Letters from the Past

This space is provided for the posting of Letters to and from people who lived in Hyde County or had lived here but moved away. If you have any letters to or from your Hyde County ancestor and think that other researchers might find them of interest, please contact me. Please retain the original spelling and punctuation of the writer. Also, please give a little background information about those involved and, of course, the letter’s date or time period.  Of interest would be letters dealing with the life and people of Hyde County and letters home from soldiers and sailors, especially from the Civil War period. So dig out those old letters your great-grandmother wrote buried in the trunk in the attic, and send them in. Your participation is appreciated.

Brother to Brother - 1816

Arnold Gray Letters - Teacher from Rhode Island who taught in Hyde County

An 1850's Medicine Man & Astrologer - 1856

A Civil War Letter - 1861

Hill Family Civil War Letters - 1861 thru 1864

Affectionate Niece - 1864

Letter from Jesse Mason to John Henry Clay Berry - 1875

Death of a Mother - 1876

A Teacher on Hatteras - 1876

Letter about the Dr. John Marshall family of Carteret Co., NC - 1876

Letter from School - 1889

A Letter from Mother to Son - 1889

Midgett Cousins - 1899

A Little Fatherly Advise - 1901

Letter from Herman Swindell to his mother, Sarah Ann R. Swindell - 1918

Long Lost Rolison Cousins - 1945

1952 Letter from Ellis Credle, author, to Russell Gibbs, a student at Engelhard School

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