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Browse Collection › LC Subject Heading › 24 records found where LC Subject Heading is Jones, Thomas Decatur, 1852-1889
	Letter from Thomas Decatur Jones to A. S. DeVlarming, August 30, 1889 In a letter to his colleague A. S. DeVlarming, Thomas Decatur Jones describes a difficult railroad journey to New York City and his lengthy search for a medical specialist who could treat his ailments. Thomas notes the help his sister Lessie Southgate provides him in locating a physician. The new doctor terms his condition "lung disease." Thomas Jones penned the letter on Fancy Leaf Tobacco stationery.
	Hand-book of Durham, North Carolina : a brief and accurate description of a prosperous and growing southern manufacturing town This pocket-sized handbook documents the people, businesses, social conditions, and government of Durham, North Carolina, and compares Durham's industrial and social advantages to other cities of the same size. It includes statistical records and information about Durham's government, health, real estate, taxes, buildings, streets, waterworks, fire departments, electric lights and gas, telephones, hotels, hospitals, markets, schools and colleges, churches, lodges, and social clubs. Included are lithographs of Mangum Street and Main Street and depictions of prominent buildings, such as: Bennett Place; Durham County Court House; the Fire House; Hotel Carolina; City Hospital; Durham Graded School; Trinity College's Main Building; Trinity Methodist Church; Main Street Methodist Church; the Presbyterian Church; the First and Second Baptist Church; bank buildings; the factory of the Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co.; Duke Tobacco Factory; and textile factories. Portraits include Isaac N. Link, ma...
	Obituary by A. S. DeVlarming for Thomas Decatur Jones, November 08, 1889 A. S. DeVlarming writes an obituary for his employer Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889) on Hotel Claiborn stationery. The Claiborn hotel was located in Durham, North Carolina during the 1880s.
	Letter from Mattie Logan Southgate Jones to Annie Southgate, March 1885 Mattie Southgate Jones writes, her sister, Annie Southgate with news of illnesses and happenings in the Durham community. "Tomato" (a pet name that she uses for her husband, Thomas Decatur Jones) and A.S. DeVlarming, her husband's book-keeper have battled fever and measles, respectively. Mrs. Bob Jones experienced a miscarriage, Kate Conrad battles pneumonia and DeVlarming copes with measles. She reports that her sister Lessie will work together with Mrs. George Watts, Dora Fanning, Minnie Carter, and, Marion Fuller to organize a concert. Mattie shares news of her visitors. She mentions her garden, quilt making, and embroidery.
	Telegram, September 23, 1889 Nannie McAdoo King sends a Western Union Telegraph Co. telegram from Greensboro, North Carolina to her nephew Decatur J. Holcombe in Danville, Virginia. She reports that her brother Thomas Decatur Jones is dangerously ill.
	Letter from Thomas Decatur Jones to Charlie ____, August 03, 1889 In a letter to Charlie _______, Thomas Decatur Jones complains that the heavy rains have ruined his garden crop and adversely affected the Richmond tobacco market. He describes his medical condition and the treatment prescribed by Dr. A. G. Carr which left him "almost paralyzed." This letter is written on Fancy Leaf Tobacco stationery.
	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 Mollie Page to Mattie Logan Southgate Jones, November 08, 1889 Upon reading a death notice for Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889) in the Durham Daily Globe, Mollie Page writes her friend Mattie Logan Southgate Jones to express her condolences. Mollie Page and Mattie Southgate Jones roomed together at the Wesleyan Female Institute in Staunton, Virginia.
	Photograph of Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889) Portrait of Durham tobacco dealer Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889). Image made at the A. H. Blunt photographic studio, Danville, Virginia.
	Photograph of Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889) with his friends S.H. Hardwick of Montgomery, Alabama and R. W. Baird of Johnsville, Virginia. The image commemorates an excursion to Waynesville, N.C. "on or about the 6th of September 1880." Portrait of the Waynesville Trio, including Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889) on the left
	Photograph of Chapel Hill Street from the front yard of the Thomas Decatur Jones and Mattie Southgate Jones residence Photograph taken from the front yard of the Thomas Decatur Jones and Mattie Southgate Jones residence at 307 W. Chapel Hill Street, in Durham, looking north towards the railroads tracks and the Walker Warehouse built by the American Tobacco Company in 1897.
