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	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 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.
	Telegram, October 30, 1889 A Western Union Telegraph Co. telegram sent to D.J. Holcombe of Danville, Virginia reports the death of Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889).
	Letter from Mattie Logan Southgate to Delia H. Southgate, January 04, 1880 Mattie Southgate writes her mother Delia Haywood Wynne Southgate with news from her boarding school, Wesleyan Female Institute. Mattie celebrated Christmas with her sisters Annie Moore Southgate and Lessie Muse Southgate during the two-day school holiday provided by principal William A. Harris. The girls send their mother bills for instruction with their music teachers Lizzie Daniels, Anna Boyd and Professor Ide. In addition, they report that they must purchase more sheet music for their lessons, because their music is "out of style." Mattie provides news of an upcoming school performance and a defense of her progress in Miss Williams' history class. She closes with a request that her mother send a box with "cocoanut cake," preserves, mince pies, nuts, and ground peas.
	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 Mattie Logan Southgate Jones to Thomas Decatur Jones, August 10, 1889 Mattie Southgate Jones writes her husband Thomas Decatur Jones conveying her happiness that he arrived at his destination safely. She reports that their son Decatur slept fitfully and continues to talk "insesently" about his absent father. She details her domestic chores and forwards news from A.S. DeVlarming, her husband's bookkeeper, about the Jones tobacco enterprise. She notes that the local newspaper, the Sun, published a lengthy personal about Thomas. She closes with a request that Thomas send news through his correspondence.
	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 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 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.

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