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Title:
Letter from James Southgate to Delia Haywood Southgate, September 12, 1883: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Southgate, James, 1832-1914
Southgate, Delia Haywood Wynne
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 James Southgate to Delia Haywood Southgate, September 12, 1883
Author: James Southgate
Date: 18830912
Note: James Southgate sends news to his wife, Delia H. Southgate, from the "Retreat for the Sick" in Richmond, Virginia. James describes the medicines--Blue Mass, Chlorate of Potash and calomel--that he has taken for his ailments and the effects these have had on his mouth and stomach. He notes the prices of fruits in the Richmond market, visits from the Mohsberg family, and advises Delia to make arrangements in Chapel Hill and Hillsboro to purchase peaches and pears for canning. Southgate asks for news about Mattie who is traveling, his niece Undine and expresses concern for Mrs. Lipscomb and Minnie Moore who are ill. He offers his family dietary advice and requests that Delia send him the family's newspapers after they have been read at home.
P: James Southgate papers, 1794-1944 and undated, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Class: Family -- Social life and customs -- Southern states
Class: Medical care -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Class: Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- History -- 19th century
Class: Retreat of the Sick (Richmond, Va.)
Class: Southgate, Delia Haywood Wynne
Class: Southgate, James, 1832-1914
Class: American newspapers -- History -- 19th century
Class: Durham (N.C.) -- History
Class: Diseases -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Class: Simmons, Celestia Muse Southgate, 1863-1914
Class: Pharmacy -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Communication in the family -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Southgate, Annie
Class: Canning and preserving -- History -- 19th century
Class: Raboteau, Sarah Ann Wynne, 1816-1895
Class: Family -- North Carolina -- History
Class: Diet -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Class: Diet -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Class: Moore, Minnie, d. 1883
Class: Lipscomb family
Class: Mohsberg family
Class: Southgate, Delia Haywood
Class: Southgate, James, 1832-1914
Class: Richmond (Va.)
Class: Durham (N.C.)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Family -- Social life and customs -- Southern states
Medical care -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- History -- 19th century
Retreat of the Sick (Richmond, Va.)
Southgate, Delia Haywood Wynne
Southgate, James, 1832-1914
American newspapers -- History -- 19th century
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Diseases -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Simmons, Celestia Muse Southgate, 1863-1914
Pharmacy -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Communication in the family -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Southgate, Annie
Canning and preserving -- History -- 19th century
Raboteau, Sarah Ann Wynne, 1816-1895
Family -- North Carolina -- History
Diet -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Diet -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Moore, Minnie, d. 1883
Lipscomb family
Mohsberg family
Southgate, Delia Haywood
Southgate, James, 1832-1914
Richmond (Va.)
Durham (N.C.)

I will write Mr D M^cLearley of Chapel Hill to look out for some peaches and pound pears + I think between him and Henry Brown of Hillsboro we will be supplied- If you get more than you need Mr Z.I. Lyonwill doubtless take them. The soft peaches for canning purposes ought to be abundant, but I fear they are too high here for us to handle so far from home- Perhaps Jimmie may find some at Greensboro or Co Shops on his way home. I was much interested in Annie's picture of home and how cozily you all were around the fire, you at your window reading, Sallie Rob at her's [sic] sewing + nodding, Cats in the center writing +c. Tell her she left out a very important part of the picture + without that it would certainly be incomplete, viz a in your + Aunt Sarah's mouth + a snuff box on each window sill. This was an oversight though, without doubt, and on this score she can be forgiven. I often visit you in imagination and wonder what you are doing at different hours of the day- I am not so far away after all, and you can form but little idea of my eagerness, when 8 oclock a. m [sic] comes, to see the letter from home, and should you fail any day to write, I sh^d feel very lonesome- Jimmie has been a great comfort to me in my weakness, but I am stronger now and I tell him I think I sh^d improve yet faster if I knew he was in the office every day to direct + see after things. The D^r told him yesterday he could be spared very well, that I will be as well taken care of as at home, but he seems loth (Correction: loath) to leave me. I expect though he will be off in a day or two. I wrote Mattie yesterday + shall look for a long letter from her in a few days- She must come home soon as the cool weather comes, as I fear she may let her visit be too long. Her friends may not wish to see her again soon. Have Beck + Co returned home from Asheville yet- Do you hear anything of Undine's? securing a situation? Did

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