Title:
Letter from leland Sneed to Mattie Logan Southgate, April 4, 1883: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Sneed, Leland
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 leland Sneed to Mattie Logan Southgate, April 4, 1883
Author: Leland Sneed
Date: 18830404
Note: Writing under her nickname "S. Eddie," Leland Sneed sends news to her friend Mattie Southgate ("Old Tom') about the parties and dances that she attends near her home in Bellevue, Virginia. She tells Mattie about the boys--Will Page, Jim White, and Steve Carpenter-- who traveled from Red Hill for the dances and reports on Mettie Rickett's courting. Leland reveals that she and her friend Byrdie Townley spied on Mettie and her beaux. In response to the eavesdropping, the courting couple whipped their friends with a cowhide.
P: James Southgate papers, 1794-1944 and undated, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Class: Sneed, Leland
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Class: Ricketts, Mettie
Class: Durham (N.C.) -- History
Class: Courtship -- North Carolina -- 19th century
Class: Leisure -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Class: Friendship in adolescence -- Southern states -- 19th century
Class: Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Page, Will
Class: White, Jim
Class: Carpenter, Steve
Class: Townley, Byrdie
Class: Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) -- Alumni and alumnae
Class: Sneed, Leland
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Class: Durham (N.C.)

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Sneed, Leland
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Ricketts, Mettie
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Courtship -- North Carolina -- 19th century
Leisure -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Friendship in adolescence -- Southern states -- 19th century
Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Page, Will
White, Jim
Carpenter, Steve
Townley, Byrdie
Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) -- Alumni and alumnae
Sneed, Leland
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Durham (N.C.)

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