that her son is going to Vanderbilt Dental School. Talks about a cousin named Sidney that her brother helped and his role in the estate of their Frazer grandfather. Mentions difficulties with wrapping up their grandfather's estate. Some of the problems involve business partnerships in a tobacco warehouse and banks failing.

These folders consist of 137 letters mostly between a young couple from Bullitt County, Kentucky; however, there are letters from other romantic love interests of both Joe and Elva as well as family members. None of the correspondence mentions politics or national events, there are occasional interesting mentions of the introduction of the telephone, horse and buggies and interurbans, measles and mumps outbreaks, High Bridge, "protracted" church meetings, the Odd Fellows and more.