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Miscellaneous.","Arrangement All series are arranged chronologically.","All series are arranged chronologically.","chronological","chronological","chronological","Papers of members of the Clark family of Amelia County,\n         Virginia, dated 1849, 1889-1899, 1915. The collection consists\n         primarily of letters written to Lottie V. Clark of Namozine,\n         Amelia County, Virginia, by Anthelia Holt and other friends in\n         Chesterfield County, Virginia, which discuss social,\n         religious, and family matters, and Anthelia's work in a cotton\n         mill. In addition, there are letters, invitations, and poems,\n         1849, 1890, and n.d., addressed to Martha Susan Clark and\n         Missouri A. Clark; and Amelia County subpoena, n.d.; and two\n         later business letters.","Describes in detail church \"feast\" where young\n                  women made matching ties and aprons, and young men\n                  had to find the young woman with an apron to match\n                  their tie; also describes upcoming social events.","Reports that an aunt and a cousin have died, and\n                  that there is a great deal of sickness; hopes to go\n                  up to the country in September.","Has just returned from Crewe,[Virginia] and has\n                  been going to church every night; discusses upcoming\n                  marriages and waiting on a couple; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.","Begs her \"Dear Little Friend\" to visit her for\n                  Christmas, and describes the festivities planned;\n                  sends congratulations to her Uncle Dibbrel on his\n                  upcoming marriage.","Describes upcoming social events; reports that she\n                  received a present of the book David Copperfield from\n                  a young man in Richmond; describes in detail her\n                  \"winter suit.\"","Complains of having a bad cold; discusses what a\n                  nice Christmas she had--\"I never saw a single person\n                  drunk nor heard a single biddle\"; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.","Describes several outings with various young men;\n                  says she will be \"coming up to Trinity Church one\n                  Sunday before long\" and asks Lottie to meet her.","Asks why she has not written; describes a visit to\n                  the country; sends greetings to other members of her\n                  family. 3 pp. ALS. Including a list of young women's\n                  names.","Describes her \"holliday\" spent in the country,\n                  including having five young men want to take her to\n                  church; gives details of an elopement and of a\n                  marrage between a sixty-five year old man and a young\n                  girl.","Discusses the visit of a friend, Nora, who has\n                  made a \"mash--he called tonight and is here now\";\n                  plans to visit in August; says she heard about the\n                  \"mash he [Lottie's Uncle Junius] made week before\n                  last--tell him that he must not get married before I\n                  come up.\"","Complains of feeling poorly for several weeks;\n                  describes a five week work stoppage at the mill due\n                  to high water; gives details of the fourth of July\n                  picnic.","Discusses upcoming picnic; describes a double\n                  wedding she attended; asks about Lottie's Uncle\n                  Junius and Dibbrel's wedding plans.","Talk of the mill stopping; talks about church\n                  meetings and upcoming marriages.","Disappointed to report the mill did not step, and\n                  she is working until after seven o'clock every night,\n                  and on Saturday until four; describes a wedding\n                  between an \"old widdow and an old widdower.\"","Describes Christmas festivities; asks about her\n                  new brother; sends pictures of herself.","Wants to know if the pictures arrived and why she\n                  has not written; reports that she has been ill with\n                  the flu (\"grippe\").","Expresses the desire to attend school, and is\n                  happy that Lottie is able to go to school; describes\n                  the school and the new preacher.","Expresses sympathy at the death of Charlie\n                  [Lottie's cousin?]; says she is happy to be working\n                  ten hours again so that she is home by five o'clock;\n                  says that she must stay up with one of her cousin's\n                  little girls who was badly burnt.","Has been caring for a cousin sick with pneumonia;\n                  went fishing over her holiday; asks about April\n                  Fool's Day.","Asks about \"trying fortune\" on May 1; glad to hear\n                  Lottie's uncles are now in charge of the post office;\n                  talks about the \"protractedi?] meeting\" on Sunday and\n                  other church services.","Describes the \"gracious revivial\" with \"one\n                  hundred converts\"; asks about Uncle Dibbrel's wedding\n                  plans.","Reports the sad news that her oldest brother has\n                  been killed in a railroad accident.","Is working half-time and would like to come up for\n                  a visit.","Describes a recent wedding; talks of the\n                  \"protracted[?] meeting\" at church.","Reports on sickness and recent deaths in the\n                  area.","Thanks Lottie for showing her such a good time\n                  during her visit; expresses dismay that Mr.\n                  Bridgewater, whose \"wife was buried just five weeks\n                  ago,\" is getting married next week.","Complains of feeling sick; discusses the young men\n                  at various sociai events, and states that she \"would\n                  not give the snap of my finger for all the men I saw\n                  yesterday--if I can't see the one I want to see I\n                  don't care to see anyone\"; describes a new dress and\n                  some quilts she is making.","Reports that. Lottie's Uncle Scott and grandfather\n                  have been to Matoaca for a visit; discusses mutual\n                  friends and acquaintances.","Happy to hear she is coming for a visit; talks\n                  about making wine and apple cider.","Talks of \"feast\" Saturday night and \"childrens\n                  day\"; asks about camp meeting; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.","Talks of working on her quilt and being teased\n                  about plans to marry; tells of upcoming church\n                  picnic; sorry to hear of illness of Lottie's\n                  yrandfather.","Happy to have received Lottie's picture; sends\n                  condolences on death of Lottie's grandfather;\n                  discusses mutual friends; talks about running five to\n                  six looms at the mill.","Has quilted two quilts, and has two more to quilt;\n                  is getting ready for the fair in Richmond.","Complains of being sick; hopes that she and her\n                  family have decided to become Christians following\n                  the meeting; discusses the weekend events; is sending\n                  a scrapbook to her; glad to hear of several people\n                  who had joined the church.","Discusses managing the household while her parents\n                  were gone; describes the fair [in Richmond];\n                  describes a shopping trip to Petersburg; reports that\n                  a cousin has died; probably will not be able to visit\n                  at Christmas.","Hopes to visit again soon; discusses a recent\n                  marriage and baptizing.","Complains of everyone having colds; hopes to visit\n                  at Christmas time.","Has been running six looms at the mill; invites\n                  her down for Christmas; describes a quilting with\n                  \"plenty of music and singing\"; says they have plenty\n                  of meat now that \"Pa\" has had his hogs killed.","Reports that their mail carrier has died; says\n                  there is a lot of sickness; hopes Lottie will enjoy\n                  the \"Sugar Stew.\"","Everyone has been sick; describes Christmas and\n                  the many visitors.","Describes a candy party; complains that she \"was\n                  disappointed last Saturday and Sunday my fellow did\n                  not come\"; has been making pillow cases.","Reports they have a lot of sickness; the tinners\n                  have been tinning their house; her \"fellow\" came by\n                  on Sunday; describes a wedding that \"did not come\n                  off.\"","Had to work until seven o'clock; went to church\n                  the night before and heard a \"beautiful sermon\";\n                  hopes to be able \"to go up in Chesterfieid, \"\n                  [Virginia] for the weekend.","Writes that she is sorry to hear that Lottie's\n                  Uncle [Dibbrel] was burned; complains of a lot of\n                  sickness; describes a party in the country.","Describes purchases from a trip to town; sends\n                  greetings to various family members.","Describes a tripto country; claims she will never\n                  marry as \"my fellow has gone back on me\"; invites her\n                  down for the \"protracted[?] meeting\"; plans to visit\n                  her if the mill stops during the summer; sends\n                  greetings to various family members.","Complains of feeling ill; talks of recent and\n                  upcoming marriages.","Has been sick all week; asks about various friends\n                  and family members.","Reports that a cousin, Willie Holt, has died,\n                  possibly from typhoid fever; talks of the church\n                  meeting and the converts they have had.","Sends best wishes to \"the bride ang [sic] groom\"\n                  [Lottie's uncle and his wife]; is afraid she will not\n                  be able to visit in the summer.","Describes a weekend in the country; claims that\n                  her Uncle Edd was \"craisy with whiskey when Willie\n                  died\" but he has gotten better now; talks of mutual\n                  friends.","Has been busy with a sick friend who died of\n                  \"conjestion [sic] on the brain\"; invites her down for\n                  the 4th of July.","Both she and her family have been very sick.","Describes the Fourth of July picnics and all the\n                  company they have had.","Has been sick and unable to work, so has gone to\n                  stay with a cousin; asks about friends and family\n                  members.","Went to a picnic and had a splendid time, but upon\n                  her return learned that a cousin had been killed at\n                  the railroad; would like to quit working at the mill;\n                  sends greetings to various fmaily members.","Talks about the church meeting and the 90\n                  conversions; sends greetings to various family\n                  members.","Discusses mutual friends.","Reports there is much sickness and death in the\n                  area; asks about Lottie's new beau; talks about the\n                  three fellows she and her two sisters[?] go around\n                  with; plans on quilting a new quilt.","Describes visit of friends from Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia]; talks of upcoming marriages; invites her\n                  and her family down for Christmas.","Describes the many visitors and social events that\n                  have kept her busy; gives details of a wedding; talks\n                  of various young men; reports that a cousin has died,\n                  \"I never felt as sorry for any boddy [sic] in my life\n                  as I did for his sweetheart--it seemed like her heart\n                  would break when she looked at him for the last\n                  time\"; sends greetings to various family members.","Complains of being lonely since her visit; plans\n                  to come up and visit; sends greetings to various\n                  family members.","Describes a \"sugar stew--I stewed the sugar\n                  Wednesday night and pulled it and last night she had\n                  her party\"; complains of the snow and cold; discusses\n                  an upcoming wedding.","Describes various parties and a wedding; hopes to\n                  visit her in two weeks if Uncle [Dibbrel] can come\n                  and get her.","Invites her down for Easter; describes a wedding\n                  where \"the bridegroom was so drunk that he could\n                  hardly stand up\"; has been working on \"another bed\n                  quilt.\"","Has been suffering from a toothache; has been able\n                  to find someone to take over her looms at the mill,\n                  and so will be able to visit.","Reports that she ate some raisins that made her\n                  sick; describes several weddings; describes her\n                  sister's \"fellow--his head is red as fire and he is\n                  real good looking.\"","Complains that she has not written in weeks;\n                  describes the revival meeting going on at church.","Has been busy making a dress, entertaining\n                  company, and going to a lawn party; is angry that she\n                  did not stop for a visit while in Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia]; invites Lottie down for the Fourth of\n                  July picnics.","Had to have a tooth taken out; has been running\n                  six looms a day; reports there has been a lot of\n                  sickness and death in the area.","Is having a good time since the mill shut down;\n                  went to see a \"game of baseball\"; plans to go up the\n                  river for a fish fry; sends greetings to various\n                  family members.","Talks about several quilts she is working On;\n                  claims that she will never marry despite the\n                  \"widdowers [sic]...that wants to wait on me\"; asks\n                  about a shooting; complains that they can only work\n                  half-time; plans to visit next year.","Reports there is a lot of sickness in the area;\n                  spent several days in the country with relatives;\n                  claims she is kept busy entertaining the widowers;\n                  talks of the church meeting that has lasted several\n                  weeks.","Has been to several Christmas parties already this\n                  year; discusses the widowers who are courting her;\n                  invites her down for Christmas; discusses an upcoming\n                  marriage--\"hard times don't keep people from geting\n                  [sic] married.\"","Discusses the festivities planned for Christmas;\n                  work has started up full-time again; claims she will\n                  \"marry the very next\" widower who asks.","Reports that her parents are sick with \"la grippe\"\n                  (flu); claims that her fellow was at the mill on\n                  Sunday, but has left for Georgia.","Happy to receive Lottie's letter; is afraid she\n                  would not recognize her as it has been so long since\n                  she has seen her; asks about Christmas; hopes to be\n                  able to accept the in-vitation to visit next summer;\n                  describes the literary society that she attends;\n                  sends greetings to various family members.","Apologizes for not writing sooner; describes the\n                  Christmas activities.","Describes a recent party; went to town and had her\n                  pictures taken; plans to send a piece of cloth from\n                  her new dress; her fellow in Georgia has sent his\n                  picture; asks if she has received any valentines.","Asks about her \"fellow\"; talks about various\n                  friends and family members; includes a short\n                  poem.","Concerns order of merchandise from Jacob Lewit Dry\n                  Goods, Notions and Millinery.","Reports that she is writing while waiting for the\n                  Baptist preacher to call; describes a box party for\n                  the benefit of the church--\"the girls all carried a\n                  box filled with something nice to eat . and sold them\n                  to the young men...no young man knew whose box he was\n                  buying until he had paid for it and then he had to\n                  eat what was in the box with the girl...\"; reports\n                  that her fellow in Georgia has stopped by on his way\n                  back to Rhode Island, but she never expects to see\n                  him again.","Has been going to church every night; describes\n                  two recent weddings; complains that her \"looms run so\n                  mean.