{"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Freedmen--Virginia.","last":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Freedmen--Virginia.\u0026page=1"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":1,"next_page":null,"prev_page":null,"total_pages":1,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":0,"total_count":1,"first_page?":true,"last_page?":true}},"data":[{"id":"viw_viw00085","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Powell Famiy Papers, \n \n 1775-1927.","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00085#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Powell Family, Johns Hopkins, Agnes Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, George Washington Custis Lee, Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee, Hunter Holmes McGuire, James Monroe.","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00085#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Letters and papers of the Powell family which originated in Loudoun County, Virginia, but subsequently lived in Henry [Marshall County], Illinois; Winchester, Virginia; and Alexandria, Virginia. This family of school teachers was dislocated and separated during the Civil War and lived in various locations in the state until re-uniting in Alexandria.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00085#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viw_viw00085","ead_ssi":"viw_viw00085","_root_":"viw_viw00085","_nest_parent_":"viw_viw00085","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/wm/viw00085.xml","title_ssm":["Powell Famiy Papers, \n \n 1775-1927."],"title_tesim":["Powell Famiy Papers, \n \n 1775-1927."],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 65 P875"],"text":["Mss. 65 P875","Powell Famiy Papers, \n \n 1775-1927.","Women--United\n States--History- -19th century.","Freedmen--Virginia.","African\n Americans--Virginia--History--19th century.","\n Reconstruction--Virginia.","Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid,\n 1864.","United States- -History--\n Civil War, 1861-1865.","682 items and 2 manuscript\n volumes.","Collection is open to all researchers.","Organization This collection is organized into 5 series. Series 1\n contains papers of the Powell Family; Series 2 contains\n copies of historical letters; Series 3 contains legal\n papers; Series 4 contains cartes de visites; and Series 5\n contains diaries, record books, and other miscellaneous\n volumes.","This collection is organized into 5 series. Series 1\n contains papers of the Powell Family; Series 2 contains\n copies of historical letters; Series 3 contains legal\n papers; Series 4 contains cartes de visites; and Series 5\n contains diaries, record books, and other miscellaneous\n volumes.","Arrangement This collection is primarily arranged chronologically by\n date.","This collection is primarily arranged chronologically by\n date.","Graydon, Katharine\n Virginia. Those Who Are Compelled To Be\n Employed: Women, Work, and Education In The Powell Family\n of Virginia. 1992. Master's Thesis, Swem Library, College of William\n and Mary. \n Call Number: LD6051 .W5m Hist., 1992, G73 \n ","Hopkins, Frank Snowden. The Powell and Lloyd Families\n of Virginia. 1988. Manuscript and Rare Books Department, Swem\n Library, College of William and Mary. \n Collection Number: 1889.55 \n ","Wahrsager, Kay Fierman. Network: A Sturdy of the Civil\n War South Through An Analysis of Letters Written By The\n Powell Family of Winchester, Virginia, 1861-1865. 1990. Honors Thesis, Swem Library, College of William\n and Mary. \n Call Number: LD6051 .W5m Hist., 1990, W3 \n ","The central figures in this collection are Cuthbert Powell\n (1775-1849), his son, Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896),\n Charles Leven Powell's wife, Selina (Lloyd) Powell (d. 1871),\n and their children.","Cuthbert Powell Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849) was born in Middleburg,\n Loudoun County, Virginia to parents Leven Powell (1737-1810)\n and Sarah (Harrison) Powell. He was one of eleven children.