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Mississippi City
November 16th 1848
Dearest Violet
I send you my love as I fear you are the only person in Hopkinsville who remembers me. I received a letter but could not find out who sent it we all tried to read it but found it impossible even the old Boss and so as he did not you know nobody else could. Give my love to brother Ruben Falkner and tell him I think he is forgetting me indeed you are always in my mind for I love you all truly and pray for you late and early. I have had Godfrey’s wife to spend the summer with me she is a fine looking woman and is smart and industrious one he came backwards and forwards while she was here and is doing very well and comes to see me as often as he can. I have enjoyed my health very well this summer. I expect if anything happens and God spares me to spend part of the winter in New Orleans I leave here on Tuesday night Nov'r 14th for that city. Mrs Peggy is well and hearty so much so that you would scarcely know her she talks of coming to Kentucky but God know whether she will or not. The children are all growing Margaret McCaughan is getting very tall and comes up to see me every now and then. Give my love to all the Sisters and Brothers and my compliments to Old brother Harry Steel, Sheldrick Phelps
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| Title | SC1261_Box1_F6_1 |
| Description | This letter is part of a collection of correspondence. The Watson family letters (most by Isabel/Isabella Watson) originate in Mississippi City, MS and include news of people's health and illnesses, activities, church and religion, the enslaved status of people in the Hopkinsville community, births and deaths, and the sale of individuals. Several letters are addressed to Reuben Faulkner, man of color, and Violet Ware, colored servant. |
| Creator | Watson, Isabella |
| Date | 1848 |
| Places |
Mississippi Christian County (Ky.) Mississippi City (Miss.) Hopkinsville (Ky.) |
| Subjects |
Slavery--Kentucky--Christian County Slaves--Kentucky--Christian County--Genealogy African Americans--History--19th century |
| Type |
Text |
| Format | 4 page letter |
| Source |
Kentucky Historical Society, Watson and Robinson families letters, SC 1261 |
| Accession Num. | SC1261_Box1_F6 |
| Transcript | Mississippi City November 16th 1848 Dearest Violet I send you my love as I fear you are the only person in Hopkinsville who remembers me. I received a letter but could not find out who sent it we all tried to read it but found it impossible even the old Boss and so as he did not you know nobody else could. Give my love to brother Ruben Falkner and tell him I think he is forgetting me indeed you are always in my mind for I love you all truly and pray for you late and early. I have had Godfrey’s wife to spend the summer with me she is a fine looking woman and is smart and industrious one he came backwards and forwards while she was here and is doing very well and comes to see me as often as he can. I have enjoyed my health very well this summer. I expect if anything happens and God spares me to spend part of the winter in New Orleans I leave here on Tuesday night Nov'r 14th for that city. Mrs Peggy is well and hearty so much so that you would scarcely know her she talks of coming to Kentucky but God know whether she will or not. The children are all growing Margaret McCaughan is getting very tall and comes up to see me every now and then. Give my love to all the Sisters and Brothers and my compliments to Old brother Harry Steel, Sheldrick Phelps |
| Rights | This file may be downloaded for personal, research, or classroom use, free of charge. All other uses, including any forms of publication or broadcast, require permission from the Kentucky Historical Society, and fees may apply. |
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