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The Kiger Family Papers offer insight into a southern family's antebellum and post-Civil War experiences. Who exactly were all of the souls buried in the cemetery lot in Vicksburg? Was Carrie Kiger the niece or sister of William McKendree Gwin, famous as one of the two ï¬?rst United States senators from the maiden State of California? The Kiger letters surfaced in 1985 when the University of Texas announced that it had bought them along with papers from ours and other antebellum homes. The entire group of papers is known as the Natchez Trace Collection. These writers never dreamed that anyone…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
The Kiger Family Papers offer insight into a southern family's antebellum and post-Civil War experiences. Who exactly were all of the souls buried in the cemetery lot in Vicksburg? Was Carrie Kiger the niece or sister of William McKendree Gwin, famous as one of the two �rst United States senators from the maiden State of California? The Kiger letters surfaced in 1985 when the University of Texas announced that it had bought them along with papers from ours and other antebellum homes. The entire group of papers is known as the Natchez Trace Collection. These writers never dreamed that anyone other than the intended recipients would read their letters, much less be interested in them. This makes them all the more valuable to us almost two hundred years later. This book, Part 1, covers the years 1833-1866; Part 2 spans 1867-1890.
Autorenporträt
Danella Craig is the great-great-granddaughter of Carrie Gwin Kiger. She and her mother visited Austin in 2000 "to finally look with our own eyes at the Kiger Family Papers." The author has painstakingly transcribed the over 500 handwritten letters from the Kiger Family Letters. She also collaborated with far-flung relatives to gather more family letters, diaries, and stories, piecing together the Gwin story. Danella is grateful that her ancestor took the time to write and preserve her correspondence so that she and her time in history could be known more fully to us who followed.