Title:
Letter from Mattie Logan Southgate Jones to Thomas Decatur Jones, August 10, 1889: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Jones, Thomas Decatur, 1852-1889
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 Mattie Logan Southgate Jones to Thomas Decatur Jones, August 10, 1889
Author: Mattie Logan Southgate Jones
Date: 18890810
Note: 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.
P: Southgate-Jones Family Papers, 1760-1982, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Class: Family -- Social life and customs -- Southern states
Class: Railroads -- North Carolina -- 19th century
Class: Durham (N.C.) -- History
Class: Tobacco industry -- North Carolina -- Durham -- 19th century
Class: Communication in the family -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Class: Fancy Leaf Tobacco (Lynchburg, Va.)
Class: Women -- North Carolina -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Class: Family -- North Carolina -- Social life and customs
Class: Jones, Thomas Decatur, 1852-1889
Class: Jones, Thomas Decatur, 1887-1893
Class: Family -- North Carolina -- History
Class: DeVlarming, A. S.
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Class: Jones, Thomas Decatur, 1852-1889
Class: Durham (N.C.)

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Family -- Social life and customs -- Southern states
Railroads -- North Carolina -- 19th century
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Tobacco industry -- North Carolina -- Durham -- 19th century
Communication in the family -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Fancy Leaf Tobacco (Lynchburg, Va.)
Women -- North Carolina -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Family -- North Carolina -- Social life and customs
Jones, Thomas Decatur, 1852-1889
Jones, Thomas Decatur, 1887-1893
Family -- North Carolina -- History
DeVlarming, A. S.
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Jones, Thomas Decatur, 1852-1889
Durham (N.C.)

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