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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08165.28 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Charles J. C. Hutson, H company, 1st regiment, South Carolina, infantry |
| Title | Emmeline Colcock to William F. Colcock informing him of her engagement to Charles J.C. Hutson |
| Date | 29 June 1861 |
| Author | Colcock, Emmeline (1841-1861) |
| Recipient | Colcock, William F. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | States Charles J.C. Hutson has asked her to marry him and she has accepted. Says Hutson will write to him tomorrow. Asks for his consent. Discusses her mother's death and says she wishes she could be here. William F. Colcock and Emmeline L. Huguenin were the writer's parents. Emmeline L. Huguenin died in 1858. Emmeline Colcock died late in 1861 before they were married. Hutson later put this letter in an envelope with a note, "My dear Emmeline's letter to her Father upon our engagement . . ." Their engagement is also discussed in GLC08165.29, and GLC08165.30. |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Marriage Children and Family Death |
| People | Colcock, Emmeline (1841-1861) Colcock, William Ferguson (1804-1889) Hutson, Charles J. (1842-1902) Huguenin, Emmeline L. (1819-1858) |
| Place written | McPhersonville, South Carolina |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 1st South Carolina infantry, H Company |