Title:
Letter from Mattie Logan Southgate to Annie Moore Southgate, November 24, 1881: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Southgate, Annie Moore
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Funder:
Funding by the Institute of Museum of Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through North Carolina ECHO.
Transcription Information:
Text transcribed by: Trudi Abel
Images scanned by: Digital Production Center
Text encoded by: Katherine M. Wisser
Transcription Edition:
Edition: First edition,
Date: 2006
Publication Information:
Publisher: Duke University Libraries
Date: 2006
Availability: ©This work is the property of the Duke University Libraries. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching, and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text.
Source Information:
Title: Letter from Mattie Logan Southgate to Annie Moore Southgate, November 24, 1881
Author: Mattie Logan Southgate
Date: 18811024
Note: Mattie Logan Southgate tells her sister Annie Southgate about her Wesleyan Female Institute roommates, Leland Sneed, Mettie Ricketts, and Mollie Page. Mattie refers to Minnie Moore, another school friend from Durham. She mentions the Methodist Episcopal Church, South Annual Conference, which was held in Durham, North Carolina in November 1881, and asks that her family send her a care package for Christmas.
P: James Southgate papers, 1794-1944 and undated, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Class: Southgate, Annie
Class: Page, Mollie
Class: Ricketts, Mettie
Class: Sneed, Leland
Class: Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.)
Class: Moore, Minnie, d. 1883
Class: Durham (N.C.) -- History
Class: Women -- North Carolina -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Class: Communication in the family -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Family -- Social life and customs -- Southern states
Class: Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Methodist Episcopal Church -- North Carolina Conference
Class: Sisters -- Correspondence
Class: Sisters -- North Carolina -- Correspondence
Class: Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) -- Students -- History -- 19th century
Class: Family -- North Carolina -- Social life and customs
Class: Education -- Virginia -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century
Class: Boarding schools -- Virginia
Class: Christmas -- Virginia
Class: Christmas
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Class: Southgate, Lessie
Class: Durham (N.C.)
Class: Staunton (Va.)

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Southgate, Annie
Page, Mollie
Ricketts, Mettie
Sneed, Leland
Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.)
Moore, Minnie, d. 1883
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Women -- North Carolina -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Communication in the family -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Family -- Social life and customs -- Southern states
Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Methodist Episcopal Church -- North Carolina Conference
Sisters -- Correspondence
Sisters -- North Carolina -- Correspondence
Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) -- Students -- History -- 19th century
Family -- North Carolina -- Social life and customs
Education -- Virginia -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century
Boarding schools -- Virginia
Christmas -- Virginia
Christmas
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Southgate, Lessie
Durham (N.C.)
Staunton (Va.)

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