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Crystal Springs, Miss.
May 9, 1894
My dearest Hattie:
No doubt you think I have forgotten you or do not intend writing. They are so busy I do not know when they are going to town until they are ready to go.
Let me tell you I went to a party not long since the first place I had been since I have been down here. never
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Letter to Hattie Carmichael |
| Description | Letter to Hattie Carmichael Williams from her friend Lola, regarding various people and events in Crystal Springs, Mississippi. |
| Digital ID# | 20-258 |
| Physical ID | 20-258 |
| Object Type | Letter |
| Subject |
Crystal Springs (Miss.)--History. Courtship--History. Toothache--Treatment. |
| Geographic location | Crystal Springs (Miss.) |
| Date (original) | 1894-05-09 |
| 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) |
4-page letter 20.4 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/Amusing women's letters 1894 |
| 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 | Crystal Springs, Miss. May 9, 1894 My dearest Hattie: No doubt you think I have forgotten you or do not intend writing. They are so busy I do not know when they are going to town until they are ready to go. Let me tell you I went to a party not long since the first place I had been since I have been down here. never [page 2] had a nicer time in my life. Since I last wrote I have found me the nicest sweet-heart he certainly loves fun he has for the last four or five week been painting our nearest neighbor's house. He came down one night and caugh [sic] me with an old wrapper on my sleeves up. he says my ears backed. I never see him but he dont [sic] laugh at me about it. You can tell me more a bout [sic] Mr Pope than I can you but I heard the other [page 3] day he had shaved. This is his old stamping ground. Every body out here knows Mr. Pope. I went the other day to here [sic] Mr Farrer preach; one of his appointments is a bout [sic] mile half from here. That evening a crowd of us went to hear him preach to the Darkies. Has Miss Janet carriet Ebb. any more "pies"? I am surprised at him I thought he woud [sic] have gotten a better looking "Young Lady" to flirt with. [page 4] I never want to [go] back to Raymond it is a detestable place to me. No I never see Mr. Casper. I saw him the night before we left town. I hear Joe Hollingsworth and Julia Jones married last Sunday in the church. I have had the tooth ache for a week or so I have blistered my mouth with Carbolic acid. Ernest has just hollered and told me to give you his best love Scraped [page 5] in a shack. [?? Portion missing?] What has become of Dan? is he still at home? They have called me to dinner. please excuse untill [sic] this eve. Well I have eaten a awful dinner and am nearly dead. While I was at dinner I rec'd such a nice boquet [sic], but it was not near as nice as I got last week. what made them so nice is was [sic] the giver. [page 6] How is Cousin Laura and Mr Dickson making it? I believe he and Uncle Arch are coming out here this or next week. Some of the young men went fishing the other night next morning here came a little boy with some nice fish for us girls. Who do you reckon I saw the other day. Mr Vance Carson, he used to live with Mrs. Wells. He is living in the Springs. If possible I will with the greatest pleasure make you [page 7] a visit this Summer. I will be disappointed if you do not come out to see us. There is not very much pleasure in the neighborhood every body is two [sic] good for any thing but to go to church. Please excuse this letter my pen is so bad and I am so nerveous [sic] to day. As there is no news I reckon I had better close With much love to all-. Write real soon. Do not do like I have waited a month to write. Lovingly, Lola. |
| Collection Title | Daniel Williams family papers |
Description
| Digital ID# | 20-258-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 | Crystal Springs, Miss. May 9, 1894 My dearest Hattie: No doubt you think I have forgotten you or do not intend writing. They are so busy I do not know when they are going to town until they are ready to go. Let me tell you I went to a party not long since the first place I had been since I have been down here. never |
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