Benjamin F. Miller Letter

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West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
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Morgantown, WV 26506
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Benjamin F. Miller Letter, A&M 3037, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in.
Creator:
Miller, Benjamin F.
Abstract:
Letter to Susanna from Morgantown describing hot weather and working arduously in a farm's wheat and oat field. He mentions the courthouse at Pruntytown being struck by lightening. He also gives his opinion about hypocrisy among church members saying that they can no more "square their lives by the Great Moral Code than a jackass can square himself on a sharp edged rail for a fiddler at a camp meeting of bull frogs."
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Benjamin F. Miller Letter, A&M 3037, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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