Title:
Letter from Mollie Page to Mattie Logan Southgate, January 23, 1883: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Page, Mollie
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.
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Edition: First edition,
Date: 2006
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Publisher: Duke University Libraries
Date: 2006
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Source Information:
Title: Letter from Mollie Page to Mattie Logan Southgate, January 23, 1883
Author: Mollie Page
Date: 18830123
Note: Mollie Page writes her friend Mattie Logan Southgate about an outbreak of scarlet fever at the Wesleyan Female Institute. After the principal William A. Harris informs his students of the disease, the young women flee school. Mollie describes the mass exodus of the girls as they sought refuge with their friends, relatives, and in the hotels in Charlottesville and Richmond, Virginia. Mollie reports that their friends Pattie, Cora, Cherry, Dean, and Eddie are safe but the fever took the life of Nannie Jordan. She relates her own story of illness while at the Wesleyan Female Institute, the visit of Dr. Henkle, and her subsequent recovery from dropsy at her home in Batesville, Virginia.
P: James Southgate papers, 1794-1944 and undated, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Class: Durham (N.C.) -- History
Class: Staunton (Va.) -- History
Class: Ricketts, Mettie
Class: Jordan, Nannie
Class: Diseases -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Class: Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Friendship in adolescence -- Southern states -- 19th century
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Class: Henkle, Dr.
Class: Harris, William A., b. 1830
Class: Page, Mollie
Class: Disease outbreaks -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Class: Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.)
Class: Scarlatina -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Class: Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) -- Students -- History -- 19th century
Class: Medical care -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Class: Page, Mollie
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Class: Batesville (Va.)
Class: Durham (N.C.)
Class: Charlottesville (Va.)
Class: Richmond (Va.)
Class: Staunton (Va.)

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Staunton (Va.) -- History
Ricketts, Mettie
Jordan, Nannie
Diseases -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Friendship in adolescence -- Southern states -- 19th century
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Henkle, Dr.
Harris, William A., b. 1830
Page, Mollie
Disease outbreaks -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.)
Scarlatina -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) -- Students -- History -- 19th century
Medical care -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Page, Mollie
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Batesville (Va.)
Durham (N.C.)
Charlottesville (Va.)
Richmond (Va.)
Staunton (Va.)

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