\n Cuthbert made his fortune alongside his brother, Leven Powell,\n Jr. (1772-1807), as a merchant and ship owner. He retired to\n \"Llangollen,\" Loudoun County, Virginia in 1812 after a decline\n in business. Later he was elected to serve in both houses of\n the Virginia General Assembly; the Virginia State Senate in\n 1829 and the Virginia House of Delegates in 1840. In 1788,\n Cuthbert married Catherine Simms, daughter of Col. Charles\n Simms. The couple had ten children including; Anne Maria\n Powell (1800-1885), who married 1st cousin Dr. William Levin\n Powell; Dr. Llewellen Powell (1802-1870), who married cousin\n Sarah Elizabeth Harrison; Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896),\n who married Selina Lloyd; Mary Emily Powell (b.1807), who\n married cousin Cuthbert Powell and later Rev. George Adie;\n Ellen Douglas Powell (1813- 1862) who married Judge William H.\n Gray; Cuthbert Harrison Powell (1814-1897); and Jane Simms\n (Fanny) Powell, who married Wellington Gordon.","Charles Leven Powell and Family Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896) married Selina Lloyd\n (d. 1871) in 1830. The couple had six children, including;\n Rebecca Powell (1831-1921), Harriet Lee \"Hattie\" (Powell)\n Smoot (1833-1870), Lloyd Powell (1834-1861), Charles Leven\n Powell, Jr. (1835-1862), Minna Powell (1837-1854), and Selina\n \"Nina\" (Powell) Hepburn (1842-1918). Harriet Lee \"Hattie\"\n (Powell) Smoot (1833-1870) married Rector Smoot. In 1871,\n Selina \"Nina\" (Powell) Hepburn (1842-1918) married Sewell\n Stavely Hepbron. At some point, the last name Hepbron was\n changed to Hepburn.","Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896) graduated from Yale\n College in 1825. After unsuccessful attempts at starting a law\n practice in Alexandria, Virginia, he was able to support his\n family as a teacher. Still hoping to advance his law career,\n the family moved to Henry, Illinois in 1850. After the death\n of their daughter, Minna Powell (1837-1854), the family\n returned to Virginia leaving the two sons behind. The parents\n opened a girls boarding school in Winschester, Virginia, but\n at the start of the Civil War in 1861 were forced to shut\n down. Lloyd Powell (1834-1861) returned to Virginia to enlist\n in the war and was killed at the 1st Battle of Bull Run, 21\n July 1861. Following his death, Charles Leven Powell, Jr.\n (1835-1862) returned to Virginia to enlist and was killed in a\n skirmish in August 1862. The rest of the family scattered\n across the state to live with various relatives until the end\n of the war. The family reassembled in Alexandria, Virginia and\n opened another school for girls called the \"Arlington\n Institute.\" The teachers on staff include Charles Leven Powell\n (1804-1896), his wife and his three remaining daughters. This\n school supported the family for 30 years until its closure in\n 1894.","Leven Powell Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary;\n include the correspondence of Leven Powell (1737-1810), who\n was the father of Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849). Leven Powell\n served in the American Revolution, Virginia House of\n Delegates and U. S. House of Representatives. \n Leven Powell Papers, \n 1774-\n 1806. 93 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 P87","Letters and papers of Charles Leven Powell, his wife Selina\n (Lloyd) Powell and children of Loudoun County, Virginia;\n Henry, Illinois; Winchester, Virginia; and Alexandria,\n Virginia. There are also included papers of Charles Leven\n Powell's father, Cuthbert Powell. Prominent correspondents\n include Johns Hopkins, Eleanor Agnes Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, George\n Washington Custis Lee, Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee, Hunter\n Holmes McGuire and James Monroe.","Letters concern Robert Young Conrad, Hunter Holmes McGuire,\n civilian affairs during the Civil War, the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren\n Raid, freedmen, Reconstruction, and the education of women.