Find results with:

Search by date

To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, IM or document

To embed the entire object, paste this HTML in website

To link to this page, paste this link in email, IM or document

To embed this page, paste this HTML in website

Roxana Chapin Gerdine to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1859-1862 November 19)

View Image & Text

Print

This page

All

Subset

Text Search...

Loading content ...

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

Submit

Cancel

...

Identifier	MUM00683, 1.09
Title	Roxana Chapin Gerdine to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1859-1862 November 19)
Author	Gerdine, Roxana Chapin, 1833-1891
Recipient	Chapin, Emily McKinstry
Date	19 November [c. 1859-1862]
Subject	Slavery Slaves Cooking Thanksgiving Day Crops Money Consumption (Economics) Travel
Broader Subject	Women -- United States -- History -- 19th century Plantation life -- Southern States -- History Confederate States of America
Description	Roxana writes of their sister Lucy's spending habits while she visited up north; she mentions "Lizzie(possibly her step-daughter Elizabeth Gerdine, later Mrs. William Sykes); mentions slaves in household; Thanksgiving and food for the holiday; and their cotton crop
Note	A.L.S. (4 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
Use Note	Each page has been transcribed. To view the page transcription, use the left-side drop down menu and select "page & text". This will open a new window to view both the original item and the transcript; within the window, selecting "next" at the top-right will allow for viewing the next page.
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_09_01
Transcript	A.L.S. November 19 [1859-1862]. �Sister� [Roxana Chapin Gerdine] to �Dear Sister� [Emily McKinstry Chapin]. 4pp.) Nov. 19th" Dear Sister" I rec�d your letter yesterday and also sent one to Lucy at the same time supposing her to be at your house. I think probably you may as well have daughters of your own to take care of as to have as much trouble of mine as you have had this summer. Well I was right vexed and I could not help but laugh too as I had sent in my letter to Lucy to [bring] Lizzie three more frames and German flowers but as she has left I am glad of it. the frames are not needed but I thought Lucy had so much money she would not know how to spend it &
ASERL URL	www.american-south.org
Rights	This item is free from copyright and may be reproduced without prior consent.

	All
	Pages Enter page numbers or page ranges separated by commas. For example: 1,3,5-12