\"","Complains that she did not stop for a visit while\n                  in Petersburg, [Virginia]; is planning a shopping\n                  trip for summer clothes; sends greeting to various\n                  family members.","Was sorry to hear that she had been sick; went on\n                  an excursion to soldiers home-\"the prettiest place I\n                  ever saw\"; reports the death of a man who \"has been\n                  sick nearly two years.\"","Has not had any time off from the mill this\n                  summer; plans on going on an excursion to Farmville,\n                  [Virginia] next month; describes a party--\"had plenty\n                  of cake, cream, and candy\"; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.","Happy to hear that she is coming for a visit;\n                  expresses surprise that a friend has run away to get\n                  married; discusses various church meetings, \"the\n                  nigroes [sic] have a big meeting about three miles\n                  from here-- a crowd goes every night but we have not\n                  been yet\"; describes visits to Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia], Farmville, [Virginia], and \"Hampton\n                  Sidney (sic] [Hamden-Sydney] College.\"","Discusses the \"protracted[?] meeting\"; reports\n                  that the heavy rains have interfered with the sowing\n                  of her father's oats; talks about the many quiltings\n                  around.","Complains of a pain in her shoulder; happy to hear\n                  Lottie is coming to visit at Christmas; talks about\n                  having the hogs killed and prices on new pigs;\n                  discusses winter outfits.","Reports that her beau came for a visit; discusses\n                  a recent party; complains about the weather; invites\n                  her down for a party.","Reports that they had to stop work because the\n                  weather was so bad; describes \"stewing sugar\" and\n                  \"making Bedquilts [sic]\"; describes a church meeting\n                  where \"the Pastor did ever tell us about dancing . .\n                  . .\"","Complains of the cold weather--\"everything at the\n                  mill freezed up\"; plans to have a party when the\n                  weather warms up, \"I want to have cream and cake,\n                  candy and Apples .\"","Has been going to church meetings every night; two\n                  preachers from Scotland are visiting and \"the hail is\n                  crowded every night\"; reports on two upcoming\n                  marriages.","Complains of sore feet; discusses a \"baptizing\";\n                  describes an attempted elopement; discusses a friend\n                  who shot himself; tells of a \"splendid sermon\";\n                  describes a new \"black satteen\" dress.","Including the names Fannie Robertson and Lottie V.\n                  Clarke [sic] written at the end.","Inquires about her health; expresses ardent\n                  feelings of love; ends with a poem.","Apologizes for not being able to visit in the\n                  evening because of a toothache; compliments her\n                  beauty.","Love poem.","Would like to know her sentiments.","Tells her who to send her letters by.","Has arrived home safely; will send the song by\n                  mail; ends with a poem.","Has found her books and sent them to her; asks how\n                  she and Mr. C[lark) \"are getting along courting\" and\n                  when they are to be married.","Will deliver her letter privately as requested; is\n                  honored by her request to be the \"first waiter\" on\n                  the bride.","Fragments of notes.","Fragments.","Poem or song.","Gives the address of Dr. W. 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Clark of Namozine,\n         Amelia County, Virginia, by Anthelia Holt and other friends in\n         Chesterfield County, Virginia, which discuss social,\n         religious, and family matters, and Anthelia's work in a cotton\n         mill. In addition, there are letters, invitations, and poems,\n         1849, 1890, and n.d., addressed to Martha Susan Clark and\n         Missouri A. Clark; and Amelia County subpoena, n.d.; and two\n         later business letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes in detail church \"feast\" where young\n                  women made matching ties and aprons, and young men\n                  had to find the young woman with an apron to match\n                  their tie; also describes upcoming social events.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that an aunt and a cousin have died, and\n                  that there is a great deal of sickness; hopes to go\n                  up to the country in September.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas just returned from Crewe,[Virginia] and has\n                  been going to church every night; discusses upcoming\n                  marriages and waiting on a couple; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBegs her \"Dear Little Friend\" to visit her for\n                  Christmas, and describes the festivities planned;\n                  sends congratulations to her Uncle Dibbrel on his\n                  upcoming marriage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes upcoming social events; reports that she\n                  received a present of the book David Copperfield from\n                  a young man in Richmond; describes in detail her\n                  \"winter suit.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of having a bad cold; discusses what a\n                  nice Christmas she had--\"I never saw a single person\n                  drunk nor heard a single biddle\"; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes several outings with various young men;\n                  says she will be \"coming up to Trinity Church one\n                  Sunday before long\" and asks Lottie to meet her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks why she has not written; describes a visit to\n                  the country; sends greetings to other members of her\n                  family. 3 pp. ALS. Including a list of young women's\n                  names.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her \"holliday\" spent in the country,\n                  including having five young men want to take her to\n                  church; gives details of an elopement and of a\n                  marrage between a sixty-five year old man and a young\n                  girl.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the visit of a friend, Nora, who has\n                  made a \"mash--he called tonight and is here now\";\n                  plans to visit in August; says she heard about the\n                  \"mash he [Lottie's Uncle Junius] made week before\n                  last--tell him that he must not get married before I\n                  come up.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of feeling poorly for several weeks;\n                  describes a five week work stoppage at the mill due\n                  to high water; gives details of the fourth of July\n                  picnic.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses upcoming picnic; describes a double\n                  wedding she attended; asks about Lottie's Uncle\n                  Junius and Dibbrel's wedding plans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalk of the mill stopping; talks about church\n                  meetings and upcoming marriages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisappointed to report the mill did not step, and\n                  she is working until after seven o'clock every night,\n                  and on Saturday until four; describes a wedding\n                  between an \"old widdow and an old widdower.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Christmas festivities; asks about her\n                  new brother; sends pictures of herself.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWants to know if the pictures arrived and why she\n                  has not written; reports that she has been ill with\n                  the flu (\"grippe\").\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses the desire to attend school, and is\n                  happy that Lottie is able to go to school; describes\n                  the school and the new preacher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses sympathy at the death of Charlie\n                  [Lottie's cousin?]; says she is happy to be working\n                  ten hours again so that she is home by five o'clock;\n                  says that she must stay up with one of her cousin's\n                  little girls who was badly burnt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been caring for a cousin sick with pneumonia;\n                  went fishing over her holiday; asks about April\n                  Fool's Day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about \"trying fortune\" on May 1; glad to hear\n                  Lottie's uncles are now in charge of the post office;\n                  talks about the \"protractedi?] meeting\" on Sunday and\n                  other church services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the \"gracious revivial\" with \"one\n                  hundred converts\"; asks about Uncle Dibbrel's wedding\n                  plans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports the sad news that her oldest brother has\n                  been killed in a railroad accident.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs working half-time and would like to come up for\n                  a visit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a recent wedding; talks of the\n                  \"protracted[?] meeting\" at church.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports on sickness and recent deaths in the\n                  area.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Lottie for showing her such a good time\n                  during her visit; expresses dismay that Mr.\n                  Bridgewater, whose \"wife was buried just five weeks\n                  ago,\" is getting married next week.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of feeling sick; discusses the young men\n                  at various sociai events, and states that she \"would\n                  not give the snap of my finger for all the men I saw\n                  yesterday--if I can't see the one I want to see I\n                  don't care to see anyone\"; describes a new dress and\n                  some quilts she is making.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that. Lottie's Uncle Scott and grandfather\n                  have been to Matoaca for a visit; discusses mutual\n                  friends and acquaintances.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHappy to hear she is coming for a visit; talks\n                  about making wine and apple cider.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks of \"feast\" Saturday night and \"childrens\n                  day\"; asks about camp meeting; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks of working on her quilt and being teased\n                  about plans to marry; tells of upcoming church\n                  picnic; sorry to hear of illness of Lottie's\n                  yrandfather.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHappy to have received Lottie's picture; sends\n                  condolences on death of Lottie's grandfather;\n                  discusses mutual friends; talks about running five to\n                  six looms at the mill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas quilted two quilts, and has two more to quilt;\n                  is getting ready for the fair in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of being sick; hopes that she and her\n                  family have decided to become Christians following\n                  the meeting; discusses the weekend events; is sending\n                  a scrapbook to her; glad to hear of several people\n                  who had joined the church.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses managing the household while her parents\n                  were gone; describes the fair [in Richmond];\n                  describes a shopping trip to Petersburg; reports that\n                  a cousin has died; probably will not be able to visit\n                  at Christmas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes to visit again soon; discusses a recent\n                  marriage and baptizing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of everyone having colds; hopes to visit\n                  at Christmas time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been running six looms at the mill; invites\n                  her down for Christmas; describes a quilting with\n                  \"plenty of music and singing\"; says they have plenty\n                  of meat now that \"Pa\" has had his hogs killed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that their mail carrier has died; says\n                  there is a lot of sickness; hopes Lottie will enjoy\n                  the \"Sugar Stew.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEveryone has been sick; describes Christmas and\n                  the many visitors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a candy party; complains that she \"was\n                  disappointed last Saturday and Sunday my fellow did\n                  not come\"; has been making pillow cases.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports they have a lot of sickness; the tinners\n                  have been tinning their house; her \"fellow\" came by\n                  on Sunday; describes a wedding that \"did not come\n                  off.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHad to work until seven o'clock; went to church\n                  the night before and heard a \"beautiful sermon\";\n                  hopes to be able \"to go up in Chesterfieid, \"\n                  [Virginia] for the weekend.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites that she is sorry to hear that Lottie's\n                  Uncle [Dibbrel] was burned; complains of a lot of\n                  sickness; describes a party in the country.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes purchases from a trip to town; sends\n                  greetings to various family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a tripto country; claims she will never\n                  marry as \"my fellow has gone back on me\"; invites her\n                  down for the \"protracted[?] meeting\"; plans to visit\n                  her if the mill stops during the summer; sends\n                  greetings to various family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of feeling ill; talks of recent and\n                  upcoming marriages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been sick all week; asks about various friends\n                  and family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that a cousin, Willie Holt, has died,\n                  possibly from typhoid fever; talks of the church\n                  meeting and the converts they have had.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends best wishes to \"the bride ang [sic] groom\"\n                  [Lottie's uncle and his wife]; is afraid she will not\n                  be able to visit in the summer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a weekend in the country; claims that\n                  her Uncle Edd was \"craisy with whiskey when Willie\n                  died\" but he has gotten better now; talks of mutual\n                  friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been busy with a sick friend who died of\n                  \"conjestion [sic] on the brain\"; invites her down for\n                  the 4th of July.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBoth she and her family have been very sick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the Fourth of July picnics and all the\n                  company they have had.