\n Many letters are written by women. In addition, there are a\n number of letters from and concerning members of the Dupuy\n family of Prince Edward County, Winchester, Virginia including\n Robert Young Conrad (president of the Virginia Secession\n Convention) and his son Holmes Conrad (U. S. Congressman).","Including Cy of DS, 8 April 1786, a statement\n by J. Nicholson that the witnesses Joshua Lamb and\n John Lamb (both Quakers) and Joseph Greenwood\n affirmed and swore that this was the last will and\n testament of Thomas Hepborn.","Reports on the status of the ship the \n Rising Sun ; says\n she will dispose of her cargo as soon as possible;\n says the ship was detained by the British [War of\n 1812], but given up.","Signed by \n W[illia]m\n Hodgson and \n Tho[ma]s Van Le,\n Jr.","Her daughter [?] Nancy, had a healthy baby boy\n who is nursing well; Nancy is staying with her\n now, and her husband Mr. Wallach, spends almost\n every night there also; is concerned that Nancy\n will live a hard life because of her husband's\n financial situation; on the other hand, her\n daughter Catherine [?] will be \"free from the\n trials attended on a state of poverty,\" being\n married to \n [Cuthbert]\n Powell, who owns a large farm in Loudoun\n County; much Simms family news; mentions Mrs.\n Trist's grandson, Nicholas Trist.","Signed by B. Cottinger.","Fatherly letter giving his opinion of a certain\n young lady and marriage, as well as general\n advice.","Discussion of his engagement to this daughter\n [Selina], and the seriousness of the matter,\n especially in concerning finances; tells of his\n poor financial state as related to a dowry, or the\n lack thereof, for his daughter; gives his approval\n of the \"alliance,\" but hopes they will delay the\n marriage for some time.","Has given great consideration to his claim\n against the French government, and has turned the\n case over to Stephen Pleasanton, who is the\n auditor for the Dept. of State, and who is now\n handling all claims; since Mr. Pleasanton is a\n personal friend, and he [James Monroe] is greatly\n interested in his [Burr Powell] case, he knows he\n will get an answer soon; will also be returning\n the agriculture pamphlet.","Sends extract of Mr. Pleasanton's reply\n concerning the claim against the French\n government, and asks that he reply with the\n necessary information; will also do anything he\n can to help.","Further discussion of his claim against the\n French government, and dealings with Stephen\n Pleasanton and Issac Coxe Barnett.","More instructions about the claim being made\n against the French government.","Further discussion and explanation of the case\n involving \n [Burr] Powell and\n his claim against the French government.","Continued information concerning Powell's claim\n against the French government.","The new court system has kept him extremely\n busy; social life has slowed down; the fashion\n these days to relieve boredom is to ride\n horseback; expresses concern for his own colt in\n the country; inquires after Br. Nelson and his\n medical career; also asks about a large, gay party\n at South River; recommends books for good reading\n including \n Schegel's History of\n Literature .","Has received the results of his claim from Mr.\n Pleasanton, and regrets the outcome, which he\n disagrees with; does not feel anyone is to\n blame.","Asks her to come visit over Christmas;\n describes the social events in Arlington; mentions\n her cousin George Calvert; says the big event is\n the fair for the benefit of orphans.","Describes a walk she took and the surrounding\n countryside, including the wildflowers and\n startling a herd of deer; have had many visitors,\n including a very graceful lady who is said to have\n been \"addressed\" by Mr. Van Buren, a \"jolly\n goodnatured ... commodore and some of the ugliest\n officers,\" and Mrs. Porter and her scholars; tells\n of books she has read, including \n Tales of a\n Grandfather , \n The Sorcerer , and \n The Talisman ;\n loving memories and looking forward to their next\n meeting.","Have just returned from a visit to her\n grandmother's and her cousin, Ann Marshall; they\n all are saddened by the death of Mr. Fitzhugh;\n describes the country from South to West River,\n where she had visited, and comments on meeting a\n lovely girl, Bella Carter; mentions the jealousy\n of another male [suitor?], Seldon Page; mentions\n Mary Custis.","Sends his best wishes for her new life with\n [Charles L.] Powell; will be able to attend the\n wedding as well as \"Brother Nelson\"; is uncommonly\n warm; is sending a bonnet for her and a small\n diamond breast-pin for Father by the steamboat\n Franklin, commanded by Amr. Nevitt; describes the\n long ribbons attached to the bonnet, which are for\n going once all the way around the bonnet before\n knotting them by the ear, not for tying a bow\n under the chin; also includes a diagram of how to\n tie them in the current fashion; admits to having\n been helped in choosing