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Roxana Chapin Gerdine to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1859-1861)

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Identifier	MUM00683, 1.08
Title	Roxana Chapin Gerdine to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1859-1861)
Author	Gerdine, Roxana Chapin, 1833-1891
Recipient	Chapin, Emily McKinstry
Date	[c.1859-1861]
Subject	Man-woman relationships Marriage Travel
Broader Subject	Women -- United States -- History -- 19th century Plantation life -- Southern States -- History Confederate States of America
Description	Roxana writes that Mr. Gerdine has gone for two months to a plantation possibly in Texas. It is unclear from this letter whether Roxana has moved to the West Point, MS area or is still in Athens, GA
Note	It is unclear from this letter whether Roxana has moved to the West Point, MS area or is still in Athens, GA [A.L.S. (2 p.)]
Type	text;
Original Format	correspondence
Original Collection	Roxana Chapin Gerdine Collection
Collection Finding Aid	http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00683/
ASERL URL	www.american-south.org
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Citation	Roxana Chapin Gerdine Collection, Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
Rights	This item is free from copyright and may be reproduced without prior consent.

Title	gerdine_08_01
Transcript	A.L.S. [c. 1859-1861]. �Sister Em� [Roxana Chapin Gerdine] to �Dear Sister Em�. 2pp. Note: Part of the last page continues onto the front of the first page.) when he gets home but I am so tired and the letter will be too heavy that I can not write any more will write again soon as ever your Aff. Sister Em Home Friday Eve" Dear Sister Em-" Lucy has just gone to the country to make a visit and left me alone for the night. I having chanced to find an open letter dictated to you concluded to write a few lines seal it and send it off. I have not one item of news to tell you as she has stolen the march and written all, even about the circus &c &c. I go nowhere to hear news only from the garden to the smoke house and back to the house but it has been a busy season with me. so many clothes to put in order when I was trying on Mollies last Saturday Lucy said she would count them to see how many I had to let out for her and she found only twelve for her this summer beside two new ones I was having made. now multiply that twelve by four or five think of sick children housekeeping & c. and you will not wonder that I am
ASERL URL	www.american-south.org
Rights	This item is free from copyright and may be reproduced without prior consent.

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