Grose Sisters letters, MSS.2165

Abstract: Contains six letters belonging to sisters Mollie Grose of Cincinnati and Maria Evaline Grose Byrn of New Albany, Indiana and later Byrnville, Indiana. The letters are from family and friends. They discuss death, injuries, daily life, and mention soldiers boarding trains to fight in Sherman's army.Scope and Content Note: The collection contains six letters from 1865-1879 between sisters Mollie Grose of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Maria Evaline Grose Byrn of New Albany, Indiana, and later Byrnville, Indiana, and their friends. Three of the letters are from Mollie to Maria Evaline. These letters discuss friends, marriage, weather, farming, visits, and "poor soldiers... going to Sherman's army." One letter is to Maria Evaline from a friend, Emma Byrn of Harrison County, Indiana. Emma's letter discusses marriage, friends, and a teaching position. A fifth letter written by Maria Evaline informs her nephews and nieces that her nephew Oliver has lost his arm in a Cane Mill accident. The last letter is to Maria Evaline from her brother Mr. Grose asking for information on friends and informing her that he has sent her some money.Biographical/Historical Note: Mollie Grose lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, and her sister Maria Evaline Grose Byrn lived in New Albany, Indiana and later Byrnville, Indiana. Emma Byrn was a school teacher in Harrison County, Indiana. Mr. Grose lived in Jackson, Tennessee