Mother F.S. Sorell to John and Alice, Chapel Hill, ALA (Original and Transcript), August 3, 1890

Her husband has been in bad health since April 5, when he was cut in the nose and face by another man. It has affected his hearing in one ear, and he has constant pain in the head. He has spells, and did so at Alliances meeting in Dadeville. He wants to go for help to a medical institute in Atlanta. She gives news of local deaths, births, marriages, and persons.