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Title:
Letter from Kate Christine Sanborn to James Southgate, July 17, 1884: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Sanborn, Kate Christine
Southgate, James, 1832-1914
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 Kate Christine Sanborn to James Southgate, July 17, 1884
Author: Kate Christine Sanborn
Date: 18840717
Note: Kate Christine Sanborn tells James Southgate, that she has heard rumors that his daughter Mattie is spending time with a buyer of bright leaf tobacco. She wants Mattie's father to reveal the identity of this man who keeps her friend "in the parlor till 1 a.m. three nights a week." Kate comments on the nomination of Grover Cleveland and the placement of Thomas A. Hendricks on the Democratic ticket. She notes that the Durham papers have suggested that the younger James Southgate might be a suitable legislative candidate. She closes with a discussion of her unmarried status.
P: James Southgate papers, 1794-1944 and undated, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Class: Tobacco industry -- North Carolina -- Durham -- 19th century
Class: Gossip -- Southern states -- 19th century
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Class: Southgate, James, 1832-1914
Class: Sanborn, Kate Christine
Class: Courtship -- North Carolina -- 19th century
Class: Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908
Class: Hendricks, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrews), 1819-1885
Class: Southgate, James Haywood, 1859-1916
Class: Sanborn, Kate Christine
Class: Southgate, James, 1832-1914
Class: Durham (N.C.)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Tobacco industry -- North Carolina -- Durham -- 19th century
Gossip -- Southern states -- 19th century
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Southgate, James, 1832-1914
Sanborn, Kate Christine
Courtship -- North Carolina -- 19th century
Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908
Hendricks, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrews), 1819-1885
Southgate, James Haywood, 1859-1916
Sanborn, Kate Christine
Southgate, James, 1832-1914
Durham (N.C.)

& the great heart of her best citizen. Thanks my kind friend. I appreciate them more than I can tell. Vines tuberosis, heliotropes, violets etc! how hard you make it for me to send regrets & thanks to your cordial invitation to return to your city of cool breezes & untold delights. You seem not to place much weight on what Kate says. Perhaps your memory is at fault. I will refresh it. In the happy days that are gone Kate asserted positively that Durham should know her no more until members of your family or yourself did her the honor to make her a visit. Her sentiments have undergone no change. poor little Bessie has had much sorrow. I hoped to have had her with me was

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