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	Resolution, March 01, 1883 Wesleyan Female Institute schoolmates Leland Sneed ("Sammie Eddie"), Mettie Ricketts ("Dean"), Mattie Southgate ("Tom"), and Mollie Page ("Mary Eddie") pledge to never forget their "resolutions the 1st of March and getting married." The resolution appears to have been penned by Mollie Page.
	Letter from Mollie Page to Mattie Logan Southgate, March 01, 1883 Mollie Page reminisces about her school days with Mattie Southgate at the Wesleyan Female Institute. She notes that school is in session and reports that the fever is still raging. Her father, she reports, "thinks the people are crazy to send their daughters back." Mollie refers to the March 1st Resolution and the pledge to correspond with her school friends. She tells Mattie that she has already written their friends "Dean" and "Eddie" and that she expects to receive a letter from Mattie. Mollie tells Mattie about social events in Batesville, complains that she missed Lela's birthday celebration, and notes that she will turn eighteen later in the month.
	Letter from Kate Sanborn to Mattie Logan Southgate, October 12, 1884 In this letter, from Kate Sanborn to Mattie Southgate, Kate reacts with surprise to Mattie Southgate's announcement of her upcoming wedding. She berates Mattie for setting a date for the wedding while neglecting to inform her of the groom's name. Kate wonders whether the groom is Capt. Wahab or Mr. Duke.
	Letter from James Haywood Southgate to Mattie Logan Southgate, March 20, 1878 James Haywood Southgate compliments his sister, Mattie Southgate, on her improvement in penmanship. He tells her of his visit with Dr. Le Doux and his wife and remarks that he feels "like getting a wife myself." James confides that he will not marry until he has $10,000 in the bank. This letter is written on stationery from the Citizen's Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey.
	Letter from Mollie Page to Mattie Logan Southgate, January 29, 1883 Writing under her nickname "Mary Eddie," Mollie Page sends her friend Mattie Logan Southgate ("Tom") news about principal William A. Harris' plan for resuming classes at the Wesleyan Female Institute. Mollie reports that Dr. Harris sent her father a letter with his proposal to start school in February, but she doubts that she will be able to attend. Mollie tells Mattie of her plans to travel to Charlottesville with her father and promises to send a photograph of herself. She shares news of their friends Lela, "Dean," Pattie, Cherry and her brother Bob. Mollie closes with a discussion of men, marriage, and tobacco.

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