David C. Murray Papers

his collection is composed primarily of the correspondence from Z.G. Murray to his brother D.C. Murray. Their letters consist of information about their family’s health and the health of their neighbors. The letters also discuss the weather of the Ohio area Wyandot during the late 1800s, and how it affected their crops and budgets. Z.G. Murray’s letters describe his sales of crops and livestock at great length. These letters help to depict how people interacted during this time, and how they survived and did business with one another.

One of the letters found in this collection is written to D.C. Murray by a D. Bland. This letter discusses the same issues written above and provides deeper insight in to the lives of the people of the day.

The records provide valuable information of the Northwest Ohio area from 1858-1872 in regards to weather patterns and agriculture; however, it does suffer from large gaps in time. Often times the handwriting seems hurried and is difficult to read. Overall the collection does provide a good insight into how people lived in this area during the late 1800s.