the bonnet by Miss Olivia\n Donaldson.","Discusses events in Washington D.C.; says she\n went to \"the President's\" on New Year's day;\n discusses Mr. Marshall's sermons; mentions books\n she is reading; asks Selina to come visit her.","Says her health is improving; encourages her to\n ask her for help when she needs it; discusses the\n articles she is sending her including a lemon\n tree, curtains, a mattress; discusses how these\n things will get to her; gives news about the\n children; Bec, Nanny, Frank, and Fred.","His mother-in-law has told him of the wonderful\n news of the birth of another daughter [Hattie],\n and that both mother and baby are safe; will be up\n to visit in about a week; comments on balancing\n the sexes in the family, and that he has \"no\n notion of supplying my brother's and sister's\n children with wives\"...\"we shall hate to transport\n them [his daughters] to the wilds of the west\";\n all is well at home, a new hen house is being\n built, but the garden is too wet to work; is\n lonely but is visiting neighbors; family news;\n religious sentiments expressed about her, their\n new daughter, and their family.","Gives account of his trip to Wheeling,\n including a sweet good-bye from daughter Rebecca;\n was not able to locate Robert Gray or [?]\n Throckmorton at Harper's Ferry, but later met them\n at Point of Rocks; detailed description of a\n railroad and train cars; tells poignant story of a\n dog on the train searching for his master.","Has had many family visitors since his\n departure and family news; there is a measles\n outbreak at \"Llangollen,\" and all of the negroes\n have it; she had her teeth filed by Dr.\n Overfield[?]; a fire in Upperville destroyed\n Robert Armistead's new store and the adjoining\n saddle shop; they have had a beautiful snowfall,\n covering all of the blossom-filled trees, which\n melted quickly, doing no harm to the fruit; had a\n letter from brother John, who advises that he\n [Charles L. Powell] \"go directly to Texas\"; loving\n stories about their daughter's activities.","Had a bad thunderstorm the day she left;\n inquires about her trip and her relatives; details\n of children's activities; has let Becca sleep with\n him.","Their father will be taking a trip West this\n spring, accompanied by cousin William; family\n information; social life in Leesburg very quiet;\n misses her and her family.","Details of his trip from Alexandria; spent the\n night with relatives; warns her about catching a\n cold on a windy day; tells of conversations with\n their young son.","Private financial matters; tells of his busy\n schedule as a representative from Virginia. to the\n U.S. legislature; gives his negative opinion\n concerning a [bank?] bill introduced by \n [Henry] Clay, which\n he feels the President would veto; \n [Daniel]\n Webster shares his opinion; life insurance\n inquiry.","Will not be home when expected because the\n House [of Representatives] is not going to adjourn\n until Monday; the Congress received their second\n veto from President Tyler regarding the Bank Bill;\n describes an assault made by \n Sen. [Henry A.]\n Wise upon \n Sen. [Edward]\n Stanly in Congress.","Asking about her visit to Washington and the\n Chamber of National Institute; speaks of floods,\n bad weather, but comfortable where he is, because\n of Margaret's[?] kindness; describes lifestyle and\n \"humorous remarks of Charles Lamb\", sexual\n relationship with her.","Wishing thumb to heal; speaks of cattle and\n other animals at \"Llangollen\" that he misses; asks\n about children; saw Ann[?] mentions Virginia\n Taylor's visit; will visit wife before harvest;\n reference to brother, Leven, and his wife, and\n Sarah[?].","Hustle and excitement of the House of\n Representatives; hoping to adjourn on Monday the\n twenty-second, but difficulties cause many night\n meetings; political discussion about Tariff\n Question and Tuck bill.","Discusses her story at \"the Springs;\" tells\n about the politics the company there discussed;\n gives her own view of these issues; gives news\n about family and friends; hopes that Congress will\n soon adjourn so that he can come home.","Compares episode of thief robbing hen house to\n thieves in Washington trying to rob \"public\n treasures\"; wants to buy books for her; tells how\n he wishes to be with her and the rest of his\n family.","Writes of the bad