Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Access Points
Biography
Scope and Content
Descriptive Summary
Title: Hatcher Family Correspondence,
Date (inclusive): 1855
Collection number: Mss2.H361
Creator:
Harry W. Cassidy
Extent: 0.1 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
Shelf location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Hatcher Family Correspondence, Mss2.H361, Holt-Atherton
Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Access Points
personal name
Baskin, Catherine
Ward, Almeda
Hatcher, Hiram
Baker, John
Hatcher family -Correspondence
subject
Tennessee -Social conditions
Tennessee -History -Sources
Farmers -Tennessee -Correspondence
Dyer County (Tenn.) -Economic conditions
Weakley County (Tenn.) -Economic conditions
Greene County (Tenn.) -Economic conditons
Biography
Little is known of Wiley Hatcher save that he came from Tennessee, lived in San Francisco
during the Gold Rush era and spent some time in Australia during the 1850s.
Scope and Content
The four letters that make up the Hatcher Correspondence were all sent to Wiley W.
Hatcher from his brother, sister, cousin and aunt of Dyer, Weakley and Greene counties in
Tennessee (1855). The letters include family news and information about economic
conditions in Tennessee.