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The collection consists of correspondence of the Diamond family of DeKalb County, Georgia and Rusk or Grayson County, Texas
from 1831-1891. Topics discussed include family members' migration to Texas, descriptions of life before and after the Civil
War, an 1867 yellow fever epidemic in Texas and the resulting deaths of several family members, weather, crops, the health
of family members, proposed visits between the families, and religion. The majority of the correspondence is written by Diamond
family members living in either Henderson, Rusk County, Texas or Grayson County, Texas. Major correspondents include Catherine
Diamond Crow; Amanda J. Diamond, wife of James J.; George Washington Diamond; and Lizzie Towles Diamond, wife of William Wingfield.
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