weather and that they are\n able to get out very little; says Mr. Powell went\n to the Inauguration on horseback; tells what books\n the family members are reading; mentions the issue\n of white servants; discusses Rebecca's feelings of\n becoming a young lady; says that they could not\n get the house they wanted for next year; mentions\n Mr. Powell's feelings of frustration for not being\n able to better provide for them; gives more news\n about the Inauguration; news of family and\n friends.","Daughter, Harriet, left with Uncle William to\n spend holidays with them; daughter, Minna, had a\n birthday party, inviting Aunt Mary's children and\n Eskridges; much family news; death of Maria\n Lee.","Discusses her religious feelings; discusses her\n traveling plans; describes her relationship with\n each of her relatives where she is staying; says\n she is staying with Fan and helping her with her\n wedding.","Discusses the housekeeping and how Rebecca is\n taking care of the house while she is away;\n discusses the health of family members; tells how\n they are altering last year's dresses; says\n \"Mother\" is quite weak and \"Father\" is very\n dependent on her; gives news of Brother Nelson and\n Jeanie (sister?); gives travel plans of family;\n says Mr. Powell has gotten six teeth put in and\n looks much younger.","Describes their arrival home with her brother\n Nelson; gives news of \"little Nan\"[?]; asks about\n Rebecca and Minna's trip; tells her to be happy\n and to follow God; says Charlie is doing well in\n school.","Much family news; mentions Laura's[?]\n wedding.","Tells what she did during her visit to Locust\n Hill; tells what is going on in town; gives news\n of family and friends. Including news from ALS\n from \"Mother\" \n S[elina]\n Powell to Rebecca Powell telling of her many\n activities.","Discusses Jesus and how one must search for and\n do things that please Him; asks that she watch her\n sister, Minna, closely so that she will not\n overexert herself; Ariana[?] had a baby boy;\n describes son, Charlie, and daughter Nina's,\n reactions to reading school and learning; much\n family news.","Speaks of John's[?] carriage and velocipede\n that once was Minna Lloyd's, describing how she\n rode the vehicle; describes what a Holly tree is;\n (has genealogical information about \n M[inna]\n Powell, Lloyd Powell, and Charlie Powell in\n a different hand, which appears to have been added\n later.)","Gloucester\n C[our]t House, Virginia. Speaks of her\n \"companion in Matilda Lee[?]; received visit from\n Nannie Guy and Maria Harrison; describes\n celebration in honour of General Taylor's\n election; describes Mrs. Janney's travels; town\n gossip and family news.","Much family news; speaks of going to Locust\n Hill; inquires and tells about adventures of many\n townspeople; obliged to Mrs. Tabb for taking care\n of her and other daughter, Minna.","Speaks of Cousin Lucy's[?] party; describes\n Christmas scene around her house and gifts that\n the children received; describes Cousin Elizabeth\n Janney and compares to Cousin Harriet; much family\n news.","Discusses who has come to visit her; describes\n Cousin Lee's wife, Maria, and their wedding; asks\n about her Christmas; describes the book marks she\n made for Christmas presents; asks how Minna is\n doing.","Speaks of snow and bad weather; notes that\n daughters, Rebecca and Minna, have been gone\n for almost three months; Fanny (Powell) Gordon\n is going to visit Fredericksburg; mentions a\n letter from Jeannie[?] who found General Jones,\n in Washington, quite \"agreeable and handsome\";\n Cuthbert Powell is much better, and he speaks\n of going to Gloucester to join a Mr. Hale; Nina\n is afraid of everything; much family news;\n mentions hiring of a slave, Margaret.","Rebecca's description of her Uncle Tabb's\n [Dr. John Prosser Tabb] house seems far in\n advance of Old-Virginian architectural styles;\n speaks of death of Mrs. Douglas Gordon.","Speaks of dancing as a family as a \"social\n amusement,\" but says that it does offend some\n \"in the religious world\"; says that one must\n respect the public opinion of the community\n where one lives; have had severe weather;\n family news. \n Including ANS from Hatty Powell,\n Leesburg, [Virginia], to \n Min[na]\n Powell, Gloucester\n C[ourt] House, for letter and\n \"glove-knots\" and sending love to \n Aunt\n ReBec[ca] and \n Uncle [John]\n Prosser . 