Collection Information
Biographical Sketch
Scope and Content Note
Cataloging Information
Processed
by:
Charles Latham
19 March 1993
Updated 15 June 2004
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
Indianapolis, IN
VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 1 item
COLLECTION DATE: 1869
PROVENANCE: Sycamore Books, Brownsburg IN, March 1974
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society
ACCESSION NUMBER: 1974.0311
NOTE: Removed from SC 0871, ledger of J. S. Jenckes, Vigo County
James L. Cathcart (b. 1841) was the son of Charles W. and Josephine Cathcart, early settlers in LaPorte County, Indiana. Educated in common schools in Westville, Cathcart served as a lieutenant in the 99th Indiana Infantry during the Civil War. He married Emeline Histon and had two children. He farmed and raised stock.
Source: History of LaPorte County (1880), p 789
This collection consists of a letter addressed to "Friend Naylor" from James L. Cathcart of Westville, LaPorte County, Indiana, dated 4 August 1869. Naylor may have lived in Vigo County, since the letter was found in a Vigo County ledger.
Cathcart mentions a recent solar eclipse which caused chickens to go to roost, and discourses upon the effect of rainy weather upon farming. He mentions two young ladies of the Allen family, and notes that Westville now has a brass band and is about to have a string band.
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