Title:
Letter from Lessie Muse Southgate to Mattie Logan Southgate, April 2, 1882: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Simmons, Celestia Muse Southgate, 1863-1914
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 Lessing Muse Southgate to Mattie Logan Southgate, April 2, 1882
Author: Lessie Muse Southgate
Date: 18820402
Note: Lessie Muse Southgate sends her sister Mattie Logan Southgate $10 for a train trip to Washington, D.C. from Staunton, Virginia. She also promises to send a dress in time for the trip. Lessie Southgate notes that Ida Seate, an alumnae of Wesleyan Female Institute (class of 1879), lives in Goliad, Texas at the same boarding house where Lessie resides.
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: Consumers -- North Carolina -- Durham -- History -- 19th century
Class: Women -- Virginia -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Class: Education -- Virginia -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century
Class: Washington, D.C. -- Description and travel -- 19th century
Class: Communication in the family -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Seate, Ida
Class: Family -- Social life and customs -- Southern states
Class: Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Simmons, Celestia Muse Southgate, 1863-1914
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Class: Sisters -- Correspondence
Class: Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.)
Class:
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Class: Southgate, Lessie
Class: Goliad (Tex.)
Class: Staunton (Va.)
Class: Durham (N.C.)
Class: Washington, D.C.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Consumers -- North Carolina -- Durham -- History -- 19th century
Women -- Virginia -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Education -- Virginia -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century
Washington, D.C. -- Description and travel -- 19th century
Communication in the family -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Seate, Ida
Family -- Social life and customs -- Southern states
Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Simmons, Celestia Muse Southgate, 1863-1914
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Sisters -- Correspondence
Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.)

Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Southgate, Lessie
Goliad (Tex.)
Staunton (Va.)
Durham (N.C.)
Washington, D.C.

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