Title:
Letter from Mattie Logan Southgate to James Southgate, January 29, 1882: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Southgate, James, 1832-1914
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 Mattie Logan Southgate to James Southgate, January 29, 1882
Author: Mattie Logan Southgate
Date: 18820129
Note: Mattie Logan Southgate acknowledges receipt of five dollars from her father, James Southgate. She shares news from Cordelia Hunter Southgate (Aunt Hunter) and tells of writing her sister, Lessie. She has lots of news to report from the Wesleyan Female Institute. The principal, William A. Harris had each student immunized and Mattie jokes that "her scab will vaccinate most all of Durham." She comments on her grades and compares her progress in penmanship to that of her friend Leland Sneed. In closing, she requests more money to pay for additional practice time on the piano. The session with Professor Ide, she claims, is insufficient.
P: James Southgate papers, 1794-1944 and undated, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Class: Durham (N.C.) -- History
Class: Harris, William A., b. 1830
Class: Simmons, Celestia Muse Southgate, 1863-1914
Class: Diseases -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Class: Vaccination -- 19th century
Class: Education -- Virginia -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century
Class: Music -- Instruction and study -- Southern states -- 19th century
Class: Ide, E. Louis
Class: Southgate, James, 1832-1914
Class: Communication in the family -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Family -- North Carolina -- Social life and customs
Class: Southgate, Cordelia Hunter
Class: Music -- Instruction and study -- Virginia -- 19th century
Class: Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) -- Students -- History -- 19th century
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Class: Sneed, Leland
Class: Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.)
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Class: Southgate, James, 1832-1914
Class: Staunton (Va.)
Class: Durham (N.C.)

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Harris, William A., b. 1830
Simmons, Celestia Muse Southgate, 1863-1914
Diseases -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Vaccination -- 19th century
Education -- Virginia -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century
Music -- Instruction and study -- Southern states -- 19th century
Ide, E. Louis
Southgate, James, 1832-1914
Communication in the family -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Family -- North Carolina -- Social life and customs
Southgate, Cordelia Hunter
Music -- Instruction and study -- Virginia -- 19th century
Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) -- Students -- History -- 19th century
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Sneed, Leland
Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.)
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Southgate, James, 1832-1914
Staunton (Va.)
Durham (N.C.)

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