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	Letter from unknown author to Mattie Logan Southgate, September 08, 1882 Mattie Logan Southgate ("Tom) received this letter from a schoolmate writing under the alias of "bed bug.". The author mentions hosting Mollie Page and Leland Sneed, two Wesleyan Female Institute friends who reside in Virginia. There is a strong likelihood that Mettie Ricketts, Mattie's friend from W.F.I. authored this letter. The author tells Mattie of a horseback ride with Jim White and the young man's expression of "undying love" for her. She describes her travels with Mollie Page and Leland Sneed to Red Hill and the picnic and dances they attended. She closes with her plans to commence teaching and asks Mattie if she intends to continue her studies at the Wesleyan Female Institute.
	Letter from Leland Sneed to Mattie Logan Southgate, April 04, 1883 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.

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