Box 2

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Most of these post cards are business related. Includes real photo postcards of Westwood, California in the snow.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, ephemera, financial records and legal documents that were left in Elmwood at the time of Emma Watts' death. The collection spans three branches of the family (Parkes, Walker, and Watts) and covers nearly 150 years. The bulk of material is from 1878 and later and pertains to the Watts family; however, the Parkes family, particularly James B. Parkes, is well-represented within the collection. The Watts family owned thousands of acres of...

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Ben served in the Company C, 7th U.S. Calvary and died at the Battle of Little Big Horn June 25, 1876.

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Business letters, particularly about coal.

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Of American Express Company concerning a potential trip aboard the Laconia.

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About financial matters, personal matters, and details about day-to-day life in Richmond, Kentucky. Includes an October 1878 letter about a string of local murders, including the murder of a Stuart.

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About the construction of a turnpike.

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About her trip to the continent in 1922.

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Business letters from Turner of Mc Causland, Hoag, and Turner Live Stock Commission about the sale of cattle in 1904 and 1905.

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Concerning sausage, the purchase of a dog, and the death of Walker's wife.