Box Number

10

Folder

11

Item Description

Letter [date missing], Richard K. Call, to Mrs. Ellen Kirkman, New Orleans, 2 pp.: ''I am preparing to leave for Washington tomorrow morning. I understand some efforts were made to defeat my nomination in the Senate, and I am anxious to be present when it is acted on. . . I should have gone some time since but the illness of my brothers family has prevented me from doing so. . . I shall spend but a few days in Washington, and shall then go to see Ellen. . . Tallahassee is still very unhealthy. I have never known it so much so at this season of the year. There have been many deaths . . .'' [Tears: text lost] [Separated from Box 1, File Folder 17; see Separation Sheet]

Box Description

OVERSIZED (continued)

Folder Description

Letter [date missing], Richard K. Call, to Mrs. Ellen Kirkman, New Orleans, 2 pp.: ''I am preparing to leave for Washington tomorrow morning. I understand some efforts were made to defeat my nomination in the Senate, and I am anxious to be present when it is acted on. . . I should have gone some time since but the illness of my brothers family has prevented me from doing so. . . I shall spend but a few days in Washington, and shall then go to see Ellen. . . Tallahassee is still very unhealthy. I have never known it so much so at this season of the year. There have been many deaths . . .'' [Tears: text lost] [Separated from Box 1, File Folder 17; see Separation Sheet]