Title:
Letter from unknown author to Mattie Logan Southgate, September 8, 1882: Electronic Edition.
Author:
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 unknown author to Mattie Logan Southgate, September 8, 1882
Date: 18820908
Note: Mattie Logan Southgate ("Tom) received this letter from a schoolmate writing under the alias of "bed bug.". The author mentions hosting Mollie Page and Leland Sneed, two Wesleyan Female Institute friends who reside in Virginia. There is a strong likelihood that Mettie Ricketts, Mattie's friend from W.F.I. authored this letter. The author tells Mattie of a horseback ride with Jim White and the young man's expression of "undying love" for her. She describes her travels with Mollie Page and Leland Sneed to Red Hill and the picnic and dances they attended. She closes with her plans to commence teaching and asks Mattie if she intends to continue her studies at the Wesleyan Female Institute.
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Class: Sneed, Leland
Class: Page, Mollie
Class: Courtship -- North Carolina -- 19th century
Class: Durham (N.C.) -- History
Class: White, Jim
Class: Friendship in adolescence -- Southern states -- 19th century
Class: Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.)
Class: Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) -- Students -- History -- 19th century
Class: Ricketts, Mettie
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Class: Women -- Southern states -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Class:
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Class: Orange Dale (N.C.)
Class: Durham (N.C.)
Class: Staunton (Va.)

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Sneed, Leland
Page, Mollie
Courtship -- North Carolina -- 19th century
Durham (N.C.) -- History
White, Jim
Friendship in adolescence -- Southern states -- 19th century
Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.)
Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) -- Students -- History -- 19th century
Ricketts, Mettie
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Women -- Southern states -- Social conditions -- 19th century

Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Orange Dale (N.C.)
Durham (N.C.)
Staunton (Va.)

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