Title:
Letter from Mattie Logan Southgate Jones to Delia H. Southgate, July 22, 1887: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Southgate, Delia Haywood Wynne
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 Delia H. Southgate, July 22, 1887
Author: 18870722
Date: 18870722
Note: 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.
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Class: Brown, Eva Thomas Furman
Class: Diseases -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Class: Care of children -- 19th century
Class: Durham (N.C.) -- History
Class: Mothers and daughters -- Correspondence
Class: Jones, Thomas Decatur, 1852-1889
Class: Southgate, James, 1832-1914
Class: Communication in the family -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Medical care -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Class: Infants -- Care -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Class: Jones, Thomas Decatur, 1887-1893
Class: Family -- Social life and customs -- Southern states
Class: Family -- North Carolina -- History
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Class: Pulliam, Kate Furman
Class: Pulliam, Lawrence
Class: Brown, Edwin
Class: Southgate, Delia Haywood Wynne
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Class: Southgate, Delia Haywood
Class: Asheville (N.C.)
Class: Durham (N.C.)

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Brown, Eva Thomas Furman
Diseases -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Care of children -- 19th century
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Mothers and daughters -- Correspondence
Jones, Thomas Decatur, 1852-1889
Southgate, James, 1832-1914
Communication in the family -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Medical care -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Infants -- Care -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Jones, Thomas Decatur, 1887-1893
Family -- Social life and customs -- Southern states
Family -- North Carolina -- History
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Pulliam, Kate Furman
Pulliam, Lawrence
Brown, Edwin
Southgate, Delia Haywood Wynne
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Southgate, Delia Haywood
Asheville (N.C.)
Durham (N.C.)

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