Nancy Fuqua Boone letter
Scope and Contents
Photocopy facsimile of a letter from Nancy Fuqua Boone to her sister, Phebe Olds Fuqua Woods Peirce. Includes news about family and friends as well as information about the community of Jackson, Louisiana. Nancy writes that her nephew, Van Woods, stopped attending the College of Louisiana, and she does not recommend the school at present. Nancy also invites her sister to attend the college’s exhibition taking place in July 1844.
Dates
- 1844
Creator
- Boone, Nancy Fuqua, 1787-1857 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
Physical rights are retained by the Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
Biographical / Historical
Nancy Fuqua Boone (1787-1857) is the daughter of Joseph Fuqua and Mary Burge Fuqua. In 1818, she married John C. Boone, and they lived in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
Extent
1 Folders
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection donated by Floyd R. Farrar before 1968.
Creator
- Boone, Nancy Fuqua, 1787-1857 (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Nancy Fuqua Boone letter
- Author
- Chris Brown
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections Repository