Home CHARM Digital Collection

Reference URL

Add tags

Comment

Rate

Save to favorites

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

Letter to Cammie Williams

Save page

1 of 4

View Description

View Image & Text

Download

small (250x250 max)

medium (500x500 max)

large ( > 500x500)

Full Resolution

This page

All

Subset

Image
Text

Text Search...

Loading content ...

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

Submit

Cancel

...

Rating
Title	Letter to Cammie Williams
Description	Letter to Cammie Williams from C. V. Hill in Punta Gorda, British Honduras (present-day Belize). Hill mentions a "tariff bill" that probably refers to the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act of August, 1894. "Breckenridge" probably refers to Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, an Arkansas Congressman from 1883-1894, briefly unseated due to a scandal involving voter fraud and assassination of another candidate.
Digital ID#	20-228
Physical ID	20-228
Object Type	Letter
Creator	Hill, C. V.
Subject	Courtship--History. Punta Gorda (Belize) Breckinridge, Clifton Rodes, 1846-1932. Tariffs--Law and legislation--United States.
Geographic location	Punta Gorda (Belize)
Date (original)	1894-09-25
Time period	1890-1899
Original Collection	Williams (Daniel) Papers
Publisher	Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
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.
Format (original)	2-page letter 20.3 x 12.5 cm.
Format (digital)	200 dpi JPEG image
Repository	Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Location of Original	Williams (Daniel) Papers/Box 1/Letters from Central America
Related materials	A digitization project sponsored by the Consortium for the History of Agricultural and Rural Mississippi (CHARM).
Language	en
Contact information	For more information send email to sp_coll@library.msstate.edu or call 662-325-7679.
facet format	correspondence
Transcript	Punta Gorda, British Hon', C.A. Sept 25 [18]94 Dear Cammie, Popping up so unexpectedly will no doubt cause you to hold y'r breath, but nevertheless the letter is a reality[.] It has been so long since I saw you & things have changed so that I feel much younger (?) & no doubt you are a "benedict" by this time[.] Alow [sic] me to congratulate [page 2] you at this late day & may you ever be happy. Now I may have made a mistake the rumor may not have been true but it stated that you had already married. If I could make the trip to the Grove this eavening [sic] & call on the Girls tomorrow no doubt "I would old in spite of my youngness["] The "Girls" this side are poco scarce except of yaller hue, they is no good. When you see Miss Laura C tell her I will send her some Coffee Berries soon & some plants also [page 3] if she wishes them, but you must first present my compliments then introduce me. (?) We are now in the midst of our rainy season & very disagreable [sic] it is. The passage of the new "Tariff Bill" will no doubt blot out a great deal of eavil [sic] the Farmers have been subjected to. Congress is largely composed of such men as Breckenridge & a great many worse characters too. Lewis has been back to the States with his wife & returned, has a splendid position with his uncle on sugar plantation [page 4] & is making money. He denies to this day ever having proposed to Miss Ollie & gets red hot over the subject. If you ever get to see Miss Ollie tell her I never cease to adore her & the recolection [sic] of her is one that never dies. As I considder [sic] you my best friend & one in whom I can confide, will ask you to interview her & ascertain whether or not she will respond to my letters, should I write one. I expect to visit that portion of Miss in which you live soon. Lastly, let me know her address & oblige your friend, C. V. Hill.
Collection Title	Daniel Williams family papers

Digital ID#	20-228-p01.jpg
Physical ID	20-
Original Collection	Williams (Daniel) Papers
Publisher	Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
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.
Format (digital)	200 dpi jpeg image
Repository	Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Location of Original	Daniel Williams Papers/Folder 20
Related materials	A digitization project sponsored by the Consortium for the History of Agricultural and Rural Mississippi (CHARM).
Language	en
Contact information	For more information send email to sp_coll@library.msstate.edu or call 662-325-7679.
Transcript	N.B. Write soon. Punta Gorda, British Hon', C.A. Sept 25 [18]94 Dear Cammie, Popping up so unexpectedly will no doubt cause you to hold y'r breath, but nevertheless the letter is a reality[.] It has been so long since I saw you & things have changed so that I feel much younger (?) & no doubt you are a "benedict" by this time[.] Alow [sic] me to congratulate

Find results with:

Searching collections:

Home CHARM Digital Collection

Letter to Cammie Williams

Object Description

Description

Tags

Comments

Letter to Cammie Williams

Letter to Cammie Williams

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