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been sick and unable to work, so has gone to\n                  stay with a cousin; asks about friends and family\n                  members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWent to a picnic and had a splendid time, but upon\n                  her return learned that a cousin had been killed at\n                  the railroad; would like to quit working at the mill;\n                  sends greetings to various fmaily members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks about the church meeting and the 90\n                  conversions; sends greetings to various family\n                  members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses mutual friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports there is much sickness and death in the\n                  area; asks about Lottie's new beau; talks about the\n                  three fellows she and her two sisters[?] go around\n                  with; plans on quilting a new quilt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes visit of friends from Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia]; talks of upcoming marriages; invites her\n                  and her family down for Christmas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the many visitors and social events that\n                  have kept her busy; gives details of a wedding; talks\n                  of various young men; reports that a cousin has died,\n                  \"I never felt as sorry for any boddy [sic] in my life\n                  as I did for his sweetheart--it seemed like her heart\n                  would break when she looked at him for the last\n                  time\"; sends greetings to various family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of being lonely since her visit; plans\n                  to come up and visit; sends greetings to various\n                  family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a \"sugar stew--I stewed the sugar\n                  Wednesday night and pulled it and last night she had\n                  her party\"; complains of the snow and cold; discusses\n                  an upcoming wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes various parties and a wedding; hopes to\n                  visit her in two weeks if Uncle [Dibbrel] can come\n                  and get her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites her down for Easter; describes a wedding\n                  where \"the bridegroom was so drunk that he could\n                  hardly stand up\"; has been working on \"another bed\n                  quilt.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been suffering from a toothache; has been able\n                  to find someone to take over her looms at the mill,\n                  and so will be able to visit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that she ate some raisins that made her\n                  sick; describes several weddings; describes her\n                  sister's \"fellow--his head is red as fire and he is\n                  real good looking.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains that she has not written in weeks;\n                  describes the revival meeting going on at church.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been busy making a dress, entertaining\n                  company, and going to a lawn party; is angry that she\n                  did not stop for a visit while in Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia]; invites Lottie down for the Fourth of\n                  July picnics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHad to have a tooth taken out; has been running\n                  six looms a day; reports there has been a lot of\n                  sickness and death in the area.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs having a good time since the mill shut down;\n                  went to see a \"game of baseball\"; plans to go up the\n                  river for a fish fry; sends greetings to various\n                  family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks about several quilts she is working On;\n                  claims that she will never marry despite the\n                  \"widdowers [sic]...that wants to wait on me\"; asks\n                  about a shooting; complains that they can only work\n                  half-time; plans to visit next year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports there is a lot of sickness in the area;\n                  spent several days in the country with relatives;\n                  claims she is kept busy entertaining the widowers;\n                  talks of the church meeting that has lasted several\n                  weeks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been to several Christmas parties already this\n                  year; discusses the widowers who are courting her;\n                  invites her down for Christmas; discusses an upcoming\n                  marriage--\"hard times don't keep people from geting\n                  [sic] married.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the festivities planned for Christmas;\n                  work has started up full-time again; claims she will\n                  \"marry the very next\" widower who asks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that her parents are sick with \"la grippe\"\n                  (flu); claims that her fellow was at the mill on\n                  Sunday, but has left for Georgia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHappy to receive Lottie's letter; is afraid she\n                  would not recognize her as it has been so long since\n                  she has seen her; asks about Christmas; hopes to be\n                  able to accept the in-vitation to visit next summer;\n                  describes the literary society that she attends;\n                  sends greetings to various family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes for not writing sooner; describes the\n                  Christmas activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a recent party; went to town and had her\n                  pictures taken; plans to send a piece of cloth from\n                  her new dress; her fellow in Georgia has sent his\n                  picture; asks if she has received any valentines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about her \"fellow\"; talks about various\n                  friends and family members; includes a short\n                  poem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns order of merchandise from Jacob Lewit Dry\n                  Goods, Notions and Millinery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that she is writing while waiting for the\n                  Baptist preacher to call; describes a box party for\n                  the benefit of the church--\"the girls all carried a\n                  box filled with something nice to eat . and sold them\n                  to the young men...no young man knew whose box he was\n                  buying until he had paid for it and then he had to\n                  eat what was in the box with the girl...\"; reports\n                  that her fellow in Georgia has stopped by on his way\n                  back to Rhode Island, but she never expects to see\n                  him again.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been going to church every night; describes\n                  two recent weddings; complains that her \"looms run so\n                  mean.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains that she did not stop for a visit while\n                  in Petersburg, [Virginia]; is planning a shopping\n                  trip for summer clothes; sends greeting to various\n                  family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWas sorry to hear that she had been sick; went on\n                  an excursion to soldiers home-\"the prettiest place I\n                  ever saw\"; reports the death of a man who \"has been\n                  sick nearly two years.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas not had any time off from the mill this\n                  summer; plans on going on an excursion to Farmville,\n                  [Virginia] next month; describes a party--\"had plenty\n                  of cake, cream, and candy\"; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHappy to hear that she is coming for a visit;\n                  expresses surprise that a friend has run away to get\n                  married; discusses various church meetings, \"the\n                  nigroes [sic] have a big meeting about three miles\n                  from here-- a crowd goes every night but we have not\n                  been yet\"; describes visits to Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia], Farmville, [Virginia], and \"Hampton\n                  Sidney (sic] [Hamden-Sydney] College.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the \"protracted[?] meeting\"; reports\n                  that the heavy rains have interfered with the sowing\n                  of her father's oats; talks about the many quiltings\n                  around.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of a pain in her shoulder; happy to hear\n                  Lottie is coming to visit at Christmas; talks about\n                  having the hogs killed and prices on new pigs;\n                  discusses winter outfits.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that her beau came for a visit; discusses\n                  a recent party; complains about the weather; invites\n                  her down for a party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that they had to stop work because the\n                  weather was so bad; describes \"stewing sugar\" and\n                  \"making Bedquilts [sic]\"; describes a church meeting\n                  where \"the Pastor did ever tell us about dancing . .\n                  . .\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of the cold weather--\"everything at the\n                  mill freezed up\"; plans to have a party when the\n                  weather warms up, \"I want to have cream and cake,\n                  candy and Apples .\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been going to church meetings every night; two\n                  preachers from Scotland are visiting and \"the hail is\n                  crowded every night\"; reports on two upcoming\n                  marriages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of sore feet; discusses a \"baptizing\";\n                  describes an attempted elopement; discusses a friend\n                  who shot himself; tells of a \"splendid sermon\";\n                  describes a new \"black satteen\" dress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding the names Fannie Robertson and Lottie V.\n                  Clarke [sic] written at the end.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about her health; expresses ardent\n                  feelings of love; ends with a poem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes for not being able to visit in the\n                  evening because of a toothache; compliments her\n                  beauty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLove poem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWould like to know her sentiments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells her who to send her letters by.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas arrived home safely; will send the song by\n                  mail; ends with a poem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas found her books and sent them to her; asks how\n                  she and Mr. C[lark) \"are getting along courting\" and\n                  when they are to be married.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill deliver her letter privately as requested; is\n                  honored by her request to be the \"first waiter\" on\n                  the bride.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFragments of notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFragments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePoem or song.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives the address of Dr. W. Saunders as requested\n                  by Mr. Garnett.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of members of the Clark family of Amelia County,\n         Virginia, dated 1849, 1889-1899, 1915. The collection consists\n         primarily of letters written to Lottie V. Clark of Namozine,\n         Amelia County, Virginia, by Anthelia Holt and other friends in\n         Chesterfield County, Virginia, which discuss social,\n         religious, and family matters, and Anthelia's work in a cotton\n         mill. In addition, there are letters, invitations, and poems,\n         1849, 1890, and n.d., addressed to Martha Susan Clark and\n         Missouri A. Clark; and Amelia County subpoena, n.d.; and two\n         later business letters.","Describes in detail church \"feast\" where young\n                  women made matching ties and aprons, and young men\n                  had to find the young woman with an apron to match\n                  their tie; also describes upcoming social events.","Reports that an aunt and a cousin have died, and\n                  that there is a great deal of sickness; hopes to go\n                  up to the country in September.","Has just returned from Crewe,[Virginia] and has\n                  been going to church every night; discusses upcoming\n                  marriages and waiting on a couple; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.","Begs her \"Dear Little Friend\" to visit her for\n                  Christmas, and describes the festivities planned;\n                  sends congratulations to her Uncle Dibbrel on his\n                  upcoming marriage.","Describes upcoming social events; reports that she\n                  received a present of the book David Copperfield from\n                  a young man in Richmond; describes in detail her\n                  \"winter suit.\"","Complains of having a bad cold; discusses what a\n                  nice Christmas she had--\"I never saw a single person\n                  drunk nor heard a single biddle\"; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.","Describes several outings with various young men;\n                  says she will be \"coming up to Trinity Church one\n                  Sunday before long\" and asks Lottie to meet her.","Asks why she has not written; describes a visit to\n                  the country; sends greetings to other members of her\n                  family. 3 pp. ALS. Including a list of young women's\n                  names.","Describes her \"holliday\" spent in the country,\n                  including having five young men want to take her to\n                  church; gives details of an elopement and of a\n                  marrage between a sixty-five year old man and a young\n                  girl.","Discusses the visit of a friend, Nora, who has\n                  made a \"mash--he called tonight and is here now\";\n                  plans to visit in August; says she heard about the\n                  \"mash he [Lottie's Uncle Junius] made week before\n                  last--tell him that he must not get married before I\n                  come up.\"","Complains of feeling poorly for several weeks;\n                  describes a five week work stoppage at the mill due\n                  to high water; gives details of the fourth of July\n                  picnic.","Discusses upcoming picnic; describes a double\n                  wedding she attended; asks about Lottie's Uncle\n                  Junius and Dibbrel's wedding plans.","Talk of the mill stopping; talks about church\n                  meetings and upcoming marriages.","Disappointed to report the mill did not step, and\n                  she is working until after seven o'clock every night,\n                  and on Saturday until four; describes a wedding\n                  between an \"old widdow and an old widdower.\"","Describes Christmas festivities; asks about her\n                  new brother; sends pictures of herself.","Wants to know if the pictures arrived and why she\n                  has not written; reports that she has been ill with\n                  the flu (\"grippe\").","Expresses the desire to attend school, and is\n                  happy that Lottie is able to go to school; describes\n                  the school and the new preacher.","Expresses sympathy at the death of Charlie\n                  [Lottie's cousin?]; says she is happy to be working\n                  ten hours again so that she is home by five o'clock;\n                  says that she must stay up with one of her cousin's\n                  little girls who was badly burnt.","Has been caring for a cousin sick with pneumonia;\n                  went fishing over her holiday; asks about April\n                  Fool's Day.","Asks about \"trying fortune\" on May 1; glad to hear\n                  Lottie's uncles are now in charge of the post office;\n                  talks about the \"protractedi?] meeting\" on Sunday and\n                  other church services.","Describes the \"gracious revivial\" with \"one\n                  hundred converts\"; asks about Uncle Dibbrel's wedding\n                  plans.","Reports the sad news that her oldest brother has\n                  been killed in a railroad accident.","Is working half-time and would like to come up for\n                  a visit.","Describes a recent wedding; talks of the\n                  \"protracted[?] meeting\" at church.","Reports on sickness and recent deaths in the\n                  area.","Thanks Lottie for showing her such a good time\n                  during her visit; expresses dismay that Mr.