Title: Jane Ellen Foster Letter

Date/Date Range :   1839 June 8

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection consists of a letter from Martha of Columbia, Tennessee to her friend Jane Ellen Foster in Nashville on June 8, 1839. Martha describes her trip from Nashville, personal news, friends, and heartbreak.

Call number: MS-3072

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

Collection was purchased by Special Collections on April 6, 2007

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Jane Ellen Foster Letter, MS-3072. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

Jane Ellen Foster was born to Ephraim Hubbard and Jane Mebane (Lytle) Foster in December of 1821. Her father represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate from 1838 to 1839 and from 1843 to 1845. She was married to Edward Saunders Cheatham (1818-1878), a state legislator, on October 19, 1841 in Henry County, Tennessee. She died on June 20, 1851.

This collection consists of a letter from Martha of Columbia, Tennessee to her friend Jane Ellen Foster in Nashville on June 8, 1839. Martha describes her trip from Nashville, personal news, friends, and heartbreak.

• Cheatham, Jane Ellen Foster, 1821-1851.
• Tennessee -- History.
• Columbia (Tenn.) -- Manners and customs.
• Nashville (Tenn.) -- Manners and customs.
• Foster family.