Series 8. Outgoing Letters to William “Willy” Morgan from His Brother John Morgan, Jr., 1859–1860

John reports an incident on the Kanawha River in which he had to save himself on a sinking skiff. Farm news includes information about the tobacco crop and the traps they are setting to catch the culprits who are poisoning the hounds. He also relates “ma’s” cough remedy, as boiled down bourbon, sweetened with sugar or molasses. In 1860, he is trying to muster forty-five men into a company of men at “Mouth Poca.”