1 page.","Her brother, Charlie, and sister, Nina, have\n sore throats, and her father has a bad cold;\n snowy weather; Hatty went with Aunt Ellen to\n Selma and Raspberry Plain; Mr. Armistead Rust\n is to be married before March 4; much family\n news.","Reports on the snow storms they have had;\n mentions the coming wedding of Armistead Rust\n and Lilly Lawrence; tells how he likes working\n at the store; describes one of their customers;\n describes the house they may rent next spring. \n Including ALS from \n S[elina]\n Powell, Leesburg, [Virginia], to \n Rebecca\n [Powell], [Gloucester, Virginia]. Says\n she is glad to hear Minna's health is\n improving; gives news of family; says her\n brother Nelson soon sails for California to dig\n gold, and may not be back for five years;\n reports on how he expects to live; says that\n there are measles and mumps in town. 1\n page.","Maris's[?] father announced as candidate for\n re-election; General Rust's family going to New\n York to attend a wedding; father is renting\n Carper's house; bad weather and snow causing\n many colds and illnesses; Mrs. Eskridge's\n father died; father may go to the\n \"Inauguration\"; much family news.","Saw \n \n [Representative John S.] Pendleton at the\n House\n [of Representatives] in Washington,\n [D.C.]; Pendleton wants a senate appointment;\n he will not go to Leesburg because he does not\n want to \"meddle with party movements\"; mentions\n \"County Repeal of the dog law.\"","Mother and Father are both sick; \"brother\"\n has gone to inauguration; describes how to make\n eggnog, and gives her opinion of it; describes\n riding horses to the cliff and tells of\n adventures. \n Including AL from [Harriet Powell],\n Leesburg, [Virginia], to \"Sister,\" [Rebecca\n Powell], [Gloucester, Virginia], 27 Febuary\n [February] 2849, incomplete letter concerning\n outbreak of the mumps and family and town news.\n 1 page.","Father suffering from piles; mumps are still\n prevailing; do not have parties during Lent;\n much family news.","Speaks of gossips saying that Mr. Benedict\n is having an affair with Mrs. Henderson;\n describes procession in Washington, [D.C.] and\n the inauguration; much family news. \n Including ALS from \n S[elina]\n Powell, Leesburg, [Virginia], to \n [Re]Bec[aa]\n Powell, [Gloucester, Virginia], 26 March\n 1849, concerning family news and the time of\n year. 1 page.","Expresses joy that Minna's health is till\n improving; says she is recovering from her\n cold; says Lloyd and Hattie have been ill as\n well; Discusses the issue of Rebecca's\n upsetting her Aunt Rebecca by being late for a\n meal; says her Aunt is easily vexed in \"her\n condition\"; gives news of friends and family;\n describes their new servant Robert. \n Including ALS from \n C[harles] S.\n Powell, to \n [Re]Bec[ca]\n [Powell], n.p., n.d., concerning Uncle\n Prosser's desire to put Minna on \"short\n allowance,\" and Minna's consumption of\n beef.","Describes their move to another house which\n she says is comfortable but small; hopes that\n the Gloucester air is getting rid of her cold;\n says their father is busy with court dealings;\n says many in the area have mumps including\n Hattie; says that Hattie is getting a tooth\n plugged; says she does not want Lloyd to leave\n to live so far away; discusses mesmerism\n (hypnotism).","Speaks of her bad health; her husband is\n busy preparing for court; mentions a party at\n Exeter; Mrs. Fontleroy had a girl so Mrs. Knox\n is a grandmother; much more family news and\n information.","Rebecca Powell will be coming home within a\n week or so; Fanny[?] is at Locust Hill with the\n mumps; much family news; \n Uncle William\n [Gray] persuaded Father to go to Gum\n Springs, [Virginia], until after the election;\n election day things seemed to be going against\n Father. \n Including ANS from Nina Powell, Leesburg,\n [Virginia], to \"Sister \n Minna\"\n [Powell], Gloucester Court House,\n Virginia, 26 April 1849, concerning family\n news. 1 page.","Describes Minna's cough and how they are\n treating it; tells her what clothes Lloyd and\n Charlie should wear if it gets colder; says she\n has been doing little except taking care of\n Minna; discusses new dresses for the winter and\n corsets; gives news of friends and relatives;\n discusses travel plans, to come home for the\n winter.","Discusses