Title:
Letter from Delia H. Southgate to Mattie Logan Southgate, March 15, 1882: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Southgate, Delia Haywood Wynne
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: kelly Clark
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 Delia H. Southgate to Mattie Logan Southgate, March 15, 1882
Author: Delia H. Southgate
Date: 18820315
Note: Delia H. Southgate shares news with her daughter Mattie about the poor health of Sarah Raboteau ( Aunt Sarah), Annie Southgate as well as herself. She reports that their family's church will install a bell, notes that the revivals have closed, and gives Mattie news of Lula Freeland's school. Delia inquires about the care package that she sent Mattie and asks for details about the soiree held by the Wesleyan Female Institute.
P: Southgate-Jones Family Papers, 1760-1982, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Class: Durham (N.C.) -- History
Class: Women -- North Carolina -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Class: Family -- North Carolina -- Social life and customs
Class: Communication in the family -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Southgate, Delia Haywood Wynne
Class: Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Mothers and daughters -- Correspondence
Class: Mothers and daughters -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Class: Diseases -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Class: Raboteau, Sarah Ann Wynne, 1816-1895
Class: Southgate, Annie
Class: Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.)
Class: Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) -- Students -- History -- 19th century
Class: Women -- Education -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Class: Women teachers -- History
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Class: Leisure -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Class:
Class: Freeland, Lulu
Class: Durham (N.C.)
Class: Staunton (Va.)

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Women -- North Carolina -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Family -- North Carolina -- Social life and customs
Communication in the family -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Southgate, Delia Haywood Wynne
Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Mothers and daughters -- Correspondence
Mothers and daughters -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Diseases -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Raboteau, Sarah Ann Wynne, 1816-1895
Southgate, Annie
Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.)
Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) -- Students -- History -- 19th century
Women -- Education -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Women teachers -- History
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Leisure -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century

Freeland, Lulu
Durham (N.C.)
Staunton (Va.)

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