DescriptionWriting for his wife, D.L. Pickard informs Peter Still that arrangements for publication of the book about Still and his family “have been made with Wm. T. Hamilton, book merchant of Syracuse”;...
DescriptionCatharine Still acknowledges the receipt of a letter from her father (Peter Still); comments on the cold weather, including as a reason for not visiting Mrs. Pickard; notes that she will enclose a...
DescriptionMurry Cornealous [?] requests payment this week of a sum promised to him for his troubles on behalf of the letter’s recipient (as the writer needs the money to pay his board); notes that his mother...
DescriptionKate Pickard informs Peter Still that the book she has written about his life and family is finally out; describes the physical appearance of a copy of the volume that she recently obtained when she...
DescriptionKate Pickard describes the terms proffered by L.W. Hall & Co. of Syracuse for publishing the book about Peter Still and his family that she is writing, including the proposed edition size (“5,000 at...
DescriptionKate Pickard notes that she has not heard from Peter Still for some time and that she would like to; states that, per his brother’s letter, questions regarding Still’s parents were apparently...
DescriptionKate Pickard, now at home, reports to Peter Still that the first half of the book about Still’s experiences is completed, but has not yet been read by Mr. May; notes that “Mr. Hall of Syracuse...
DescriptionCarter, whose letter was postmarked at Tuscumbia, Alabama, acknowledges the receipt of Peter Still’s letter; relays his amazement that Still’s immediate family is free; sends greetings from...
DescriptionKate Pickard poses questions regarding the history of Peter Still's parents (“a knowledge of which is necessary to the complete narration of the story”), such as how long had Peter’s father been...
DescriptionLetter of introduction for Peter Still, written by A.M. Taylor, which states in part that Still is in Cincinnati from Burlington, New Jersey, "[a]waiting the arrival of his wife & three children who...
