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Creator:: Barrett, Theodore H. (1834-1900)
Date Created:: 1879-02-18
Description:: Theodore Barrett wrote to his future wife, Georgia McKee, from Council Bluffs, Iowa. He has one of his bad headaches and takes a long walk around Council Bluffs and Omaha, Nebraska, hoping it will get better. He wrote of his plans to travel to Leavenworth, Witchita and Winfield Kansas and then on to St. Louis, Missouri. He wishes he knew Georgia's friends and family in Leavenworth so he could visit them. He ends his letter wishing she were with him and professes his deep love for her.
Contributing Institution:: Grant County Historical Society
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

Creator:: Barrett, Theodore H. (1834-1900)
Date Created:: 1879-02-06
Description:: Theodore Barrett wrote to his future wife, Georgia McKee, from St. Paul, Minnesota. He wrote that he had been sick, possibly with a mild case of diphtheria.
Contributing Institution:: Grant County Historical Society
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

Creator:: Barrett, Theodore H. (1834-1900)
Date Created:: 1879-02-21
Description:: Theodore Barrett wrote to his future wife, Georgia McKee, from the Tefft Hotel in Topeka, Kansas. He comments that in all his travels, it it the worst hotel he has ever stayed at. He is again ill with chills and fever but still visits the Kansas legislature. He comments on the Congress in Washington, D.C., the weather and ends by professing his love to her.
Contributing Institution:: Grant County Historical Society
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

Creator:: Barrett, Theodore H. (1834-1900)
Date Created:: 1879-02-22
Description:: Theodore Barrett wrote to his future wife, Georgia McKee, from Wichita, Kansas. He was feeling so demoralized from his cold that he stayed there instead of going on to Winfield, Kansas by stage. The weather is warm but he longed for the bracing air of Minnesota. There were many people there.
Contributing Institution:: Grant County Historical Society
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

Creator:: Barrett, Theodore H. (1834-1900)
Date Created:: 1879-02-25
Description:: Theodore Barrett wrote to his future wife, Georgia McKee, from Winfield, Kansas. He finally feels better after taking quinine. He discovers he forgot his watch at the hotel in Wichita, Kansas. He writes of meeting old comrades, the weather, the land and the people of Kansas.
Contributing Institution:: Grant County Historical Society
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

Creator:: Barrett, Theodore H. (1834-1900)
Date Created:: 1879-01-10
Description:: Theodore Barrett wrote to his future wife, Georgia McKee, from St. Paul, Minnesota. He wrote about meeting Miss Tilden of Cleveland, Ohio at a tea party. He compares Miss Tilden to Georgia.
Contributing Institution:: Grant County Historical Society
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

Creator:: Barrett, Theodore H. (1834-1900)
Date Created:: 1879-01-11
Description:: Theodore Barrett wrote to his future wife, Georgia McKee, from St. Paul, Minnesota. He wrote of going to church, buying lumber, meeting acquaitances, trying to arrange cheap transportation from the railroad and his future travel plans. He also wrote of his headaches and his love for Georgia, which gets him through the days.
Contributing Institution:: Grant County Historical Society
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

Creator:: Barrett, Theodore H. (1834-1900)
Date Created:: 1879-03-02
Description:: Theodore Barrett wrote to his future wife, Georgia McKee, from Wichita, Kansas about his continued travels, much by horseback, and visiting old friends. The weather takes a turn for the worse and he states he is more satisfied with Minnesota weather. He will be leaving on the train for St. Louis, Missouri the next day.
Contributing Institution:: Grant County Historical Society
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

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