Forms: Correspondence -- autographed letter signed; Persons: David Ruffner to "Son" [Rev. Henry Ruffner], and Ann Ruffner to "Daughter" [Henry's wife] (Mentioned: Lewis Ruffner, Miss Nichols, T. Ruffner, Ann Putney, Rev. Page, "old father" Plumer, Mr. Graham, deaths of Miss Holt, Levi Whitteker and John Huff); Places: Kanawha, VA [now WV] to Lexington, VA, 1823

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Subjects: Health (family and community, mentions also deaths in Marietta, OH, Parkersburg, VA [now WV], and Wheeling, VA [now WV], 3/4 of inhabitants in Kanawha area "have been or are ill," health conditions in Louisville, KY, yellow fever in Cincinnati, OH); family affairs (Lewis Ruffner in Cincinnati, Ann Putney [sister of H.R.'s wife], finances); churches (need of Presbyterian minister, feeling of people regarding Episcopalian mode of worship); the salt industry (market prices, health of workers)

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