\n                  Bridgewater, whose \"wife was buried just five weeks\n                  ago,\" is getting married next week.","Complains of feeling sick; discusses the young men\n                  at various sociai events, and states that she \"would\n                  not give the snap of my finger for all the men I saw\n                  yesterday--if I can't see the one I want to see I\n                  don't care to see anyone\"; describes a new dress and\n                  some quilts she is making.","Reports that. Lottie's Uncle Scott and grandfather\n                  have been to Matoaca for a visit; discusses mutual\n                  friends and acquaintances.","Happy to hear she is coming for a visit; talks\n                  about making wine and apple cider.","Talks of \"feast\" Saturday night and \"childrens\n                  day\"; asks about camp meeting; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.","Talks of working on her quilt and being teased\n                  about plans to marry; tells of upcoming church\n                  picnic; sorry to hear of illness of Lottie's\n                  yrandfather.","Happy to have received Lottie's picture; sends\n                  condolences on death of Lottie's grandfather;\n                  discusses mutual friends; talks about running five to\n                  six looms at the mill.","Has quilted two quilts, and has two more to quilt;\n                  is getting ready for the fair in Richmond.","Complains of being sick; hopes that she and her\n                  family have decided to become Christians following\n                  the meeting; discusses the weekend events; is sending\n                  a scrapbook to her; glad to hear of several people\n                  who had joined the church.","Discusses managing the household while her parents\n                  were gone; describes the fair [in Richmond];\n                  describes a shopping trip to Petersburg; reports that\n                  a cousin has died; probably will not be able to visit\n                  at Christmas.","Hopes to visit again soon; discusses a recent\n                  marriage and baptizing.","Complains of everyone having colds; hopes to visit\n                  at Christmas time.","Has been running six looms at the mill; invites\n                  her down for Christmas; describes a quilting with\n                  \"plenty of music and singing\"; says they have plenty\n                  of meat now that \"Pa\" has had his hogs killed.","Reports that their mail carrier has died; says\n                  there is a lot of sickness; hopes Lottie will enjoy\n                  the \"Sugar Stew.\"","Everyone has been sick; describes Christmas and\n                  the many visitors.","Describes a candy party; complains that she \"was\n                  disappointed last Saturday and Sunday my fellow did\n                  not come\"; has been making pillow cases.","Reports they have a lot of sickness; the tinners\n                  have been tinning their house; her \"fellow\" came by\n                  on Sunday; describes a wedding that \"did not come\n                  off.\"","Had to work until seven o'clock; went to church\n                  the night before and heard a \"beautiful sermon\";\n                  hopes to be able \"to go up in Chesterfieid, \"\n                  [Virginia] for the weekend.","Writes that she is sorry to hear that Lottie's\n                  Uncle [Dibbrel] was burned; complains of a lot of\n                  sickness; describes a party in the country.","Describes purchases from a trip to town; sends\n                  greetings to various family members.","Describes a tripto country; claims she will never\n                  marry as \"my fellow has gone back on me\"; invites her\n                  down for the \"protracted[?] meeting\"; plans to visit\n                  her if the mill stops during the summer; sends\n                  greetings to various family members.","Complains of feeling ill; talks of recent and\n                  upcoming marriages.","Has been sick all week; asks about various friends\n                  and family members.","Reports that a cousin, Willie Holt, has died,\n                  possibly from typhoid fever; talks of the church\n                  meeting and the converts they have had.","Sends best wishes to \"the bride ang [sic] groom\"\n                  [Lottie's uncle and his wife]; is afraid she will not\n                  be able to visit in the summer.","Describes a weekend in the country; claims that\n                  her Uncle Edd was \"craisy with whiskey when Willie\n                  died\" but he has gotten better now; talks of mutual\n                  friends.","Has been busy with a sick friend who died of\n                  \"conjestion [sic] on the brain\"; invites her down for\n                  the 4th of July.","Both she and her family have been very sick.","Describes the Fourth of July picnics and all the\n                  company they have had.","Has been sick and unable to work, so has gone to\n                  stay with a cousin; asks about friends and family\n                  members.","Went to a picnic and had a splendid time, but upon\n                  her return learned that a cousin had been killed at\n                  the railroad; would like to quit working at the mill;\n                  sends greetings to various fmaily members.","Talks about the church meeting and the 90\n                  conversions; sends greetings to various family\n                  members.","Discusses mutual friends.","Reports there is much sickness and death in the\n                  area; asks about Lottie's new beau; talks about the\n                  three fellows she and her two sisters[?] go around\n                  with; plans on quilting a new quilt.","Describes visit of friends from Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia]; talks of upcoming marriages; invites her\n                  and her family down for Christmas.","Describes the many visitors and social events that\n                  have kept her busy; gives details of a wedding; talks\n                  of various young men; reports that a cousin has died,\n                  \"I never felt as sorry for any boddy [sic] in my life\n                  as I did for his sweetheart--it seemed like her heart\n                  would break when she looked at him for the last\n                  time\"; sends greetings to various family members.","Complains of being lonely since her visit; plans\n                  to come up and visit; sends greetings to various\n                  family members.","Describes a \"sugar stew--I stewed the sugar\n                  Wednesday night and pulled it and last night she had\n                  her party\"; complains of the snow and cold; discusses\n                  an upcoming wedding.","Describes various parties and a wedding; hopes to\n                  visit her in two weeks if Uncle [Dibbrel] can come\n                  and get her.","Invites her down for Easter; describes a wedding\n                  where \"the bridegroom was so drunk that he could\n                  hardly stand up\"; has been working on \"another bed\n                  quilt.\"","Has been suffering from a toothache; has been able\n                  to find someone to take over her looms at the mill,\n                  and so will be able to visit.","Reports that she ate some raisins that made her\n                  sick; describes several weddings; describes her\n                  sister's \"fellow--his head is red as fire and he is\n                  real good looking.\"","Complains that she has not written in weeks;\n                  describes the revival meeting going on at church.","Has been busy making a dress, entertaining\n                  company, and going to a lawn party; is angry that she\n                  did not stop for a visit while in Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia]; invites Lottie down for the Fourth of\n                  July picnics.","Had to have a tooth taken out; has been running\n                  six looms a day; reports there has been a lot of\n                  sickness and death in the area.","Is having a good time since the mill shut down;\n                  went to see a \"game of baseball\"; plans to go up the\n                  river for a fish fry; sends greetings to various\n                  family members.","Talks about several quilts she is working On;\n                  claims that she will never marry despite the\n                  \"widdowers [sic]...that wants to wait on me\"; asks\n                  about a shooting; complains that they can only work\n                  half-time; plans to visit next year.","Reports there is a lot of sickness in the area;\n                  spent several days in the country with relatives;\n                  claims she is kept busy entertaining the widowers;\n                  talks of the church meeting that has lasted several\n                  weeks.","Has been to several Christmas parties already this\n                  year; discusses the widowers who are courting her;\n                  invites her down for Christmas; discusses an upcoming\n                  marriage--\"hard times don't keep people from geting\n                  [sic] married.\"","Discusses the festivities planned for Christmas;\n                  work has started up full-time again; claims she will\n                  \"marry the very next\" widower who asks.","Reports that her parents are sick with \"la grippe\"\n                  (flu); claims that her fellow was at the mill on\n                  Sunday, but has left for Georgia.","Happy to receive Lottie's letter; is afraid she\n                  would not recognize her as it has been so long since\n                  she has seen her; asks about Christmas; hopes to be\n                  able to accept the in-vitation to visit next summer;\n                  describes the literary society that she attends;\n                  sends greetings to various family members.","Apologizes for not writing sooner; describes the\n                  Christmas activities.","Describes a recent party; went to town and had her\n                  pictures taken; plans to send a piece of cloth from\n                  her new dress; her fellow in Georgia has sent his\n                  picture; asks if she has received any valentines.","Asks about her \"fellow\"; talks about various\n                  friends and family members; includes a short\n                  poem.","Concerns order of merchandise from Jacob Lewit Dry\n                  Goods, Notions and Millinery.","Reports that she is writing while waiting for the\n                  Baptist preacher to call; describes a box party for\n                  the benefit of the church--\"the girls all carried a\n                  box filled with something nice to eat . and sold them\n                  to the young men...no young man knew whose box he was\n                  buying until he had paid for it and then he had to\n                  eat what was in the box with the girl...\"; reports\n                  that her fellow in Georgia has stopped by on his way\n                  back to Rhode Island, but she never expects to see\n                  him again.","Has been going to church every night; describes\n                  two recent weddings; complains that her \"looms run so\n                  mean.\"","Complains that she did not stop for a visit while\n                  in Petersburg, [Virginia]; is planning a shopping\n                  trip for summer clothes; sends greeting to various\n                  family members.","Was sorry to hear that she had been sick; went on\n                  an excursion to soldiers home-\"the prettiest place I\n                  ever saw\"; reports the death of a man who \"has been\n                  sick nearly two years.\"","Has not had any time off from the mill this\n                  summer; plans on going on an excursion to Farmville,\n                  [Virginia] next month; describes a party--\"had plenty\n                  of cake, cream, and candy\"; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.","Happy to hear that she is coming for a visit;\n                  expresses surprise that a friend has run away to get\n                  married; discusses various church meetings, \"the\n                  nigroes [sic] have a big meeting about three miles\n                  from here-- a crowd goes every night but we have not\n                  been yet\"; describes visits to Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia], Farmville, [Virginia], and \"Hampton\n                  Sidney (sic] [Hamden-Sydney] College.\"","Discusses the \"protracted[?] meeting\"; reports\n                  that the heavy rains have interfered with the sowing\n                  of her father's oats; talks about the many quiltings\n                  around.","Complains of a pain in her shoulder; happy to hear\n                  Lottie is coming to visit at Christmas; talks about\n                  having the hogs killed and prices on new pigs;\n                  discusses winter outfits.","Reports that her beau came for a visit; discusses\n                  a recent party; complains about the weather; invites\n                  her down for a party.","Reports that they had to stop work because the\n                  weather was so bad; describes \"stewing sugar\" and\n                  \"making Bedquilts [sic]\"; describes a church meeting\n                  where \"the Pastor did ever tell us about dancing . .\n                  . .\"","Complains of the cold weather--\"everything at the\n                  mill freezed up\"; plans to have a party when the\n                  weather warms up, \"I want to have cream and cake,\n                  candy and Apples .\"","Has been going to church meetings every night; two\n                  preachers from Scotland are visiting and \"the hail is\n                  crowded every night\"; reports on two upcoming\n                  marriages.","Complains of sore feet; discusses a \"baptizing\";\n                  describes an attempted elopement; discusses a friend\n                  who shot himself; tells of a \"splendid sermon\";\n                  describes a new \"black satteen\" dress.","Including the names Fannie Robertson and Lottie V.\n                  Clarke [sic] written at the end.","Inquires about her health; expresses ardent\n                  feelings of love; ends with a poem.","Apologizes for not being able to visit in the\n                  evening because of a toothache; compliments her\n                  beauty.","Love poem.","Would like to know her sentiments.","Tells her who to send her letters by.","Has arrived home safely; will send the song by\n                  mail; ends with a poem.","Has found her books and sent them to her; asks how\n                  she and Mr. C[lark) \"are getting along courting\" and\n                  when they are to be married.","Will deliver her letter privately as requested; is\n                  honored by her request to be the \"first waiter\" on\n                  the bride.","Fragments of notes.","Fragments.","Poem or song.","Gives the address of Dr. W. Saunders as requested\n                  by Mr. Garnett."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Publication Rights/Restrictions on Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003ePapers, 1849, 1888-1899, 1915, of\n         members of the Clark family of Amelia County, Virginia\n         including letters, 1888-1895, written to Lottie V. Clark by\n         Anthelia Holt who ran looms in a cotton textile factory in\n         Chesterfield County, Virginia; and letters addressed to Martha\n         Susan Clark and Missouri A. Clark.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Papers, 1849, 1888-1899, 1915, of\n         members of the Clark family of Amelia County, Virginia\n         including letters, 1888-1895, written to Lottie V. Clark by\n         Anthelia Holt who ran looms in a cotton textile factory in\n         Chesterfield County, Virginia; and letters addressed to Martha\n         Susan Clark and Missouri A. Clark."],"names_ssim":["Lottie V. Clark,","Martha S. Clark,","Missourie A. Clark.","Clark, Lottie V., fl. 1888-1895.","Clark, Martha Susan.","Clark, Missouri A."],"persname_ssim":["Lottie V. Clark,","Martha S. Clark,","Missourie A. Clark.","Clark, Lottie V., fl. 1888-1895.","Clark, Martha Susan.","Clark, Missouri A."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":114,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T15:36:30.538Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_viw00072","ead_ssi":"viw_viw00072","_root_":"viw_viw00072","_nest_parent_":"viw_viw00072","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/wm/viw00072.xml","title_ssm":["Lottie V. Clark Papers, \n         1849, 1888-1898, 1915,\n         n.d."],"title_tesim":["Lottie V. Clark Papers, \n         1849, 1888-1898, 1915,\n         n.d."],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 65 C54"],"text":["Mss. 65 C54","Lottie V. Clark Papers, \n         1849, 1888-1898, 1915,\n         n.d.","Cotton textile industry -- Southern\n            States.","Women -- Virginia--History -- 19th\n            century.","Women-- Virginia -- Social life and\n            customs.","123 items.","Collection is open to all researchers.","Organization Organized into 3 series: Series 1. Lottie V. Clark\n            correspondence; Series 2. Martha S. Clark and Missouri A.