Voices from the past
Letters and Written Artifacts
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Letters and Artifacts Available Online
Four transcribed items are currently available. Additional family papers and written artifacts can be added as they are contributed.
- Carrie Robertson Mezick’s Autograph Book Verses, signatures, family connections, and courtship from a book used chiefly during the 1880s and early 1890s.
- A Witch and Some Old Remedies Etha Parsons Yohe remembers Parsonsburg folklore, a supposed witch, and traditional home remedies from her childhood.
- Trouble in Old Stepney Parish Covington Mezick’s 1807 letter to the Stepney Parish vestry explaining why he withdrew from communion.
- A Glimpse at Life in Old Tyaskin Anna Larmore recalls family, steamboats, mail delivery, farming, trade, and everyday life around Tyaskin and White Haven.
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Transcribed letters, journals, autograph books, diaries, and other written artifacts can help preserve Wicomico County’s personal history.