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 | Letter from F. D. Cunningham, M.D. to James Southgate, March 10, 1885 Dr. Frank. D. Cunningham, director of the Retreat of the Sick, Richmond, Virginia. writes James Southgate with a description of his daughter's condition. The physician refers to Annie Southgate's "nervous attacks" and terms her condition Hyster Epilepsy. | |
 | Letter from Thomas Decatur Jones to Mattie Logan Southgate Jones, August 16, 1886 In this letter, from Thomas Decatur Jones to, his wife, Mattie Logan Southgate Jones, Thomas gives news about his friends from Durham who traveled to the Hygeia Hotel, a sanatarium on the Virginia's coast to recuperate and fish. Thomas says all his friends except for John Angier has had some sort of ailment. Thomas's kidneys bothered him. Mr. Watts departed early to return with his father to Durham due to an illness. After Mr. Watts left, Thomas and his friends could not decide what route to return by to Durham. Some people wanted to travel along the Virginia coastline past Nag's Head, North Carolina, and then west to Durham. B Thomas wanted to return to Durham via Richmond, Virginia or further west through Asheville, North Carolina and then head south or west to Durham. Mr. Morehead says he must get home to Durham, North Carolina, by the next day. Thomas is upset he did not find Mattie in his bed at night. The letter is written on stationary with an engraved image of Hygeia Hot... | |
 | Letter from James Southgate to Delia H. Southgate, Annie Moore Southgate, Mattie Logan Southgate, Celestia Muse Southgate, and Sallie Raboteau, September 07, 1883 James Southgate, together with his son James H. Southgate, sends news to his Durham household from Richmond, Virginia where the elder Southgate seeks medical care for his ailments. James describes the visits with friends, and the medical treatment he is receiving from his physician. James H. Southgate closes the letter with a postscript that describes the "Retreat for the Sick" and its costs. This letter was written on J. Southgate and Son, General Life, Fire, and Accident Insurance Agents stationery. | |
 | 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. | |
 | Copy of Prescriptions used by Miss Annie Southgate at the Retreat of the Sick, Richmond, Virginia, April 13, 1885 Medications prescribed by Frank D. Cunningham for his patient Annie Southgate while she visited the Retreat of the Sick in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Cunningham advised Annie to use two of the remedies at the "approach of menstruation." | |
 | 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 Mollie Page to Mattie Logan Southgate, January 23, 1883 Mollie Page writes her friend Mattie Logan Southgate about an outbreak of scarlet fever at the Wesleyan Female Institute. After the principal William A. Harris informs his students of the disease, the young women flee school. Mollie describes the mass exodus of the girls as they sought refuge with their friends, relatives, and in the hotels in Charlottesville and Richmond, Virginia. Mollie reports that their friends Pattie, Cora, Cherry, Dean, and Eddie are safe but the fever took the life of Nannie Jordan. She relates her own story of illness while at the Wesleyan Female Institute, the visit of Dr. Henkle, and her subsequent recovery from dropsy at her home in Batesville, Virginia. | |
 | Letter from Mollie Page to Mattie Logan Southgate, January 29, 1883 Writing under her nickname "Mary Eddie," Mollie Page sends her friend Mattie Logan Southgate ("Tom") news about principal William A. Harris' plan for resuming classes at the Wesleyan Female Institute. Mollie reports that Dr. Harris sent her father a letter with his proposal to start school in February, but she doubts that she will be able to attend. Mollie tells Mattie of her plans to travel to Charlottesville with her father and promises to send a photograph of herself. She shares news of their friends Lela, "Dean," Pattie, Cherry and her brother Bob. Mollie closes with a discussion of men, marriage, and tobacco. | |
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