dresses, materials and costs;\n discusses bonnets; gives news of family; thanks\n her and Hattie for taking care of the household\n duties while she is away.","Says Minna is now well and that they are\n anxious to come home; gives news of Jeanie (her\n sister?), and Rebecca; gives news of \"Mother\"\n and \"Father\"; discusses books.","Says Mr. Powell had his \"likeness taken\" at\n the Daguerreotype rooms; says Minna's health\n continues to improve but that she may have one\n tonsil taken out; discusses the remedies she is\n taking; says she feels stronger also; gives\n news of friends; gives news of Rebecca, Jeanie,\n and \"sister\" Ann; discusses walking shoes.","Gives advice on her health and\n over-exertion; describes the illumination that\n took place in the neighborhood; tells of visits\n she has made; tells stories about Minna's\n sister, Nina; gives news of family and friends;\n says Hattie has lost her \"excess of fat\" and is\n walking three times a day.","Tells what each family member is doing;\n discusses bonnets; discusses appearance versus\n reality as concerning materialism; discusses\n the opportunities for her in Alexandria;\n discusses the role of children in the family;\n gives news of friends and family; mentions that\n \"brother\" John may move and that if they move\n to Illinois, they will be closer to him.","Says they got there a few days ago and that\n Mr. Powell, Mr. Grey(?), and \"brother Llew have\n gone to \"the sale of the negroes; discusses her\n visit in Alexandria with her grandparents;\n Discusses the bad weather in Leesburg and the\n bad condition of the roads; says their family\n must economize rigidly; says Mr. Powell found\n the law business in Alexandria too small, so\n they will not be moving there; expresses her\n disappointment at the outcome; gives news of\n family.","Reviews Christmas gifts received by\n everyone; describes a \"reading party\";\n describes Christmas decorations of the Church;\n Family news. \n Including ANS from \n S[elina]\n Powell, Leesburg, [Virginia], to \n [Re]Bec[ca]\n [Powell], n.p., 29 December 1849,\n concerning when daughter, Rebecca, is to return\n home. 1 page.","Tells of the recent social events of the area;\n describes the format of a reading party; says her\n mother-in-law could not make it to their home\n because of the snow; asks her how her mother is\n doing; says there is still small pox in the area;\n discusses how many servants she has and what each\n does; says that Rebecca's Uncle George took\n Cuthbert to an asylum in Baltimore and hopes he\n will be happier there then when he was \"out.\"","Gives news of Rebecca's Uncle Richard and Aunt\n Elizabeth who live in Illinois; says she plans to\n get a description of the Illinois life from them;\n gives news of Ellen[?] who is unwell and is going\n to a doctor in New York; discusses how Rebecca can\n get home; describes family activities; says they\n have been able to do little because of the rain\n and mud; says she lies on her back all day sewing\n while her children read to her.","Reading parties are the only way she can\n socialize; reports \n Maria\n [Grady's] death; reports about a big baptist\n meeting going on there headed by Mrs. Lucket; much\n town news. \n Including ALS from \n S[elina]\n P[owell], Leesburg, [Virginia], to Rebecca\n Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, 26 January 1850,\n concerning Rebecca Powell's trip home and \n Maria\n [Grady's] \"triumphant death.\" 1 page.","Speaks of terrible weather; boats of learning\n to spin [rolls of cotton on a spinning wheel];\n reports death of Rebecca Gray, Robert Gray's\n daughter; describes her daily routine; discusses\n Mary Grady. \n Including ALS from \"devoted mother,\" [Selina\n Powell], Leesburg, [Virginia], to \"Bec,\" Rebecca\n Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 1850,\n concerning bad weather, family news, and\n attendance to the convention. 