Title:
Letter from Mettie Ricketts to Mattie Logan Southgate Jones, November 11, 1889: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Ricketts, Mettie
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 Mettie Ricketts to Mattie Logan Southgate Jones, November 11, 1889
Author: Mettie Ricketts
Date: 18891111
Note: Mettie Ricketts sends her friend, Mattie Southgate Jones a letter of sympathy on the death of her husband Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889). Mettie Ricketts and Mattie Southgate attended the Wesleyan Female Institute in Staunton, Virginia during the early 1880s.
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: Gossip -- Southern states -- 19th century
Class: Dead
Class: Condolence notes -- Southern states -- 19th century
Class: Friendship in adolescence -- Southern states -- 19th century
Class: Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Death -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century
Class: Jones, Thomas Decatur, 1852-1889
Class: Faith
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Class: Ricketts, Mettie
Class: Ricketts, Mettie
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Class: Durham (N.C.)
Class: Atlanta (Ga.)
Class: Staunton (Va.)

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Gossip -- Southern states -- 19th century
Dead
Condolence notes -- Southern states -- 19th century
Friendship in adolescence -- Southern states -- 19th century
Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Death -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century
Jones, Thomas Decatur, 1852-1889
Faith
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Ricketts, Mettie
Ricketts, Mettie
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Durham (N.C.)
Atlanta (Ga.)
Staunton (Va.)

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