Letters from Robert N. Slack of Kentucky to his brother James Brown Slack
John Early Andrews Collection of Letters
Submitter: John Early Andrews
Robert N. Slack Born 1818, Kentucky
There are letters written from Louisville, Kentucky, Galveston, Texas, Fort Bend County, Texas, Wharton, Texas, Houston, Texas, San Francisco, California and finally from Shasta, California by Robert N. Slack to his brother James Brown Slack which are dated between 1845 and 1852. (Robert S. Riley has the original letters.) Robert N. Slack left Louisville because he was disappointed in love. His last letter from Louisville is rather sad, speaking of not hearing from anyone in his family for a year and concern for whether his “father and Ma” are still living. In the letter from Fort Bend County he speaks of their brother Joseph living near Richmond, Texas, his brother John who was in Bastrop, Texas and his sister Margaret. In Fort Bend County, Texas there is a marriage certificate issued to John Slack and Teresa Lee on October 5, 1870.
There are 9 letters:
- Letter January 9, 1845 Letter From Robert N. Slack In Louisville To His Brother James
- Letter of January 21, 1845 from Robert N. Slack in Louisville Kentucky to his brother James Brown Slack
- Letter from Galveston Texas 1846 from Robert N. Slack to his brother James Brown Slack, Bardstown Kentucky
- Letter from Robert N. Slack to his brother James B. Slack, Wharton Texas, May 15, 1848
- Letter From Wharton, Texas Sept 12, 1848 From Margaret’s Brother Robert N. Slack To Their Brother Mr. James B. Slack, Bardstown, Kentucky
- Letter from Galveston Texas September 16, 1848 from Robert N. Slack to his brother James Brown Slack, Bardstown Kentucky
- Letter from Houston Texas March 11, 1849 from Robert N. Slack to his brother James Brown Slack, Bardstown Kentucky
- Letter from Robert N. Slack to his brother James from Shasta California, September 15, 1852
- Death Notice & Obituary of Dr. Robert N. Slack age 36, who died October 21, 1857, at McMurtry’s Ferry.