Title:
Letter from James Haywood Southgate to Mattie Logan Southgate Jones, November 26, 1889: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Southgate, James Haywood, 1859-1916
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: Kelly Clark
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 James Haywood Southgate to Mattie Logan Southgate Jones, November 26, 1889
Author: James Haywood Southgate
Date: 18891126
Note: In this letter, from James Haywood Southgate to, his sister, Mattie Logan Southgate Jones, James congratulates Mattie Southgate Jones on the birth of her son, Thomas Decatur Jones. Her brother prays to God for her speedy recovery from the pains of childbirth. He writes the letter on F. Fishbate Wholesale and Retail: Clothier, Hatter, and Furnisher's stationary, which was located in Greensboro, North Carolina.
P: James Southgate papers, 1794-1944 and undated, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Class: Childbirth -- Southern states -- 19th century
Class: Durham (N.C.) -- History
Class: Communication in the family -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: F. Fishbate Wholesale and Retail
Class: Religion -- North Carolina -- 19th century
Class: Families, White -- Social life and customs -- North Carolina -- Durham -- 19th century
Class: Diseases -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Class: Southgate, James Haywood, 1859-1916
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Class: Durham (N.C.)
Class: Greensboro (N.C.)

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Childbirth -- Southern states -- 19th century
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Communication in the family -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
F. Fishbate Wholesale and Retail
Religion -- North Carolina -- 19th century
Families, White -- Social life and customs -- North Carolina -- Durham -- 19th century
Diseases -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Southgate, James Haywood, 1859-1916
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Durham (N.C.)
Greensboro (N.C.)

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