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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08165.21 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Charles J. C. Hutson, H company, 1st regiment, South Carolina, infantry |
| Title | Mary Anna Colcock to Theodora Colcock Hutson discussing family news and life on the farm |
| Date | 8 September 1878 |
| Author | Colcock, Mary Anna (1847-1889) |
| Recipient | Hutson, Theodora Colcock |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | States she wishes she could come visit but it is harvest time. Reports that Mr. Dewees is preparing for harvesting. Mentions her children Annie and Emmie and comments about having Emmie learn music. Speaks of the welfare of Hennie. Mentions Hutson visiting. Discusses a past party and another one planned for October. Letter signed Minnie, short for Mary Anna. Theodora Colcock married Charles J.C. Hutson. Mary Anna Colcock is her sister and married Joseph Dewees. Their parents are William Ferguson Colcock and Emmeline L. Huguenin. |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Children and Family Music Education Entertaining and Hospitality |
| People | Colcock, Mary Anna (1847-1889) Hutson, Theodora Colcock (b. 1849) Dewees, Joseph (1846-1883) Colcock, Marion W. (1856-1935) |
| Place written | Grahamville, South Carolina |
| Theme | Children & Family; Agriculture; Women in American History |
| 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 |