1872 November 16 -- Alexandria, Egypt, Alexander Reynolds to sister continuing to describe the family trip to Europe; comments on numerous American tourists in Europe, "seeking pleasure, doubtless most of them shoddy, who have grown fat upon the plundering of the Southern people. The respectible [sic] people of the U.S. are too poor to visit Europe..."; description of the improvements in Alexandria and Cairo., 1872

1872 November 16 -- Alexandria, Egypt, Alexander Reynolds to sister continuing to describe the family trip to Europe; comments on numerous American tourists in Europe, "seeking pleasure, doubtless most of them shoddy, who have grown fat upon the plundering of the Southern people. The respectible [sic] people of the U.S. are too poor to visit Europe..."; description of the improvements in Alexandria and Cairo., 1872, Box: 1, Folder: 14. Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers, A&M 1528. West Virginia and Regional History Center. https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/50101 Accessed December 20, 2024.