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Letter from Mattie Logan Southgate to Delia H. Southgate, January 04, 1880: 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: Barbara Post 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 Mattie Logan Southgate to Delia H. Southgate, January 4, 1880 Author: Delia H. Southgate Date: 18800104 Note: Mattie Southgate writes her mother Delia Haywood Wynne Southgate with news from her boarding school, Wesleyan Female Institute. Mattie celebrated Christmas with her sisters Annie Moore Southgate and Lessie Muse Southgate during the two-day school holiday provided by principal William A. Harris. The girls send their mother bills for instruction with their music teachers Lizzie Daniels, Anna Boyd and Professor Ide. In addition, they report that they must purchase more sheet music for their lessons, because their music is "out of style." Mattie provides news of an upcoming school performance and a defense of her progress in Miss Williams' history class. She closes with a request that her mother send a box with "cocoanut cake," preserves, mince pies, nuts, and ground peas. P: James Southgate papers, 1794-1944 and undated, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Library of Congress Subject Headings: Class: Southgate, Delia Haywood Wynne Class: Durham (N.C.) -- History Class: Southgate, Annie Class: Women -- Education Class: Education -- Virginia -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century Class: Harris, William A., b. 1830 Class: Simmons, Celestia Muse Southgate, 1863-1914 Class: Women -- Southern states -- Social conditions -- 19th century Class: Communication in the family -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century Class: Women musicians -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century Class: Music -- Instruction and study -- Virginia -- 19th century Class: Family -- Social life and customs -- Southern states Class: Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century Class: Sheet music Class: Family -- North Carolina -- History Class: Mothers and daughters -- Correspondence Class: Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) Class: Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) -- Students -- History -- 19th century Class: Boyd, Anna Class: Daniels, Lizzie Class: Ide, E. Louis Class: Williams, Julia Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate Class: Boarding schools -- Virginia Class: Diet -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century Class: Diet -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century Class: Christmas Class: Christmas -- Virginia Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865 Class: Southgate, Delia Haywood Class: Durham (N.C.) Class: Staunton (Va.)
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Southgate, Delia Haywood Wynne Durham (N.C.) -- History Southgate, Annie Women -- Education Education -- Virginia -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century Harris, William A., b. 1830 Simmons, Celestia Muse Southgate, 1863-1914 Women -- Southern states -- Social conditions -- 19th century Communication in the family -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century Women musicians -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century Music -- Instruction and study -- Virginia -- 19th century Family -- Social life and customs -- Southern states Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century Sheet music Family -- North Carolina -- History Mothers and daughters -- Correspondence Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) -- Students -- History -- 19th century Boyd, Anna Daniels, Lizzie Ide, E. Louis Williams, Julia Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate Boarding schools -- Virginia Diet -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century Diet -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century Christmas Christmas -- Virginia Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865 Southgate, Delia Haywood Durham (N.C.) Staunton (Va.) Notwithstanding I have not written to you since I have been here, I intend to write you a long letter this evening. I am really ashamed of myself for not writing to you sooner; I will tell you why, I knew I had Annie and Lessie to write for me, and it takes me such a long time to write letters. We spent a most delightful day Christmas, considering we were absent from home. Dr. Harris would not give us but two holidays Xmas and did not give us any New Year's. Dont [sic] you
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