\n            Clark correspondence; Series 3. Miscellaneous.","Organized into 3 series: Series 1. Lottie V. Clark\n            correspondence; Series 2. Martha S. Clark and Missouri A.\n            Clark correspondence; Series 3. Miscellaneous.","Arrangement All series are arranged chronologically.","All series are arranged chronologically.","chronological","chronological","chronological","Papers of members of the Clark family of Amelia County,\n         Virginia, dated 1849, 1889-1899, 1915. The collection consists\n         primarily of letters written to Lottie V. Clark of Namozine,\n         Amelia County, Virginia, by Anthelia Holt and other friends in\n         Chesterfield County, Virginia, which discuss social,\n         religious, and family matters, and Anthelia's work in a cotton\n         mill. In addition, there are letters, invitations, and poems,\n         1849, 1890, and n.d., addressed to Martha Susan Clark and\n         Missouri A. Clark; and Amelia County subpoena, n.d.; and two\n         later business letters.","Describes in detail church \"feast\" where young\n                  women made matching ties and aprons, and young men\n                  had to find the young woman with an apron to match\n                  their tie; also describes upcoming social events.","Reports that an aunt and a cousin have died, and\n                  that there is a great deal of sickness; hopes to go\n                  up to the country in September.","Has just returned from Crewe,[Virginia] and has\n                  been going to church every night; discusses upcoming\n                  marriages and waiting on a couple; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.","Begs her \"Dear Little Friend\" to visit her for\n                  Christmas, and describes the festivities planned;\n                  sends congratulations to her Uncle Dibbrel on his\n                  upcoming marriage.","Describes upcoming social events; reports that she\n                  received a present of the book David Copperfield from\n                  a young man in Richmond; describes in detail her\n                  \"winter suit.\"","Complains of having a bad cold; discusses what a\n                  nice Christmas she had--\"I never saw a single person\n                  drunk nor heard a single biddle\"; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.","Describes several outings with various young men;\n                  says she will be \"coming up to Trinity Church one\n                  Sunday before long\" and asks Lottie to meet her.","Asks why she has not written; describes a visit to\n                  the country; sends greetings to other members of her\n                  family. 3 pp. ALS. Including a list of young women's\n                  names.","Describes her \"holliday\" spent in the country,\n                  including having five young men want to take her to\n                  church; gives details of an elopement and of a\n                  marrage between a sixty-five year old man and a young\n                  girl.","Discusses the visit of a friend, Nora, who has\n                  made a \"mash--he called tonight and is here now\";\n                  plans to visit in August; says she heard about the\n                  \"mash he [Lottie's Uncle Junius] made week before\n                  last--tell him that he must not get married before I\n                  come up.\"","Complains of feeling poorly for several weeks;\n                  describes a five week work stoppage at the mill due\n                  to high water; gives details of the fourth of July\n                  picnic.","Discusses upcoming picnic; describes a double\n                  wedding she attended; asks about Lottie's Uncle\n                  Junius and Dibbrel's wedding plans.","Talk of the mill stopping; talks about church\n                  meetings and upcoming marriages.","Disappointed to report the mill did not step, and\n                  she is working until after seven o'clock every night,\n                  and on Saturday until four; describes a wedding\n                  between an \"old widdow and an old widdower.\"","Describes Christmas festivities; asks about her\n                  new brother; sends pictures of herself.","Wants to know if the pictures arrived and why she\n                  has not written; reports that she has been ill with\n                  the flu (\"grippe\").","Expresses the desire to attend school, and is\n                  happy that Lottie is able to go to school; describes\n                  the school and the new preacher.","Expresses sympathy at the death of Charlie\n                  [Lottie's cousin?]; says she is happy to be working\n                  ten hours again so that she is home by five o'clock;\n                  says that she must stay up with one of her cousin's\n                  little girls who was badly burnt.","Has been caring for a cousin sick with pneumonia;\n                  went fishing over her holiday; asks about April\n                  Fool's Day.","Asks about \"trying fortune\" on May 1; glad to hear\n                  Lottie's uncles are now in charge of the post office;\n                  talks about the \"protractedi?] meeting\" on Sunday and\n                  other church services.","Describes the \"gracious revivial\" with \"one\n                  hundred converts\"; asks about Uncle Dibbrel's wedding\n                  plans.","Reports the sad news that her oldest brother has\n                  been killed in a railroad accident.","Is working half-time and would like to come up for\n                  a visit.","Describes a recent wedding; talks of the\n                  \"protracted[?] meeting\" at church.","Reports on sickness and recent deaths in the\n                  area.","Thanks Lottie for showing her such a good time\n                  during her visit; expresses dismay that Mr.\n                  Bridgewater, whose \"wife was buried just five weeks\n                  ago,\" is getting married next week.","Complains of feeling sick; discusses the young men\n                  at various sociai events, and states that she \"would\n                  not give the snap of my finger for all the men I saw\n                  yesterday--if I can't see the one I want to see I\n                  don't care to see anyone\"; describes a new dress and\n                  some quilts she is making.","Reports that. Lottie's Uncle Scott and grandfather\n                  have been to Matoaca for a visit; discusses mutual\n                  friends and acquaintances.","Happy to hear she is coming for a visit; talks\n                  about making wine and apple cider.","Talks of \"feast\" Saturday night and \"childrens\n                  day\"; asks about camp meeting; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.","Talks of working on her quilt and being teased\n                  about plans to marry; tells of upcoming church\n                  picnic; sorry to hear of illness of Lottie's\n                  yrandfather.","Happy to have received Lottie's picture; sends\n                  condolences on death of Lottie's grandfather;\n                  discusses mutual friends; talks about running five to\n                  six looms at the mill.","Has quilted two quilts, and has two more to quilt;\n                  is getting ready for the fair in Richmond.","Complains of being sick; hopes that she and her\n                  family have decided to become Christians following\n                  the meeting; discusses the weekend events; is sending\n                  a scrapbook to her; glad to hear of several people\n                  who had joined the church.","Discusses managing the household while her parents\n                  were gone; describes the fair [in Richmond];\n                  describes a shopping trip to Petersburg; reports that\n                  a cousin has died; probably will not be able to visit\n                  at Christmas.","Hopes to visit again soon; discusses a recent\n                  marriage and baptizing.","Complains of everyone having colds; hopes to visit\n                  at Christmas time.","Has been running six looms at the mill; invites\n                  her down for Christmas; describes a quilting with\n                  \"plenty of music and singing\"; says they have plenty\n                  of meat now that \"Pa\" has had his hogs killed.","Reports that their mail carrier has died; says\n                  there is a lot of sickness; hopes Lottie will enjoy\n                  the \"Sugar Stew.\"","Everyone has been sick; describes Christmas and\n                  the many visitors.","Describes a candy party; complains that she \"was\n                  disappointed last Saturday and Sunday my fellow did\n                  not come\"; has been making pillow cases.","Reports they have a lot of sickness; the tinners\n                  have been tinning their house; her \"fellow\" came by\n                  on Sunday; describes a wedding that \"did not come\n                  off.\"","Had to work until seven o'clock; went to church\n                  the night before and heard a \"beautiful sermon\";\n                  hopes to be able \"to go up in Chesterfieid, \"\n                  [Virginia] for the weekend.","Writes that she is sorry to hear that Lottie's\n                  Uncle [Dibbrel] was burned; complains of a lot of\n                  sickness; describes a party in the country.","Describes purchases from a trip to town; sends\n                  greetings to various family members.","Describes a tripto country; claims she will never\n                  marry as \"my fellow has gone back on me\"; invites her\n                  down for the \"protracted[?] meeting\"; plans to visit\n                  her if the mill stops during the summer; sends\n                  greetings to various family members.","Complains of feeling ill; talks of recent and\n                  upcoming marriages.","Has been sick all week; asks about various friends\n                  and family members.","Reports that a cousin, Willie Holt, has died,\n                  possibly from typhoid fever; talks of the church\n                  meeting and the converts they have had.","Sends best wishes to \"the bride ang [sic] groom\"\n                  [Lottie's uncle and his wife]; is afraid she will not\n                  be able to visit in the summer.","Describes a weekend in the country; claims that\n                  her Uncle Edd was \"craisy with whiskey when Willie\n                  died\" but he has gotten better now; talks of mutual\n                  friends.","Has been busy with a sick friend who died of\n                  \"conjestion [sic] on the brain\"; invites her down for\n                  the 4th of July.","Both she and her family have been very sick.","Describes the Fourth of July picnics and all the\n                  company they have had.","Has been sick and unable to work, so has gone to\n                  stay with a cousin; asks about friends and family\n                  members.","Went to a picnic and had a splendid time, but upon\n                  her return learned that a cousin had been killed at\n                  the railroad; would like to quit working at the mill;\n                  sends greetings to various fmaily members.","Talks about the church meeting and the 90\n                  conversions; sends greetings to various family\n                  members.","Discusses mutual friends.","Reports there is much sickness and death in the\n                  area; asks about Lottie's new beau; talks about the\n                  three fellows she and her two sisters[?] go around\n                  with; plans on quilting a new quilt.","Describes visit of friends from Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia]; talks of upcoming marriages; invites her\n                  and her family down for Christmas.","Describes the many visitors and social events that\n                  have kept her busy; gives details of a wedding; talks\n                  of various young men; reports that a cousin has died,\n                  \"I never felt as sorry for any boddy [sic] in my life\n                  as I did for his sweetheart--it seemed like her heart\n                  would break when she looked at him for the last\n                  time\"; sends greetings to various family members.","Complains of being lonely since her visit; plans\n                  to come up and visit; sends greetings to various\n                  family members.","Describes a \"sugar stew--I stewed the sugar\n                  Wednesday night and pulled it and last night she had\n                  her party\"; complains of the snow and cold; discusses\n                  an upcoming wedding.","Describes various parties and a wedding; hopes to\n                  visit her in two weeks if Uncle [Dibbrel] can come\n                  and get her.","Invites her down for Easter; describes a wedding\n                  where \"the bridegroom was so drunk that he could\n                  hardly stand up\"; has been working on \"another bed\n                  quilt.\"","Has been suffering from a toothache; has been able\n                  to find someone to take over her looms at the mill,\n                  and so will be able to visit.","Reports that she ate some raisins that made her\n                  sick; describes several weddings; describes her\n                  sister's \"fellow--his head is red as fire and he is\n                  real good looking.\"","Complains that she has not written in weeks;\n                  describes the revival meeting going on at church.","Has been busy making a dress, entertaining\n                  company, and going to a lawn party; is angry that she\n                  did not stop for a visit while in Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia]; invites Lottie down for the Fourth of\n                  July picnics.","Had to have a tooth taken out; has been running\n                  six looms a day; reports there has been a lot of\n                  sickness and death in the area.","Is having a good time since the mill shut down;\n                  went to see a \"game of baseball\"; plans to go up the\n                  river for a fish fry; sends greetings to various\n                  family members.","Talks about several quilts she is working On;\n                  claims that she will never marry despite the\n                  \"widdowers [sic]...that wants to wait on me\"; asks\n                  about a shooting; complains that they can only work\n                  half-time; plans to visit next year.","Reports there is a lot of sickness in the area;\n                  spent several days in the country with relatives;\n                  claims she is kept busy entertaining the widowers;\n                  talks of the church meeting that has lasted several\n                  weeks.","Has been to several Christmas parties already this\n                  year; discusses the widowers who are courting her;\n                  invites her down for Christmas; discusses an upcoming\n                  marriage--\"hard times don't keep people from geting\n                  [sic] married.\"","Discusses the festivities planned for Christmas;\n                  work has started up full-time again; claims she will\n                  \"marry the very next\" widower who asks.","Reports that her parents are sick with \"la grippe\"\n                  (flu); claims that her fellow was at the mill on\n                  Sunday, but has left for Georgia.","Happy to receive Lottie's letter; is afraid she\n                  would not recognize her as it has been so long since\n                  she has seen her; asks about Christmas; hopes to be\n                  able to accept the in-vitation to visit next summer;\n                  describes the literary society that she attends;\n                  sends greetings to various family members.","Apologizes for not writing sooner; describes the\n                  Christmas activities.","Describes a recent party; went to town and had her\n                  pictures taken; plans to send a piece of cloth from\n                  her new dress; her fellow in Georgia has sent his\n                  picture; asks if she has received any valentines.","Asks about her \"fellow\"; talks about various\n                  friends and family members; includes a short\n                  poem.","Concerns order of merchandise from Jacob Lewit Dry\n                  Goods, Notions and Millinery.","Reports that she is writing while waiting for the\n                  Baptist preacher to call; describes a box party for\n                  the benefit of the church--\"the girls all carried a\n                  box filled with something nice to eat . and sold them\n                  to the young men...no young man knew whose box he was\n                  buying until he had paid for it and then he had to\n                  eat what was in the box with the girl...\"; reports\n                  that her fellow in Georgia has stopped by on his way\n                  back to Rhode Island, but she never expects to see\n                  him again.","Has been going to church every night; describes\n                  two recent weddings; complains that her \"looms run so\n                  mean.