Title:
Letter from Mollie Page to Mattie Logan Southgate, March 1, 1883: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Page, Mollie
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:
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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
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Source Information:
Title: Letter from Mollie Page to Mattie Logan Southgate, March 1, 1883
Author: Mollie Page
Date: 18830301
Note: 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.
P: James Southgate papers, 1794-1944 and undated, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Class: Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.)
Class: Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) -- Students -- History -- 19th century
Class: Page, Mollie
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Class: Durham (N.C.) -- History
Class: Disease outbreaks -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Class: Diseases -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Class: Ricketts, Mettie
Class: Gossip -- Southern states -- 19th century
Class: Marriage -- 19th century
Class: Sneed, Leland
Class: Friendship in adolescence -- Southern states -- 19th century
Class: Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Leisure -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Class: Birthdays
Class: Page, Mollie
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Class: Batesville (Va.)
Class: Durham (N.C.)
Class: Staunton (Va.)

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.)
Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) -- Students -- History -- 19th century
Page, Mollie
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Disease outbreaks -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Diseases -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Ricketts, Mettie
Gossip -- Southern states -- 19th century
Marriage -- 19th century
Sneed, Leland
Friendship in adolescence -- Southern states -- 19th century
Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Leisure -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Birthdays
Page, Mollie
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Batesville (Va.)
Durham (N.C.)
Staunton (Va.)

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