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Letter, Loulie Feemster to Alex W. Feemster; 08/1/1863

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Title	Letter, Loulie Feemster to Alex W. Feemster 08/1/1863
Description	Letter from Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama. She begins by telling him about a social visit and her friends' babies, one of whom is 'not hurt with beauty.' She tells him that Willie (possibly Alex's brother, William), who had been 'quite sick' before he left camp, had come to visit with a Lieutenant Davis, and that Willie still seems ill and weak. She writes about her boil and breastfeeding and that Mattie and herself are both doing well. 1863.
Creator	Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Physical ID	235-7
Date (original)	1863-08-01
Date	August 1, 1863
Digital Collection Title	ASERL
Rights	Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Subject	Feemster family Infants Breastfeeding Civil war United States Lowndes County (Miss.) Feemster, Alexander Whitfield, 1827-1911
Original collection	Oakley papers
Object type	text
Format (original)	correspondence: 1 p. 24 X 18.5 cm.
Format (digital)	JPEG
Digital publisher	Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Related materials	http://www.american-south.org/
Language	en
Repository	Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Contact information	For more information send email to sp_coll@library.msstate.edu or call 662-325-7679.
Tag field	December 2010

Title	C_ASERL_2010_0056a
Digital Collection Title	ASERL
Rights	Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Digital publisher	Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Related materials	http://www.american-south.org/
Repository	Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Contact information	For more information send email to sp_coll@library.msstate.edu or call 662-325-7679.
Transcript	Home Saturday night Aug 1st My Dearest Husband I have been thinking of writing since yesterday but first one & then another thing has prevented. Emma Mary Cox & I went in town Wednsday took Mattie & Claudie of course I got out at Mrs Worrell's only staid a few minutes Hennie's boy was asleep - is a large fine child but not hurt with beauty. I spent the rest of the day at Aunt Bettie's Hallie looks right pale & thin but is doing very well. Her babe is very large & healthy looking but seemed to suffer a great it screamed out so Its voice is fully as loud & strong as Henry's was but harsher I think. It would be a fine looking boy but I do not think it a pretty girl. I thought Mattie looked prettier than ever before after seeing the other babies. I enjoyed the day very much indeed. Aunt Sophie came home with us - the next morning Mrs Hooks & Mrs Dick Jones came out in a buggy & Uncle Jack on a mule & about the same time Grandma Stainback arrived from Bro. Wostenholms An Uncle Jack had on his new hat he is very proud of it indeed. They all went back the same day but Aunt S. & Grandma They

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