\"","Complains that she did not stop for a visit while\n                  in Petersburg, [Virginia]; is planning a shopping\n                  trip for summer clothes; sends greeting to various\n                  family members.","Was sorry to hear that she had been sick; went on\n                  an excursion to soldiers home-\"the prettiest place I\n                  ever saw\"; reports the death of a man who \"has been\n                  sick nearly two years.\"","Has not had any time off from the mill this\n                  summer; plans on going on an excursion to Farmville,\n                  [Virginia] next month; describes a party--\"had plenty\n                  of cake, cream, and candy\"; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.","Happy to hear that she is coming for a visit;\n                  expresses surprise that a friend has run away to get\n                  married; discusses various church meetings, \"the\n                  nigroes [sic] have a big meeting about three miles\n                  from here-- a crowd goes every night but we have not\n                  been yet\"; describes visits to Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia], Farmville, [Virginia], and \"Hampton\n                  Sidney (sic] [Hamden-Sydney] College.\"","Discusses the \"protracted[?] meeting\"; reports\n                  that the heavy rains have interfered with the sowing\n                  of her father's oats; talks about the many quiltings\n                  around.","Complains of a pain in her shoulder; happy to hear\n                  Lottie is coming to visit at Christmas; talks about\n                  having the hogs killed and prices on new pigs;\n                  discusses winter outfits.","Reports that her beau came for a visit; discusses\n                  a recent party; complains about the weather; invites\n                  her down for a party.","Reports that they had to stop work because the\n                  weather was so bad; describes \"stewing sugar\" and\n                  \"making Bedquilts [sic]\"; describes a church meeting\n                  where \"the Pastor did ever tell us about dancing . .\n                  . .\"","Complains of the cold weather--\"everything at the\n                  mill freezed up\"; plans to have a party when the\n                  weather warms up, \"I want to have cream and cake,\n                  candy and Apples .\"","Has been going to church meetings every night; two\n                  preachers from Scotland are visiting and \"the hail is\n                  crowded every night\"; reports on two upcoming\n                  marriages.","Complains of sore feet; discusses a \"baptizing\";\n                  describes an attempted elopement; discusses a friend\n                  who shot himself; tells of a \"splendid sermon\";\n                  describes a new \"black satteen\" dress.","Including the names Fannie Robertson and Lottie V.\n                  Clarke [sic] written at the end.","Inquires about her health; expresses ardent\n                  feelings of love; ends with a poem.","Apologizes for not being able to visit in the\n                  evening because of a toothache; compliments her\n                  beauty.","Love poem.","Would like to know her sentiments.","Tells her who to send her letters by.","Has arrived home safely; will send the song by\n                  mail; ends with a poem.","Has found her books and sent them to her; asks how\n                  she and Mr. C[lark) \"are getting along courting\" and\n                  when they are to be married.","Will deliver her letter privately as requested; is\n                  honored by her request to be the \"first waiter\" on\n                  the bride.","Fragments of notes.","Fragments.","Poem or song.","Gives the address of Dr. W. Saunders as requested\n                  by Mr. Garnett.","Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library.","Papers, 1849, 1888-1899, 1915, of\n         members of the Clark family of Amelia County, Virginia\n         including letters, 1888-1895, written to Lottie V. Clark by\n         Anthelia Holt who ran looms in a cotton textile factory in\n         Chesterfield County, Virginia; and letters addressed to Martha\n         Susan Clark and Missouri A. Clark.","Lottie V. Clark,","Martha S. Clark,","Missourie A. Clark.","Clark, Lottie V., fl. 1888-1895.","Clark, Martha Susan.","Clark, Missouri A.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 65 C54"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Lottie V. Clark Papers, \n         1849, 1888-1898, 1915,\n         n.d."],"collection_title_tesim":["Lottie V. 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Clark and Missouri A.\n            Clark correspondence; Series 3. Miscellaneous.","Organized into 3 series: Series 1. Lottie V. Clark\n            correspondence; Series 2. Martha S. Clark and Missouri A.\n            Clark correspondence; Series 3. Miscellaneous.","Arrangement All series are arranged chronologically.","All series are arranged chronologically.","chronological","chronological","chronological"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLottie V. Clark Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Lottie V. Clark Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of members of the Clark family of Amelia County,\n         Virginia, dated 1849, 1889-1899, 1915. The collection consists\n         primarily of letters written to Lottie V. Clark of Namozine,\n         Amelia County, Virginia, by Anthelia Holt and other friends in\n         Chesterfield County, Virginia, which discuss social,\n         religious, and family matters, and Anthelia's work in a cotton\n         mill. In addition, there are letters, invitations, and poems,\n         1849, 1890, and n.d., addressed to Martha Susan Clark and\n         Missouri A. Clark; and Amelia County subpoena, n.d.; and two\n         later business letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes in detail church \"feast\" where young\n                  women made matching ties and aprons, and young men\n                  had to find the young woman with an apron to match\n                  their tie; also describes upcoming social events.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that an aunt and a cousin have died, and\n                  that there is a great deal of sickness; hopes to go\n                  up to the country in September.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas just returned from Crewe,[Virginia] and has\n                  been going to church every night; discusses upcoming\n                  marriages and waiting on a couple; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBegs her \"Dear Little Friend\" to visit her for\n                  Christmas, and describes the festivities planned;\n                  sends congratulations to her Uncle Dibbrel on his\n                  upcoming marriage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes upcoming social events; reports that she\n                  received a present of the book David Copperfield from\n                  a young man in Richmond; describes in detail her\n                  \"winter suit.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of having a bad cold; discusses what a\n                  nice Christmas she had--\"I never saw a single person\n                  drunk nor heard a single biddle\"; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes several outings with various young men;\n                  says she will be \"coming up to Trinity Church one\n                  Sunday before long\" and asks Lottie to meet her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks why she has not written; describes a visit to\n                  the country; sends greetings to other members of her\n                  family. 3 pp. ALS. Including a list of young women's\n                  names.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her \"holliday\" spent in the country,\n                  including having five young men want to take her to\n                  church; gives details of an elopement and of a\n                  marrage between a sixty-five year old man and a young\n                  girl.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the visit of a friend, Nora, who has\n                  made a \"mash--he called tonight and is here now\";\n                  plans to visit in August; says she heard about the\n                  \"mash he [Lottie's Uncle Junius] made week before\n                  last--tell him that he must not get married before I\n                  come up.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of feeling poorly for several weeks;\n                  describes a five week work stoppage at the mill due\n                  to high water; gives details of the fourth of July\n                  picnic.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses upcoming picnic; describes a double\n                  wedding she attended; asks about Lottie's Uncle\n                  Junius and Dibbrel's wedding plans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalk of the mill stopping; talks about church\n                  meetings and upcoming marriages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisappointed to report the mill did not step, and\n                  she is working until after seven o'clock every night,\n                  and on Saturday until four; describes a wedding\n                  between an \"old widdow and an old widdower.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Christmas festivities; asks about her\n                  new brother; sends pictures of herself.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWants to know if the pictures arrived and why she\n                  has not written; reports that she has been ill with\n                  the flu (\"grippe\").\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses the desire to attend school, and is\n                  happy that Lottie is able to go to school; describes\n                  the school and the new preacher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses sympathy at the death of Charlie\n                  [Lottie's cousin?]; says she is happy to be working\n                  ten hours again so that she is home by five o'clock;\n                  says that she must stay up with one of her cousin's\n                  little girls who was badly burnt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been caring for a cousin sick with pneumonia;\n                  went fishing over her holiday; asks about April\n                  Fool's Day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about \"trying fortune\" on May 1; glad to hear\n                  Lottie's uncles are now in charge of the post office;\n                  talks about the \"protractedi?] meeting\" on Sunday and\n                  other church services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the \"gracious revivial\" with \"one\n                  hundred converts\"; asks about Uncle Dibbrel's wedding\n                  plans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports the sad news that her oldest brother has\n                  been killed in a railroad accident.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs working half-time and would like to come up for\n                  a visit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a recent wedding; talks of the\n                  \"protracted[?] meeting\" at church.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports on sickness and recent deaths in the\n                  area.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Lottie for showing her such a good time\n                  during her visit; expresses dismay that Mr.\n                  Bridgewater, whose \"wife was buried just five weeks\n                  ago,\" is getting married next week.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of feeling sick; discusses the young men\n                  at various sociai events, and states that she \"would\n                  not give the snap of my finger for all the men I saw\n                  yesterday--if I can't see the one I want to see I\n                  don't care to see anyone\"; describes a new dress and\n                  some quilts she is making.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that. Lottie's Uncle Scott and grandfather\n                  have been to Matoaca for a visit; discusses mutual\n                  friends and acquaintances.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHappy to hear she is coming for a visit; talks\n                  about making wine and apple cider.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks of \"feast\" Saturday night and \"childrens\n                  day\"; asks about camp meeting; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks of working on her quilt and being teased\n                  about plans to marry; tells of upcoming church\n                  picnic; sorry to hear of illness of Lottie's\n                  yrandfather.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHappy to have received Lottie's picture; sends\n                  condolences on death of Lottie's grandfather;\n                  discusses mutual friends; talks about running five to\n                  six looms at the mill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas quilted two quilts, and has two more to quilt;\n                  is getting ready for the fair in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of being sick; hopes that she and her\n                  family have decided to become Christians following\n                  the meeting; discusses the weekend events; is sending\n                  a scrapbook to her; glad to hear of several people\n                  who had joined the church.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses managing the household while her parents\n                  were gone; describes the fair [in Richmond];\n                  describes a shopping trip to Petersburg; reports that\n                  a cousin has died; probably will not be able to visit\n                  at Christmas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes to visit again soon; discusses a recent\n                  marriage and baptizing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of everyone having colds; hopes to visit\n                  at Christmas time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been running six looms at the mill; invites\n                  her down for Christmas; describes a quilting with\n                  \"plenty of music and singing\"; says they have plenty\n                  of meat now that \"Pa\" has had his hogs killed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that their mail carrier has died; says\n                  there is a lot of sickness; hopes Lottie will enjoy\n                  the \"Sugar Stew.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEveryone has been sick; describes Christmas and\n                  the many visitors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a candy party; complains that she \"was\n                  disappointed last Saturday and Sunday my fellow did\n                  not come\"; has been making pillow cases.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports they have a lot of sickness; the tinners\n                  have been tinning their house; her \"fellow\" came by\n                  on Sunday; describes a wedding that \"did not come\n                  off.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHad to work until seven o'clock; went to church\n                  the night before and heard a \"beautiful sermon\";\n                  hopes to be able \"to go up in Chesterfieid, \"\n                  [Virginia] for the weekend.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites that she is sorry to hear that Lottie's\n                  Uncle [Dibbrel] was burned; complains of a lot of\n                  sickness; describes a party in the country.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes purchases from a trip to town; sends\n                  greetings to various family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a tripto country; claims she will never\n                  marry as \"my fellow has gone back on me\"; invites her\n                  down for the \"protracted[?] meeting\"; plans to visit\n                  her if the mill stops during the summer; sends\n                  greetings to various family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of feeling ill; talks of recent and\n                  upcoming marriages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been sick all week; asks about various friends\n                  and family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that a cousin, Willie Holt, has died,\n                  possibly from typhoid fever; talks of the church\n                  meeting and the converts they have had.