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Browse Collection › LC Subject Heading › 7 records found where LC Subject Heading is Gossip -- Southern states -- 19th century
	Letter from James Southgate to Mattie Logan Southgate, October 28, 1881 James Southgate details his visit to the Yorktown Centennial and his shopping expedition in Richmond to his daughter, Mattie Southgate, who attends boarding school in Staunton, Virginia. In relating news from Durham, James describes his daughter Annie Southgate's recovery from typhoid fever, provides details of Mollie Day's failed courtship, preparations for the Methodist Church Conference and news about Durham neighbors and family. James Southgate also inquires of Mattie's schooling, her teacher, Lizzie Daniels, and advises her to strive for excellence, especially in her penmanship.
	Letter from Kate Christine Sanborn to James Southgate , July 17, 1884 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.
	Letter from Mollie Page to Mattie Logan Southgate, December 31, 1881 Mollie Page, school friend from Wesleyan Female Institute, writes Mattie about the festivities surrounding Christmas at her home in Batesville, Virginia. She attends a series of parties and writes of her conversation with Ed Martin and her correspondence with Leland Sneed (Lela) and Mettie Ricketts, fellow W. F. I. students.
	Letter from Mollie Page to Mattie Logan Southgate, March 01, 1883 Mollie Page reminisces about her school days with Mattie Southgate at the Wesleyan Female Institute. She notes that school is in session and reports that the fever is still raging. Her father, she reports, "thinks the people are crazy to send their daughters back." Mollie refers to the March 1st Resolution and the pledge to correspond with her school friends. She tells Mattie that she has already written their friends "Dean" and "Eddie" and that she expects to receive a letter from Mattie. Mollie tells Mattie about social events in Batesville, complains that she missed Lela's birthday celebration, and notes that she will turn eighteen later in the month.
	Letter from Mettie Ricketts to Mattie Logan Southgate Jones, November 11, 1889 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.
	Letter from Mattie Logan Southgate Jones to Annie Southgate, March 1885 Mattie Southgate Jones writes, her sister, Annie Southgate with news of illnesses and happenings in the Durham community. "Tomato" (a pet name that she uses for her husband, Thomas Decatur Jones) and A.S. DeVlarming, her husband's book-keeper have battled fever and measles, respectively. Mrs. Bob Jones experienced a miscarriage, Kate Conrad battles pneumonia and DeVlarming copes with measles. She reports that her sister Lessie will work together with Mrs. George Watts, Dora Fanning, Minnie Carter, and, Marion Fuller to organize a concert. Mattie shares news of her visitors. She mentions her garden, quilt making, and embroidery.
	Letter from Celestia Muse Southgate to Annie Moore Southgate, February 08, 1885 In this letter, from Lessie Southgate to, her sister, Annie Moore Southgate, Lessie (Celestia Muse) Southgate describes events occurring in Durham: a sermon, "musicale," and an upcoming Valentine's Day party. Lessie shares news about the Duke family, Lipscomb family, Blackwell family, Carr family, and Lockhart family. Lessie depicts a horseback outing with Emma Lockhart, Julian S. Carr, and others. While riding through Hayti, she stopped to to see Adaline, one of the family's domestic servants, who is ill. Lessie mentions the arrival of the "Wizzard Oil Band of Singers," a group that performs open air concerts. She concludes her note with humorous news of Annie's dog, Zoe.

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