Title:
Letter from Mattie Logan Southgate to Delia Haywood Southgate, February 27, 1882: 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 to Delia Haywood Southgate, February 27, 1882
Author: Mattie Logan Southgate
Date: 18820217
Note: Mattie Logan Southgate explains her concern for her father's health and the rationale behind her telegraphing home for news of his condition. The stationery is embellished with hand-drawn birds modeled on those drawn by her friend Minnie. Mattie asks her mother to send a box of water colors from Dike's book shop in Durham, so she can study art on her own. She describes the dress she will wear at the upcoming soiree at Wesleyan Female Institute and closes with a promise to write her sister Lessie.
P: James Southgate papers, 1794-1944 and undated, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Class: Durham (N.C.) -- History
Class: Education -- Virginia -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century
Class: Diseases -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Class: Women -- Virginia -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Class: Simmons, Celestia Muse Southgate, 1863-1914
Class: Communication in the family -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Family -- Social life and customs -- Southern states
Class: Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Mothers and daughters -- Correspondence
Class: Mothers and daughters -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Class: Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.)
Class: Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) -- Students -- History -- 19th century
Class: Leisure -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Class: Southgate, Delia Haywood Wynne
Class: Moore, Minnie, d. 1883
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Class: Southgate, Delia Haywood
Class: Staunton (Va.)
Class: Durham (N.C.)

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Education -- Virginia -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century
Diseases -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Women -- Virginia -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Simmons, Celestia Muse Southgate, 1863-1914
Communication in the family -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Family -- Social life and customs -- Southern states
Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Mothers and daughters -- Correspondence
Mothers and daughters -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.)
Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) -- Students -- History -- 19th century
Leisure -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Southgate, Delia Haywood Wynne
Moore, Minnie, d. 1883
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Southgate, Delia Haywood
Staunton (Va.)
Durham (N.C.)

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