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[added later: "To my Grandmother, Martha Louisa Starr, age 16, Nacoochee, Ga."]
Charleston Nov 6th 1863
My dear Lulu-
I have no letters from you unanswered, are you too busy to write your poor lone uncle? I wish I had you here to keep house for me while your aunt Mat is in Georgia-I have a Mr. Wagner in our Buye Street house-She has a little boy 14 years old, who stays with me at the store, and assists in distributing the rations to the poor. At Hampstead when I sleep, I have two little housekeepers Julia and Mary Murray 13 & 16, none of them can fill the place of my dear wife, & precious children. I have a very dear friend at Summerville, Mrs Henry King, the author of "Busy Moments of an Idle Woman, Lily etc." I go up there occasionally on Saturday 5 P.M. and remain until Monday morning-they meet me at the Depot with the carriage. Mrs. King is as kind to me as an own dear Sister. Since this war began, she has lost her husband, Father, Father in law, beside several other friends. She is one of the most brilliant women in America-her daughter, Adel, is at Greenville, with Judge King's family.
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| Title | Letter to Lulu |
| Description | Letter to "Lulu" (Martha Louisa Starr) from her uncle, George W. Williams, in Charleston, South Carolina, 1863. Williams mentions knowing the authoress Sue Petigru Bowen King. He also mentions meeting and shaking hands with Jefferson Davis. |
| Digital ID# | 20-003 |
| Physical ID | 20-003 |
| Object Type | Letter |
| Creator | Williams, George W. |
| Subject |
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889. King, Susan Petigru, 1824-1875. Charleston (S.C.)--History. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| Geographic location | Charleston (S.C.) |
| Date (original) | 1863-11-06 |
| Time period | 1860-1869 |
| 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) | 25.2 x 19.6 cm. document |
| Format (digital) | 200 dpi JPEG image |
| Repository | Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries. |
| Location of Original | Williams (Daniel) Papers/Box 2/Folder 1 |
| Related materials | A digitization project sponsored by the Consortium for the History of Agricultural and Rural Mississippi (CHARM). |
| Language | eng |
| Contact information | For more information send email to sp_coll@library.msstate.edu or call 662-325-7679. |
| facet format | document |
| Transcript | [added later: "To my Grandmother, Martha Louisa Starr, age 16, Nacoochee, Ga."] Charleston Nov 6th 1863 My dear Lulu- I have no letters from you unanswered, are you too busy to write your poor lone uncle? I wish I had you here to keep house for me while your aunt Mat is in Georgia-I have a Mr. Wagner in our Buye Street house-She has a little boy 14 years old, who stays with me at the store, and assists in distributing the rations to the poor. At Hampstead when I sleep, I have two little housekeepers Julia and Mary Murray 13 & 16, none of them can fill the place of my dear wife, & precious children. I have a very dear friend at Summerville, Mrs Henry King, the author of "Busy Moments of an Idle Woman, Lily etc." I go up there occasionally on Saturday 5 P.M. and remain until Monday morning-they meet me at the Depot with the carriage. Mrs. King is as kind to me as an own dear Sister. Since this war began, she has lost her husband, Father, Father in law, beside several other friends. She is one of the most brilliant women in America-her daughter, Adel, is at Greenville, with Judge King's family. [page 2] Mrs. King is engaged to be married-(she has been a widow about two years) Did you ever see her mother? She is very excentric [sic]. Our little Lizzie has been quite sick with diptheria [sic], but is now nearly well, it is too be bad [sic] to be seperated [sic] from the loved ones especially when they are sick. I am getting very, very, tired of this way of living. I feel it my duty to stay here, and I am afraid to have my family in Charleston, while the enemy have it in their power to shell it. I wish you could see George and Lizzie-they are the sweetest children you ever saw-"buddie and sissie" not excepted. Lizzie is more affectionate than her brother, I do miss them so much. Your aunt Mat is quite stout, weighs 180, but is perhaps "better looking" than you ever saw her-being tall-her flesh does not disfigure her much. Well, we have had President Davis with us. I have seen, and shaken hands with him, I am highly pleased with our Chief magistrate, he is the right man, in the right place. I had a letter from your aunt Sarah a few days since, the soldiers camp around their house, and are destroying nearly every thing. Sister Martha Eage complains that she does not hear from Nacoochee only through me. You ought to write to her. Bob has quite a mania for writing. Much love to your dear Ma, and all-I remain Your affecionate Uncle- Geo. W. Williams |
| Collection Title | Daniel Williams family papers |
Description
| Digital ID# | 20-003-p01.jpg |
| 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. |
| Related materials | A digitization project sponsored by the Consortium for the History of Agricultural and Rural Mississippi (CHARM). |
| Language | eng |
| Contact information | For more information send email to sp_coll@library.msstate.edu or call 662-325-7679. |
| Transcript | [added later: "To my Grandmother, Martha Louisa Starr, age 16, Nacoochee, Ga."] Charleston Nov 6th 1863 My dear Lulu- I have no letters from you unanswered, are you too busy to write your poor lone uncle? I wish I had you here to keep house for me while your aunt Mat is in Georgia-I have a Mr. Wagner in our Buye Street house-She has a little boy 14 years old, who stays with me at the store, and assists in distributing the rations to the poor. At Hampstead when I sleep, I have two little housekeepers Julia and Mary Murray 13 & 16, none of them can fill the place of my dear wife, & precious children. I have a very dear friend at Summerville, Mrs Henry King, the author of "Busy Moments of an Idle Woman, Lily etc." I go up there occasionally on Saturday 5 P.M. and remain until Monday morning-they meet me at the Depot with the carriage. Mrs. King is as kind to me as an own dear Sister. Since this war began, she has lost her husband, Father, Father in law, beside several other friends. She is one of the most brilliant women in America-her daughter, Adel, is at Greenville, with Judge King's family. |
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