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends best wishes to \"the bride ang [sic] groom\"\n                  [Lottie's uncle and his wife]; is afraid she will not\n                  be able to visit in the summer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a weekend in the country; claims that\n                  her Uncle Edd was \"craisy with whiskey when Willie\n                  died\" but he has gotten better now; talks of mutual\n                  friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been busy with a sick friend who died of\n                  \"conjestion [sic] on the brain\"; invites her down for\n                  the 4th of July.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBoth she and her family have been very sick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the Fourth of July picnics and all the\n                  company they have had.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been sick and unable to work, so has gone to\n                  stay with a cousin; asks about friends and family\n                  members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWent to a picnic and had a splendid time, but upon\n                  her return learned that a cousin had been killed at\n                  the railroad; would like to quit working at the mill;\n                  sends greetings to various fmaily members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks about the church meeting and the 90\n                  conversions; sends greetings to various family\n                  members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses mutual friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports there is much sickness and death in the\n                  area; asks about Lottie's new beau; talks about the\n                  three fellows she and her two sisters[?] go around\n                  with; plans on quilting a new quilt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes visit of friends from Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia]; talks of upcoming marriages; invites her\n                  and her family down for Christmas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the many visitors and social events that\n                  have kept her busy; gives details of a wedding; talks\n                  of various young men; reports that a cousin has died,\n                  \"I never felt as sorry for any boddy [sic] in my life\n                  as I did for his sweetheart--it seemed like her heart\n                  would break when she looked at him for the last\n                  time\"; sends greetings to various family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of being lonely since her visit; plans\n                  to come up and visit; sends greetings to various\n                  family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a \"sugar stew--I stewed the sugar\n                  Wednesday night and pulled it and last night she had\n                  her party\"; complains of the snow and cold; discusses\n                  an upcoming wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes various parties and a wedding; hopes to\n                  visit her in two weeks if Uncle [Dibbrel] can come\n                  and get her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites her down for Easter; describes a wedding\n                  where \"the bridegroom was so drunk that he could\n                  hardly stand up\"; has been working on \"another bed\n                  quilt.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been suffering from a toothache; has been able\n                  to find someone to take over her looms at the mill,\n                  and so will be able to visit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that she ate some raisins that made her\n                  sick; describes several weddings; describes her\n                  sister's \"fellow--his head is red as fire and he is\n                  real good looking.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains that she has not written in weeks;\n                  describes the revival meeting going on at church.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been busy making a dress, entertaining\n                  company, and going to a lawn party; is angry that she\n                  did not stop for a visit while in Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia]; invites Lottie down for the Fourth of\n                  July picnics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHad to have a tooth taken out; has been running\n                  six looms a day; reports there has been a lot of\n                  sickness and death in the area.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs having a good time since the mill shut down;\n                  went to see a \"game of baseball\"; plans to go up the\n                  river for a fish fry; sends greetings to various\n                  family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks about several quilts she is working On;\n                  claims that she will never marry despite the\n                  \"widdowers [sic]...that wants to wait on me\"; asks\n                  about a shooting; complains that they can only work\n                  half-time; plans to visit next year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports there is a lot of sickness in the area;\n                  spent several days in the country with relatives;\n                  claims she is kept busy entertaining the widowers;\n                  talks of the church meeting that has lasted several\n                  weeks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been to several Christmas parties already this\n                  year; discusses the widowers who are courting her;\n                  invites her down for Christmas; discusses an upcoming\n                  marriage--\"hard times don't keep people from geting\n                  [sic] married.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the festivities planned for Christmas;\n                  work has started up full-time again; claims she will\n                  \"marry the very next\" widower who asks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that her parents are sick with \"la grippe\"\n                  (flu); claims that her fellow was at the mill on\n                  Sunday, but has left for Georgia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHappy to receive Lottie's letter; is afraid she\n                  would not recognize her as it has been so long since\n                  she has seen her; asks about Christmas; hopes to be\n                  able to accept the in-vitation to visit next summer;\n                  describes the literary society that she attends;\n                  sends greetings to various family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes for not writing sooner; describes the\n                  Christmas activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a recent party; went to town and had her\n                  pictures taken; plans to send a piece of cloth from\n                  her new dress; her fellow in Georgia has sent his\n                  picture; asks if she has received any valentines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about her \"fellow\"; talks about various\n                  friends and family members; includes a short\n                  poem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns order of merchandise from Jacob Lewit Dry\n                  Goods, Notions and Millinery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that she is writing while waiting for the\n                  Baptist preacher to call; describes a box party for\n                  the benefit of the church--\"the girls all carried a\n                  box filled with something nice to eat . and sold them\n                  to the young men...no young man knew whose box he was\n                  buying until he had paid for it and then he had to\n                  eat what was in the box with the girl...\"; reports\n                  that her fellow in Georgia has stopped by on his way\n                  back to Rhode Island, but she never expects to see\n                  him again.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been going to church every night; describes\n                  two recent weddings; complains that her \"looms run so\n                  mean.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains that she did not stop for a visit while\n                  in Petersburg, [Virginia]; is planning a shopping\n                  trip for summer clothes; sends greeting to various\n                  family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWas sorry to hear that she had been sick; went on\n                  an excursion to soldiers home-\"the prettiest place I\n                  ever saw\"; reports the death of a man who \"has been\n                  sick nearly two years.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas not had any time off from the mill this\n                  summer; plans on going on an excursion to Farmville,\n                  [Virginia] next month; describes a party--\"had plenty\n                  of cake, cream, and candy\"; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHappy to hear that she is coming for a visit;\n                  expresses surprise that a friend has run away to get\n                  married; discusses various church meetings, \"the\n                  nigroes [sic] have a big meeting about three miles\n                  from here-- a crowd goes every night but we have not\n                  been yet\"; describes visits to Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia], Farmville, [Virginia], and \"Hampton\n                  Sidney (sic] [Hamden-Sydney] College.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the \"protracted[?] meeting\"; reports\n                  that the heavy rains have interfered with the sowing\n                  of her father's oats; talks about the many quiltings\n                  around.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of a pain in her shoulder; happy to hear\n                  Lottie is coming to visit at Christmas; talks about\n                  having the hogs killed and prices on new pigs;\n                  discusses winter outfits.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that her beau came for a visit; discusses\n                  a recent party; complains about the weather; invites\n                  her down for a party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that they had to stop work because the\n                  weather was so bad; describes \"stewing sugar\" and\n                  \"making Bedquilts [sic]\"; describes a church meeting\n                  where \"the Pastor did ever tell us about dancing . .\n                  . .\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of the cold weather--\"everything at the\n                  mill freezed up\"; plans to have a party when the\n                  weather warms up, \"I want to have cream and cake,\n                  candy and Apples .\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been going to church meetings every night; two\n                  preachers from Scotland are visiting and \"the hail is\n                  crowded every night\"; reports on two upcoming\n                  marriages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of sore feet; discusses a \"baptizing\";\n                  describes an attempted elopement; discusses a friend\n                  who shot himself; tells of a \"splendid sermon\";\n                  describes a new \"black satteen\" dress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding the names Fannie Robertson and Lottie V.\n                  Clarke [sic] written at the end.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about her health; expresses ardent\n                  feelings of love; ends with a poem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes for not being able to visit in the\n                  evening because of a toothache; compliments her\n                  beauty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLove poem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWould like to know her sentiments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells her who to send her letters by.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas arrived home safely; will send the song by\n                  mail; ends with a poem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas found her books and sent them to her; asks how\n                  she and Mr. C[lark) \"are getting along courting\" and\n                  when they are to be married.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill deliver her letter privately as requested; is\n                  honored by her request to be the \"first waiter\" on\n                  the bride.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFragments of notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFragments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePoem or song.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives the address of Dr. W. Saunders as requested\n                  by Mr. Garnett.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of members of the Clark family of Amelia County,\n         Virginia, dated 1849, 1889-1899, 1915. The collection consists\n         primarily of letters written to Lottie V. Clark of Namozine,\n         Amelia County, Virginia, by Anthelia Holt and other friends in\n         Chesterfield County, Virginia, which discuss social,\n         religious, and family matters, and Anthelia's work in a cotton\n         mill. In addition, there are letters, invitations, and poems,\n         1849, 1890, and n.d., addressed to Martha Susan Clark and\n         Missouri A. Clark; and Amelia County subpoena, n.d.; and two\n         later business letters.","Describes in detail church \"feast\" where young\n                  women made matching ties and aprons, and young men\n                  had to find the young woman with an apron to match\n                  their tie; also describes upcoming social events.","Reports that an aunt and a cousin have died, and\n                  that there is a great deal of sickness; hopes to go\n                  up to the country in September.","Has just returned from Crewe,[Virginia] and has\n                  been going to church every night; discusses upcoming\n                  marriages and waiting on a couple; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.","Begs her \"Dear Little Friend\" to visit her for\n                  Christmas, and describes the festivities planned;\n                  sends congratulations to her Uncle Dibbrel on his\n                  upcoming marriage.","Describes upcoming social events; reports that she\n                  received a present of the book David Copperfield from\n                  a young man in Richmond; describes in detail her\n                  \"winter suit.\"","Complains of having a bad cold; discusses what a\n                  nice Christmas she had--\"I never saw a single person\n                  drunk nor heard a single biddle\"; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.","Describes several outings with various young men;\n                  says she will be \"coming up to Trinity Church one\n                  Sunday before long\" and asks Lottie to meet her.","Asks why she has not written; describes a visit to\n                  the country; sends greetings to other members of her\n                  family. 3 pp. ALS. Including a list of young women's\n                  names.","Describes her \"holliday\" spent in the country,\n                  including having five young men want to take her to\n                  church; gives details of an elopement and of a\n                  marrage between a sixty-five year old man and a young\n                  girl.","Discusses the visit of a friend, Nora, who has\n                  made a \"mash--he called tonight and is here now\";\n                  plans to visit in August; says she heard about the\n                  \"mash he [Lottie's Uncle Junius] made week before\n                  last--tell him that he must not get married before I\n                  come up.\"","Complains of feeling poorly for several weeks;\n                  describes a five week work stoppage at the mill due\n                  to high water; gives details of the fourth of July\n                  picnic.","Discusses upcoming picnic; describes a double\n                  wedding she attended; asks about Lottie's Uncle\n                  Junius and Dibbrel's wedding plans.","Talk of the mill stopping; talks about church\n                  meetings and upcoming marriages.","Disappointed to report the mill did not step, and\n                  she is working until after seven o'clock every night,\n                  and on Saturday until four; describes a wedding\n                  between an \"old widdow and an old widdower.