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Title	Letter to Cammie Williams
Description	Letter to Cammie Williams from his cousin, W. R. Hollingsworth, in Clinton, Mississippi, regarding farming, keeping books, and courtship.
Digital ID#	20-171
Physical ID	20-171
Object Type	Letter
Creator	Hollingsworth, Willie R.
Subject	Courtship--Mississippi--History. Clinton (Miss.)--History.
Geographic location	Clinton (Miss.)
Date (original)	1885-03-15
Time period	1880-1889
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 20.2 x 12.6 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/Interesting letters on politics etc 1890
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	Clinton Miss Mar 15th 1885 Mr. C. A. Williams Dear Cousin Cammie I surprise you this morning by dropping you a letter. would like so much to see you, & know how you are getting along[.] well Cam, I am [in] School again, & at hard work. wish you could come up here & see me study. I went to the Exposition a few days ago & had a fine, time. how is Aunt Jennie & all the children getting along now? have you commenced to [page 2] Farm any yet, hope you will make a good crop this year. Cam, what notion have you got now, are you still in the notion of going off, or to stay at home[?] I think home is the place for me. I believe I can make more there now than anywhere else. when we get the Store in good headway &c & can justify you, I will save a clerkship for you[.] true, we dont [sic] know yet where we will have it or when, but as soon as it is moved you shall have the first place. I am preparing myself to keep Books of which I am making a good [page 3] start. Who are you Juning to now[?] have you found a do-y? down there yet[?] but I believe the Girls all are about pla--ed? out down about Dry Grove[.] You must write to me & tell me all the news &c & tell me how my Girl is getting along. there is some daisy Girls up here, & among one of them I am luring her to kill & dont [sic] you forget it, tell Pa & Ma to write to me. Tell Eugy Genia to answer my letter quick & Cam you must write to me often, & I will answer every one. had a letter from Jim the other day [page 4] & I think he wants to come home very bad[.] Poor Jim, he is afraid some one will get ahead of him with his Girl. Well Cam I am tired now & must close[.] I will write better & a longer letter next time write me at once[.] give Love to all tell all howdy for me write soon to Your Cousin, W. R. Hollingsworth
Collection Title	Daniel Williams family papers

Digital ID#	20-171-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	Clinton Miss Mar 15th 1885 Mr. C. A. Williams Dear Cousin Cammie I surprise you this morning by dropping you a letter. would like so much to see you, & know how you are getting along[.] well Cam, I am [in] School again, & at hard work. wish you could come up here & see me study. I went to the Exposition a few days ago & had a fine, time. how is Aunt Jennie & all the children getting along now? have you commenced to

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