Title:
Letter from Mollie Page to Mattie Logan Southgate, December 31, 1881: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Page, Mollie
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 Mollie Page to Mattie Logan Southgate, December 31, 1881
Author: Mollie Page
Date: 1881231
Note: 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.
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: Sneed, Leland
Class: Martin, Ed
Class: Ricketts, Mettie
Class: Gossip -- Southern states -- 19th century
Class: Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Friendship in adolescence -- Southern states -- 19th century
Class: Leisure -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Class: Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.)
Class: Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) -- Students -- History -- 19th century
Class: Page, Mollie
Class: Christmas -- Virginia
Class: Page, Mollie
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Class: Batesville (Va.)
Class: Durham (N.C.)
Class: Staunton (Va.)

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Sneed, Leland
Martin, Ed
Ricketts, Mettie
Gossip -- Southern states -- 19th century
Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Friendship in adolescence -- Southern states -- 19th century
Leisure -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.)
Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) -- Students -- History -- 19th century
Page, Mollie
Christmas -- Virginia
Page, Mollie
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Batesville (Va.)
Durham (N.C.)
Staunton (Va.)

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