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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.10.192 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph M. Maitland |
| Title | Lis Doty to Em detailing her travels on an overnight train to Missouri |
| Date | 18 May 1880 |
| Author | Doty, Lis (fl. 1880) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Letter addressed "Dear Em." Details an overnight train trip from Cincinnati to Holden, Missouri. Reports on all the people she has seen and places she has been. Describes going to church and seeing "...four or five riding skirts hanging on the side of the church on nails..." Comments "...when a fellow asks a girl to go anyplace he expects her to take her own horse and saddle." Asks her to show the letter to the Maitland family. |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Religion Clothing and Accessories Transportation Travel |
| People | Doty, Lis (fl. 1880) |
| Place written | Holden, Missouri |
| Theme | Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Joseph Maitland enlisted on 8 August 1862 as a Private. He was mustered into "G" Co. OH 95th Infantry. He was mustered out 31 May 1865 at Memphis, Tennessee. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |