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	Letter from Lessie Southgate to James Southgate, Delia Southgate, James Haywood Southgate, Annie Southgate, Mattie Southgate, December 25, 1881 Lessie Southgate writes her family in Durham from Goliad, Texas where she is teaching music. She vividly recollects her illness and recovery in the winter of 1880, the visits of doctors Carr, Battle, and Knox, as well as the rich "Christmas eatings," her spare diet of "tea-eggs, toast and mush" and the gifts of her family and friends. Lessie tells her family about the benefit concerts she has organized and gives news of a concert she will give in Victoria, Texas. She writes about a fashionable dress that she will wear at Annie Bradshaw's wedding, a garment that she purchased with her earnings.
	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 James Southgate to Delia H. Southgate, September 12, 1883 James Southgate sends news to his wife, Delia H. Southgate, from the "Retreat for the Sick" in Richmond, Virginia. James describes the medicines--Blue Mass, Chlorate of Potash and calomel--that he has taken for his ailments and the effects these have had on his mouth and stomach. He notes the prices of fruits in the Richmond market, visits from the Mohsberg family, and advises Delia to make arrangements in Chapel Hill and Hillsboro to purchase peaches and pears for canning. Southgate asks for news about Mattie who is traveling, his niece Undine and expresses concern for Mrs. Lipscomb and Minnie Moore who are ill. He offers his family dietary advice and requests that Delia send him the family's newspapers after they have been read at home.
	Letter from James Southgate to James Haywood Southgate, September 20, 1883 James Southgate reflects on the death of Minnie Moore and the extreme illness of Mrs. Blackwell's child, in this letter to his son, James Haywood Southgate. The elder Southgate recounts the losses that Minnie's family recently experienced and prays that Minnie's mother will find consolation in her religious faith. He describes his medical regimen in Richmond, Virginia, especially the diet of boiled eggs and meat juice that he eats. He mentions several meetings with different insurance representatives. In a postscript, he notes that the doctor recommends the addition of oysters to his diet.
	Letter from James Southgate to Delia Haywood Southgate, Annie Moore Southgate, Mattie Logan Southgate, James Haywood Southgate, Celestia Muse Southgate, and Sarah Anne Wynne Raboteau, September 23, 1883 James Southgate writes his wife, children and sister, about the inclement weather in Richmond and the medical treatment he receives there. He remarks about his weight loss and relates the different theories that his physicians, his sister Sarah Raboteau and his cousin Augusta Christian have about treating "feeble digestion" or "Dyspepsia." He shares details of his medical regimen and the effects of the medications on his mouth. While watching church goers in the rainy streets of Richmond, James ruminates on the weather's effect on religious practice. James expresses his wish to visit his relations in eastern Virginia with his physician's approval. He responds to news from his family about Grandma Zack and Ed Sym and notes that he dined on oysters.
	Letter from Thomas Decatur Jones to A. S. DeVlarming, August 30, 1889 In a letter to his colleague A. S. DeVlarming, Thomas Decatur Jones describes a difficult railroad journey to New York City and his lengthy search for a medical specialist who could treat his ailments. Thomas notes the help his sister Lessie Southgate provides him in locating a physician. The new doctor terms his condition "lung disease." Thomas Jones penned the letter on Fancy Leaf Tobacco stationery.
	Letter from Delia H. Southgate to Annie Moore Southgate, February 09, 1885 Delia Southgate writes her daughter, Annie Moore Southgate, who has traveled to Richmond for medical care at Dr. Frank D. Cunningham's Retreat of the Sick.
	Letter from James Southgate to James Haywood Southgate, September 01, 1887 In this letter to his son James H. Southgate, James Southgate discusses his medical condition diagnosed by Dr. A.G. Carr, Dr. Bartholow, and Dr. Frank D. Cunningham. James Southgate worries about Eugene Morehead's health and the future of the Durham bank should Morehead die. Southgate describes his diet at his hotel in Saratoga Springs and gives a report on a prayer meeting held by Reverend Dr. Simpson of t he New York Tabernacle. He anticipates his journey home and wonders if he will, upon his return, feel like Rip Van Winkle.
	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.
	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 Mattie Logan Southgate Jones to Delia H. Southgate, July 22, 1887 Mattie Southgate Jones writes her mother Delia Haywood Southgate who is visiting her relations in Asheville, North Carolina. Mattie's home is being moved across her lot, while her six-month old baby, Thomas Decatur Jones is teething and recovering from a fever. Mattie sends news of her father, James Southgate, who is in Saratoga Springs and her husband, "Tomie." She concludes her letter with regards for her cousins Lawrence Pulliam and his wife Kate Furman Pulliam and Eva Thomas Furman Brown and her husband Edwin Brown.
	Letter from Thomas Decatur Jones to Charlie ____, August 03, 1889 In a letter to Charlie _______, Thomas Decatur Jones complains that the heavy rains have ruined his garden crop and adversely affected the Richmond tobacco market. He describes his medical condition and the treatment prescribed by Dr. A. G. Carr which left him "almost paralyzed." This letter is written on Fancy Leaf Tobacco stationery.
	Letter from James Southgate to Delia H. Southgate, September 18, 1883 James Southgate writes his wife Delia Southgate about his medical regimen at the Retreat of the Sick, in Richmond and the news he has heard about illnesses in Durham. Responding to reports from Durham of the Whitaker family's illness, Southgate advises that Mr. Whitaker eliminate his hogs, dismantle the hog pen, and put in a layer of lime on the top of the soil. He advises his family to clean their property and use lime to purify the grounds and sleeping rooms. He expresses his concern about the ill health of his Durham friends Mrs. Blackwell, her daughter Mary Blackwell and his daughter's school mate Minnie. He notes his correspondence with Grandma Zach about the Richmond fruit market and makes plans with Delia purchase peaches and pears from Chapel Hill for canning. He describes the mischievous antics of sailors at the Retreat who baptize a brood of kittens. In closing, Southgate mentions his correspondence and visits with friends and relatives including Kate Sanborn, Cousin Aug...
	Letter from Mattie Logan Southgate to James Southgate, September 23, 1883 Mattie Logan Southgate sends news concerning Minnie Moore's death to her father, James Southgate, who has traveled to Richmond, Virginia. She further describes the ill health that afflicts little Mary Blackwell and Mrs. Lockhart. Mattie refers to the letter Kate Sanborn sent to her father. She describes her visits with different Asheville friends and relatives and the poor quality of vocal and instrumental music that she heard there.
	Letter from Mattie Logan Southgate Jones to Annie Southgate, March 1885 Mattie Southgate Jones writes, her sister, Annie Southgate with news of illnesses and happenings in the Durham community. "Tomato" (a pet name that she uses for her husband, Thomas Decatur Jones) and A.S. DeVlarming, her husband's book-keeper have battled fever and measles, respectively. Mrs. Bob Jones experienced a miscarriage, Kate Conrad battles pneumonia and DeVlarming copes with measles. She reports that her sister Lessie will work together with Mrs. George Watts, Dora Fanning, Minnie Carter, and, Marion Fuller to organize a concert. Mattie shares news of her visitors. She mentions her garden, quilt making, and embroidery.
	Letter from Bettie Ann Cunningham to Thomas Decatur Jones , September 08, 1885 Writing from Greensboro, North Carolina, Bettie Ann Cunningham asks her brother Thomas Decatur Jones about his expectant wife Mattie Logan. "I hope she is not uneasy and bears her trouble bravely. I believe all the ladies this year have gone a month over their time and all of them have had girls so be prepared for such a calamity as you men regard it." She also describes her brother John K. Jones' accident and how poor communication between his siblings and their mother Nancy Harriet Keen Jones delayed his medical care. In closing, Bettie advises Thomas to attend Mrs. Chapin's temperance speech when the lecturer travels to Durham.
	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 McCord Wright Ball to Richard Harvey Wright, July 16, 1890 In this letter to his uncle, McCord Wright Ball details some of his recent expenses associated with college life. He also discusses the medical remedies he purchased in an effort to recover from a bout of "grippe."
	Letter from Lucy W. Ball to Richard Harvey Wright, June 22, 1885 Lucy Wright Ball sends her brother Richard Harvey Wright advice on feeding his infant daughter, Mamie E. Wright. Richard had lost his wife, Mamie Exum Wright, in childbirth and his sister Nannie had assumed responsibility for his newborn daughter. Lucy includes a separate note for her sister Nannie Wright where she expresses her concern for her niece's health and tries to persuade her siblings to bring young Mamie to Greensboro. She offers to help secure a wet nurse for her infant niece and suggests hand feeding the baby with scalded milk and catnip tea.

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