	Photograph of Thomas Decatur Jones and Mattie Logan Southgate Jones Portrait of Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889) and his wife, Mattie Logan Southgate Jones. Image taken at the A. H. Blunt studio in Danville, Virginia.
	Letter from Kate Christine Sanborn to Mattie Logan Southgate Jones, December 06, 1889 Kate Christine Sanborn expresses her sympathy to her friend Mattie Logan Southgate Jones on the death of Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889).
	Photograph of Chapel Hill Street looking west toward Duke Memorial Church Photograph taken from the front yard of the Thomas Decatur Jones and Mattie Southgate Jones residence at 307 W. Chapel Hill Street in Durham, North Carolina. Duke Memorial United Methodist Church stands on the north side of W. Chapel Hill Street.
	Photograph of the Thomas Decatur Jones and Mattie Southgate Jones residence Photograph taken from the front yard of the Thomas Decatur Jones and Mattie Southgate Jones residence at 307 W. Chapel Hill Street, in Durham.
	Invitation to the wedding of Mattie Southgate to Thomas Decatur Jones Invitation to the wedding of Thomas Decatur Jones and Mattie Southgate, scheduled for Tuesday, October 21st, 1884, at the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church in Durham, North Carolina.
	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.
	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 A. G. Carr, M. D. to Thomas Decatur Jones, September 15, 1889 Dr. A. G. Carr pens this darkly humorous letter to his friend and patient, Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889). He tells Thomas that his outstanding medical bill totals two million dollars and that he would like Thomas to will him his infant son Decator, should the elder Jones, or his wife, die. Carr describes the excitement in Durham over the anticipated arrival of Sam Jones, the revivalist, and the death in Goldsboro of Dr. William M. Robey, a Methodist clergyman. He comments on the general health of Durham's citizens and writes that he will soon assist Mrs. Charlie McGary through childbirth. He closes by noting the birth of a daughter to Mrs. Thomas Martin and a raucous fox and oppossum hunt.
	Letter from Charles Conrad to Thomas Decatur Jones, July 11, 1889 Charles Conrad writes about his concern for Thomas Decatur Jones's spiritual condition should Thomas die from his illness. Conrad reflects on Heaven and the fact that his parents, wife, and two children are waiting for him there.
	Letter from Delia Haywood Southgate to James Southgate, March 05, 1885 Delia Southgate writes her husband, James Southgate, that their son-in-law Thomas Decatur Jones is unwell and their daughter Mattie Logan Southgate Jones is full of anxiety. In addition, she notes that Jones's book keeper A.S. DeVlarming suffers from measles and pneumonia. Delia gives news about the health of every one at home: Lessie has recovered from a cold and sleeps with the dog, Zoe. Aunt Sarah Raboteau sleeps with Delia. She mentions Aunt Sarah's squabbles with the cook Neomie. Delia closes with a request that her husband purchase some artwork.
	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.
	Letter from Mettie Ricketts to Mattie Logan Southgate Jones, November 11, 1889 Mettie Ricketts sends her friend, Mattie Southgate Jones a letter of sympathy on the death of her husband Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889). Mettie Ricketts and Mattie Southgate attended the Wesleyan Female Institute in Staunton, Virginia during the early 1880s.
	Letter from A. G. Carr, M. D. to Thomas Decatur Jones, September 15, 1889 Dr. A. G. Carr pens this darkly humorous letter to his friend and patient, Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889). He tells Thomas that his outstanding medical bill totals two million dollars and that he would like Thomas to will him his infant son Decator, should the elder Jones, or his wife, die. Carr describes the excitement in Durham over the anticipated arrival of Sam Jones, the revivalist, and the death in Goldsboro of Dr. William M. Robey, a Methodist clergyman. He comments on the general health of Durham's citizens and writes that he will soon assist Mrs. Charlie McGary through childbirth. He closes by noting the birth of a daughter to Mrs. Thomas Martin and a raucous fox and oppossum hunt.

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