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Home Oct. 18th 1863
Mr A. W. Feemster
My Dear Dear Husband
Last Wednsday evening I sent Dr. Franklin $20 to pay for my homespun dresses (he paid for them when they were left there) & he sent me your welcome letter of Oct 10th. I would have replied sooner but did not see Pa until yesterday; as I have been at Hallie's since last Tuesday was a week ago until last night. I staid first on account of the meeting & then for company for H. while John was gone to Mobile; he started Monday morn. & returned Thursday eve. Brought Mattie & me an orange apiece; they cost $1.00 apiece. They are very comfortably situated - seem very happy. I enjoyed my visit there very much. I never hinted anything about going there i.e. to Selma to live; to Pa, until yesterday he doesn't approve of it; as I expected says we can't make anything by it I told him I didn't expect that, but if we could clear expenses it was all I cared for; that I felt that it would be pleasant; he said he didn't think it would be very pleasant, to live, as I proposed - that I would have to stick down in some dirty little hut in a strange place - nobody would care to form my acquaintance but some of the lowest class & that they would consider me their equals & thus annoy me. &c. He has no Wheat to spare; not enough for himself if they use it liberally. He cannot appreciate our feelings in wishing to be united for he knows nothing of reciprocity of sentiment or feeling that which constitutes domestic bliss.
[margin]
I do not feel that I had spent the Sabbath profitably for sometime past - again goodbye. May we meet soon is the fond wish of your devoted wife.
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Letter, Loulie Feemster to Alex W. Feemster 10/18/1863 |
| Description | Letter, Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama. She writes about staying with Hallie while her husband John was in Mobile. When John returned, he brought an orange for each of them. She tells him that she finally spoke to her father about helping her join Alex in Selma, and that her father rejected the idea because she 'would have to stick down in some dirty little hut in a strange place.' She says that her father cannot appreciate their wish to be together because he doesn't understand 'reciprocity of sentiment or feeling that which constitutes domestic bliss.' She says that other friends understand and support her wish to go. She tells him that if anyone would look down on her for living in a humble place to be with her husband, she wouldn't value their regard. She writes about the duties of motherhood, expresses her contempt for women who neglect their children, and disparages the 'negro nurses of the Confederacy.' She writes at length about Mattie's development. In a margin, she mentions that Mose Humphries has charge of the government stables, and that General Barksdale's funeral was preached in the new Methodist church that day. 1863. |
| Creator | Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867 |
| Physical ID | 235-14 |
| Date (original) | 1863-10-18 |
| Date | October 18, 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 Social classes Motherhood Infants Slavery African-Americans Race relations Barksdale, William, 1821-1863 Lowndes County (Miss.) Alexander Whitfield, 1827-1911 |
| Original collection | Oakley papers |
| Object type | text |
| Format (original) |
correspondence: 2p 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 |
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| Title | C_ASERL_2010_0063a |
| 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 Oct. 18th 1863 Mr A. W. Feemster My Dear Dear Husband Last Wednsday evening I sent Dr. Franklin $20 to pay for my homespun dresses (he paid for them when they were left there) & he sent me your welcome letter of Oct 10th. I would have replied sooner but did not see Pa until yesterday; as I have been at Hallie's since last Tuesday was a week ago until last night. I staid first on account of the meeting & then for company for H. while John was gone to Mobile; he started Monday morn. & returned Thursday eve. Brought Mattie & me an orange apiece; they cost $1.00 apiece. They are very comfortably situated - seem very happy. I enjoyed my visit there very much. I never hinted anything about going there i.e. to Selma to live; to Pa, until yesterday he doesn't approve of it; as I expected says we can't make anything by it I told him I didn't expect that, but if we could clear expenses it was all I cared for; that I felt that it would be pleasant; he said he didn't think it would be very pleasant, to live, as I proposed - that I would have to stick down in some dirty little hut in a strange place - nobody would care to form my acquaintance but some of the lowest class & that they would consider me their equals & thus annoy me. &c. He has no Wheat to spare; not enough for himself if they use it liberally. He cannot appreciate our feelings in wishing to be united for he knows nothing of reciprocity of sentiment or feeling that which constitutes domestic bliss. [margin] I do not feel that I had spent the Sabbath profitably for sometime past - again goodbye. May we meet soon is the fond wish of your devoted wife. |
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