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An Interesting Letter from the Palmetto State in Dunedin
A March 7 1908 letter from Pattie Purnell recounts travels from Pelahatchie to Dunedin via Meridian Mardi Gras Pensacola and Live Oak. She describes hospitality warm homes electric lights saloons and whisky houses, the Moffatt McLaurin Institute and Columbus Institute, and scenes in Pensacola Mobile and Live Oak before returning to Dunedin to comfort her sister Addie’s memory.
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Dunedin
Fla
Pelahatchie
Jeff Ellis
George Manning
Meridian
Stanton
Cleveland Ellis
Lessel
Bellehaven
East Industrial Institute
West Industrial State College
Columbus
Olin Green
Mobile
St. Andrews
Pensacola
Gulf
Montgomery
Sam
Kent
Ellis
Liveoaks
Court House
China
Bay of St. Joseph
Addie
Pattie Purnell