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Title A name given to the resource Terri and Dave Mabon Description An account of the resource Terri and Dave Mabon shared documents and photographs of Dave Mabon's great-grandparents Joseph and Charlotte Littlefield at the Nebraska City History Harvest event held at the Lewis and Clark Missouri River Basin Visitors Center on September 12, 2010. The documents include Joseph Littlefield's Civil War records, Joseph and Charlotte's photographs taken at different periods of their life, Charlotte's correspondence with her sister and her daughter Josephine, and Josephine and her future husband's photos from Aurora High School. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Terri and Dave Mabon, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. Pershing Hospital JG Honne (?) Novem Grand Island Neb before 6   My Dear Josephine I was rummaging thro my suit case for some (?) breeches I know I had them out (?) I that she put them either in my zip bag or the other She may have taken them out of bad & left them upon(?) stairs in my room They were (?) frins good enough for here. I weare my K(?) over gown & can't keep it to gather (?) I may as well wear a good one --------- 2 Josephine told you a bout my rummaging found a lat(?) of last treasurer but (?) of (?) (?) of our twip to Wyo all so of reunion 1904 &this letter from cousin Ed real family history I believe I don't think you girls have seen it. When you read it a(?) it to Verna she is to put it in luch boy (?). I think it should be read next year at Seward at the family picnic. I feel sure some of the Bricker (?) folks will want a copy Perhaps (?) one of Harrys ------------   (?) morning can't keep track of other Girls would tike off copier if I am there would be glad to pay her something for it. I asked cousin Ell for a history of mother from the time she landed in (?) till they started from Ill. But he was just(?) a small boy & it was not longe before she was war reid. and fine (?) dis tance went a long ways back in those days, & they did not (?) ablur (?) (?) know further not 5 children when mother morned youngest little more then 2 ------------------- Page 1 Now some of my early history. Father left Ill in May 1864 with two covered wagons all his house hold goods and 9 children for good measure one yoke of oxen one yolk of cows that would fur- nish with for children I was one year old in La(?) before leaving. Coming that perhapz father might have had another cow/dark boy(?) filly perhaps ½ two (?) (?) and a dark boy stallion Correct spelling one year old of the tuckho   ------------------- Page 2 breed & called tuck That better father got his start of horses. All so 8 head of sheep a coop of chickens A brindle dog hart bull rest cuz(?) (?) plenty of fight. And plenty of "kids" to drive stock. We made a bout eight miles a day some timez ten to reach a casping place, Fathers family had help hoid(?) (?) polsit(?) water do not remember how how many were doun at                                   in 91 (?) one time hence not young ---------------------- Page 3 had to have you extised(?) (?) to be on homestead he + mother & I baby had been ont(?) fall before& filed or what ever was required to be done Sarah Anne &Adam Bucker left Ill in March 1864 & Brother Joe was not sick so came with them to help (?) is a little crop for father put is a little crop for father Joe had a light attackt of the fever on way out The Bricker's of Joe went to ------------------------- South Bend Neb. There is where lived till he could build a shanty 12x20 not sure but think all in one Rather think Brother John was borne there & was to (erased) young to remember. (?) Francis & Jesse Jay were both home in in the big white house on the as it was known (?) wide and it was truly the house beside the road Father never refuse a night's lodging or meal to anyone ever ------------------------ There is more I might tell of those pioneer days But I am tired been since before& with ont for breakfast am 7.05 (?) by (?) ust think I am going sloly lane Mother Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Charlotte Littlefield's Letter Telling Her Family History Description An account of the resource This is a long letter Charlotte Littlefield wrote to her Daughter Josephine (?) from the Pershing Hospital in Grand Island, Nebraska telling her about the family history and the Pioneer days in 1864 when her family came to Nebraska from Illinois to homestead. Charlotte describes the hardships of moving, Her father's household, and the hospitality on the prairie. The letter was most probably written in the November 1940, when Charlotte was 77, although it may come from an earlier or later date. Charlotte (Lotta) Littlefield (nee Roberts) was Joseph Littlefield's second wife, whom he married in 1887 after his first wife Hellen died in 1881. Robertses came to Nebraska from Illinois in 1864 to homestead in Cass County. The letter comes from the collection of Terri and Dave Mabon. Dave Mabon is Charlotte Littlefield's great-grandson. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/HistoryHarvest?feature=watch">History Harvest YouTube Channel</a>. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Terri and Dave Mabon, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1940 circa Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource document Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource image Subject The topic of the resource Homesteading Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. homesteading letter Nebraska City History Harvest 2010 Terri and Dave Mabon Collection