\"","Describes Christmas festivities; asks about her\n                  new brother; sends pictures of herself.","Wants to know if the pictures arrived and why she\n                  has not written; reports that she has been ill with\n                  the flu (\"grippe\").","Expresses the desire to attend school, and is\n                  happy that Lottie is able to go to school; describes\n                  the school and the new preacher.","Expresses sympathy at the death of Charlie\n                  [Lottie's cousin?]; says she is happy to be working\n                  ten hours again so that she is home by five o'clock;\n                  says that she must stay up with one of her cousin's\n                  little girls who was badly burnt.","Has been caring for a cousin sick with pneumonia;\n                  went fishing over her holiday; asks about April\n                  Fool's Day.","Asks about \"trying fortune\" on May 1; glad to hear\n                  Lottie's uncles are now in charge of the post office;\n                  talks about the \"protractedi?] meeting\" on Sunday and\n                  other church services.","Describes the \"gracious revivial\" with \"one\n                  hundred converts\"; asks about Uncle Dibbrel's wedding\n                  plans.","Reports the sad news that her oldest brother has\n                  been killed in a railroad accident.","Is working half-time and would like to come up for\n                  a visit.","Describes a recent wedding; talks of the\n                  \"protracted[?] meeting\" at church.","Reports on sickness and recent deaths in the\n                  area.","Thanks Lottie for showing her such a good time\n                  during her visit; expresses dismay that Mr.\n                  Bridgewater, whose \"wife was buried just five weeks\n                  ago,\" is getting married next week.","Complains of feeling sick; discusses the young men\n                  at various sociai events, and states that she \"would\n                  not give the snap of my finger for all the men I saw\n                  yesterday--if I can't see the one I want to see I\n                  don't care to see anyone\"; describes a new dress and\n                  some quilts she is making.","Reports that. Lottie's Uncle Scott and grandfather\n                  have been to Matoaca for a visit; discusses mutual\n                  friends and acquaintances.","Happy to hear she is coming for a visit; talks\n                  about making wine and apple cider.","Talks of \"feast\" Saturday night and \"childrens\n                  day\"; asks about camp meeting; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.","Talks of working on her quilt and being teased\n                  about plans to marry; tells of upcoming church\n                  picnic; sorry to hear of illness of Lottie's\n                  yrandfather.","Happy to have received Lottie's picture; sends\n                  condolences on death of Lottie's grandfather;\n                  discusses mutual friends; talks about running five to\n                  six looms at the mill.","Has quilted two quilts, and has two more to quilt;\n                  is getting ready for the fair in Richmond.","Complains of being sick; hopes that she and her\n                  family have decided to become Christians following\n                  the meeting; discusses the weekend events; is sending\n                  a scrapbook to her; glad to hear of several people\n                  who had joined the church.","Discusses managing the household while her parents\n                  were gone; describes the fair [in Richmond];\n                  describes a shopping trip to Petersburg; reports that\n                  a cousin has died; probably will not be able to visit\n                  at Christmas.","Hopes to visit again soon; discusses a recent\n                  marriage and baptizing.","Complains of everyone having colds; hopes to visit\n                  at Christmas time.","Has been running six looms at the mill; invites\n                  her down for Christmas; describes a quilting with\n                  \"plenty of music and singing\"; says they have plenty\n                  of meat now that \"Pa\" has had his hogs killed.","Reports that their mail carrier has died; says\n                  there is a lot of sickness; hopes Lottie will enjoy\n                  the \"Sugar Stew.\"","Everyone has been sick; describes Christmas and\n                  the many visitors.","Describes a candy party; complains that she \"was\n                  disappointed last Saturday and Sunday my fellow did\n                  not come\"; has been making pillow cases.","Reports they have a lot of sickness; the tinners\n                  have been tinning their house; her \"fellow\" came by\n                  on Sunday; describes a wedding that \"did not come\n                  off.\"","Had to work until seven o'clock; went to church\n                  the night before and heard a \"beautiful sermon\";\n                  hopes to be able \"to go up in Chesterfieid, \"\n                  [Virginia] for the weekend.","Writes that she is sorry to hear that Lottie's\n                  Uncle [Dibbrel] was burned; complains of a lot of\n                  sickness; describes a party in the country.","Describes purchases from a trip to town; sends\n                  greetings to various family members.","Describes a tripto country; claims she will never\n                  marry as \"my fellow has gone back on me\"; invites her\n                  down for the \"protracted[?] meeting\"; plans to visit\n                  her if the mill stops during the summer; sends\n                  greetings to various family members.","Complains of feeling ill; talks of recent and\n                  upcoming marriages.","Has been sick all week; asks about various friends\n                  and family members.","Reports that a cousin, Willie Holt, has died,\n                  possibly from typhoid fever; talks of the church\n                  meeting and the converts they have had.","Sends best wishes to \"the bride ang [sic] groom\"\n                  [Lottie's uncle and his wife]; is afraid she will not\n                  be able to visit in the summer.","Describes a weekend in the country; claims that\n                  her Uncle Edd was \"craisy with whiskey when Willie\n                  died\" but he has gotten better now; talks of mutual\n                  friends.","Has been busy with a sick friend who died of\n                  \"conjestion [sic] on the brain\"; invites her down for\n                  the 4th of July.","Both she and her family have been very sick.","Describes the Fourth of July picnics and all the\n                  company they have had.","Has been sick and unable to work, so has gone to\n                  stay with a cousin; asks about friends and family\n                  members.","Went to a picnic and had a splendid time, but upon\n                  her return learned that a cousin had been killed at\n                  the railroad; would like to quit working at the mill;\n                  sends greetings to various fmaily members.","Talks about the church meeting and the 90\n                  conversions; sends greetings to various family\n                  members.","Discusses mutual friends.","Reports there is much sickness and death in the\n                  area; asks about Lottie's new beau; talks about the\n                  three fellows she and her two sisters[?] go around\n                  with; plans on quilting a new quilt.","Describes visit of friends from Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia]; talks of upcoming marriages; invites her\n                  and her family down for Christmas.","Describes the many visitors and social events that\n                  have kept her busy; gives details of a wedding; talks\n                  of various young men; reports that a cousin has died,\n                  \"I never felt as sorry for any boddy [sic] in my life\n                  as I did for his sweetheart--it seemed like her heart\n                  would break when she looked at him for the last\n                  time\"; sends greetings to various family members.","Complains of being lonely since her visit; plans\n                  to come up and visit; sends greetings to various\n                  family members.","Describes a \"sugar stew--I stewed the sugar\n                  Wednesday night and pulled it and last night she had\n                  her party\"; complains of the snow and cold; discusses\n                  an upcoming wedding.","Describes various parties and a wedding; hopes to\n                  visit her in two weeks if Uncle [Dibbrel] can come\n                  and get her.","Invites her down for Easter; describes a wedding\n                  where \"the bridegroom was so drunk that he could\n                  hardly stand up\"; has been working on \"another bed\n                  quilt.\"","Has been suffering from a toothache; has been able\n                  to find someone to take over her looms at the mill,\n                  and so will be able to visit.","Reports that she ate some raisins that made her\n                  sick; describes several weddings; describes her\n                  sister's \"fellow--his head is red as fire and he is\n                  real good looking.\"","Complains that she has not written in weeks;\n                  describes the revival meeting going on at church.","Has been busy making a dress, entertaining\n                  company, and going to a lawn party; is angry that she\n                  did not stop for a visit while in Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia]; invites Lottie down for the Fourth of\n                  July picnics.","Had to have a tooth taken out; has been running\n                  six looms a day; reports there has been a lot of\n                  sickness and death in the area.","Is having a good time since the mill shut down;\n                  went to see a \"game of baseball\"; plans to go up the\n                  river for a fish fry; sends greetings to various\n                  family members.","Talks about several quilts she is working On;\n                  claims that she will never marry despite the\n                  \"widdowers [sic]...that wants to wait on me\"; asks\n                  about a shooting; complains that they can only work\n                  half-time; plans to visit next year.","Reports there is a lot of sickness in the area;\n                  spent several days in the country with relatives;\n                  claims she is kept busy entertaining the widowers;\n                  talks of the church meeting that has lasted several\n                  weeks.","Has been to several Christmas parties already this\n                  year; discusses the widowers who are courting her;\n                  invites her down for Christmas; discusses an upcoming\n                  marriage--\"hard times don't keep people from geting\n                  [sic] married.\"","Discusses the festivities planned for Christmas;\n                  work has started up full-time again; claims she will\n                  \"marry the very next\" widower who asks.","Reports that her parents are sick with \"la grippe\"\n                  (flu); claims that her fellow was at the mill on\n                  Sunday, but has left for Georgia.","Happy to receive Lottie's letter; is afraid she\n                  would not recognize her as it has been so long since\n                  she has seen her; asks about Christmas; hopes to be\n                  able to accept the in-vitation to visit next summer;\n                  describes the literary society that she attends;\n                  sends greetings to various family members.","Apologizes for not writing sooner; describes the\n                  Christmas activities.","Describes a recent party; went to town and had her\n                  pictures taken; plans to send a piece of cloth from\n                  her new dress; her fellow in Georgia has sent his\n                  picture; asks if she has received any valentines.","Asks about her \"fellow\"; talks about various\n                  friends and family members; includes a short\n                  poem.","Concerns order of merchandise from Jacob Lewit Dry\n                  Goods, Notions and Millinery.","Reports that she is writing while waiting for the\n                  Baptist preacher to call; describes a box party for\n                  the benefit of the church--\"the girls all carried a\n                  box filled with something nice to eat . and sold them\n                  to the young men...no young man knew whose box he was\n                  buying until he had paid for it and then he had to\n                  eat what was in the box with the girl...\"; reports\n                  that her fellow in Georgia has stopped by on his way\n                  back to Rhode Island, but she never expects to see\n                  him again.","Has been going to church every night; describes\n                  two recent weddings; complains that her \"looms run so\n                  mean.\"","Complains that she did not stop for a visit while\n                  in Petersburg, [Virginia]; is planning a shopping\n                  trip for summer clothes; sends greeting to various\n                  family members.","Was sorry to hear that she had been sick; went on\n                  an excursion to soldiers home-\"the prettiest place I\n                  ever saw\"; reports the death of a man who \"has been\n                  sick nearly two years.\"","Has not had any time off from the mill this\n                  summer; plans on going on an excursion to Farmville,\n                  [Virginia] next month; describes a party--\"had plenty\n                  of cake, cream, and candy\"; sends greetings to\n                  various family members.","Happy to hear that she is coming for a visit;\n                  expresses surprise that a friend has run away to get\n                  married; discusses various church meetings, \"the\n                  nigroes [sic] have a big meeting about three miles\n                  from here-- a crowd goes every night but we have not\n                  been yet\"; describes visits to Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia], Farmville, [Virginia], and \"Hampton\n                  Sidney (sic] [Hamden-Sydney] College.\"","Discusses the \"protracted[?] meeting\"; reports\n                  that the heavy rains have interfered with the sowing\n                  of her father's oats; talks about the many quiltings\n                  around.","Complains of a pain in her shoulder; happy to hear\n                  Lottie is coming to visit at Christmas; talks about\n                  having the hogs killed and prices on new pigs;\n                  discusses winter outfits.","Reports that her beau came for a visit; discusses\n                  a recent party; complains about the weather; invites\n                  her down for a party.","Reports that they had to stop work because the\n                  weather was so bad; describes \"stewing sugar\" and\n                  \"making Bedquilts [sic]\"; describes a church meeting\n                  where \"the Pastor did ever tell us about dancing . .\n                  . .\"","Complains of the cold weather--\"everything at the\n                  mill freezed up\"; plans to have a party when the\n                  weather warms up, \"I want to have cream and cake,\n                  candy and Apples .\"","Has been going to church meetings every night; two\n                  preachers from Scotland are visiting and \"the hail is\n                  crowded every night\"; reports on two upcoming\n                  marriages.","Complains of sore feet; discusses a \"baptizing\";\n                  describes an attempted elopement; discusses a friend\n                  who shot himself; tells of a \"splendid sermon\";\n                  describes a new \"black satteen\" dress.","Including the names Fannie Robertson and Lottie V.\n                  Clarke [sic] written at the end.","Inquires about her health; expresses ardent\n                  feelings of love; ends with a poem.","Apologizes for not being able to visit in the\n                  evening because of a toothache; compliments her\n                  beauty.","Love poem.","Would like to know her sentiments.","Tells her who to send her letters by.","Has arrived home safely; will send the song by\n                  mail; ends with a poem.","Has found her books and sent them to her; asks how\n                  she and Mr. C[lark) \"are getting along courting\" and\n                  when they are to be married.","Will deliver her letter privately as requested; is\n                  honored by her request to be the \"first waiter\" on\n                  the bride.","Fragments of notes.","Fragments.","Poem or song.","Gives the address of Dr. W. Saunders as requested\n                  by Mr. Garnett."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Publication Rights/Restrictions on Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003ePapers, 1849, 1888-1899, 1915, of\n         members of the Clark family of Amelia County, Virginia\n         including letters, 1888-1895, written to Lottie V. 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