1 page.","Says many in the family have been very sick for\n a couple of days and that she has had to nurse\n them; says Minna is now sick; and never had fully\n recovered from the chicken pox she had before;\n gives advice of how to be a good guest; advises\n her on her studies.","Says she has a toothache but must wait until\n May to get them pulled; describes a humorous\n reading party; says there was a case of small pox\n in the area and that many are being revaccinated. \n Including ALS from \"mother\" \n S[elina]\n Powell to \n Re[Bec]ca\n [Powell] . Discusses her travel plans home;\n fells her to follow her grandparents' advice;\n gives news of family.","Expresses joy that her younger siblings are\n recovering from the measles so well; reports on\n health of \"Grandma\" and \"Grandpa\" Lloyd; gives\n news of Aunt Rebecca, Jeanie, and Minnie; Tells\n what she had done each day.","Inquires about many weddings in Leesburg and\n about who will need new dresses; speaks of ball\n thrown by Maria Washington; other city news.","Gives general description of Henry and\n discusses the family's move there; discusses the\n house they will build; advises what they should\n bring; reports on the emigrants in the area;\n discusses their travel plans in detail; asks\n Charlie to bring Newfoundland puppies; gives news\n of family there.","Describes presents sent to grandchildren; tells\n of Christmas scene in Alexandria; wants\n granddaughters to meet a polite gentleman that\n impressed her. \n Including poem, 1852, by R. C. Powell,\n beginning \"'Ours the cross.' Yes it is ours,\"\n giving a religious viewpoint. 1 page.","Speaks of how she makes embroidery patterns\n and what colors are preferred; inquires about\n some of her friends; \n John Leven\n [Powell] says that Brooke[?] looks badly;\n aunt Fanny trying to match Brooks with Lucy\n Gordon; speaks of a Mr. Beverley breaking out\n around his face and \"bleeding profusely\".","Mr. Gordon[?] will be a delegate to the\n democratic convention in Richmond, [Virginia];\n much use of her eyes results in inflammation of\n her eyelids; \"Llangollen\" property is\n deteriorating; much town news and family news;\n mentions her Dower right.","Speaks of helping Frank and Lucy[?] with\n their new baby; describes female servants and\n her experiences with them; describes health of\n her daughters, Harriet, Rebecca, and Minna;\n reports of a few cases of \"cholera\"; reports of\n a good garden.","Gives a detailed report of Minna's health,\n expressing hope tat her headaches are\n definitely getting better; tells about people\n who have visited the family; mentions a\n desegregated school in \"abolition ground\";\n tells what her sisters have been doing since\n she left; discusses Rebecca's journey.","Mrs. Janney's baby died while she was ill; a\n Mr. Anderson, a Presbyterian Minister, says\n that his wife, Miss Harper, is a relative of\n Selina's (her father's Aunt); speaks of\n Fred's[?] wedding; tells of episode when she\n goes to visit a Mrs. Brown[?]; describes a\n visit they made to some neighbors; describes\n Mr. Lombard's house that is being built;\n reports on the food they are preparing and what\n is available to them; says the winter goods\n have still not come in; mentions sewing that\n her daughters are doing; news of family and\n friends.","Mentions Fanny's[?] wedding; family news;\n possibility that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon[?]\n might be elected to legislature; family does\n not wish Rebecca Powell to return home this\n winter.","Describes a visit they made to some new\n neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that\n is being built; reports on the food they are\n preparing and what is available to them; says\n the winter goods have still not come in;\n mentions sewing that her daughters are doing;\n news of family and friends.","Describes their busy preparations for\n winter; describes their daily routine; says she\n is glad to have Lucy and Fred stay with them;\n describes their Sunday school; reports on\n Scholastics (a servant) who is now reading\n well; news of family and friends; discusses\n dresses and styles; asks about Rebecca's Uncle\n Nelson; mentions that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon\n was elected; asks about Fan's[?] wedding and\n hopes she and William will be happy.","Speaks of his daughter's trip, whom she\n should visit, and money matters; hopes to soon\n reap the financial benefits of his store;\n mentions Bishop Whitehouse's determination to\n give the college broad foundations; much family\n news.","Much family news; sleet and bad weather;\n religious discussion and viewpoints; Lucy and\n John[?] have a daughter now.","Mr. Powell, \n [Charles] and\n Richard\n Lloyd] are busy with new business as\n \"Land Agents\"; town of Henry, [Illinois] now\n has a newspaper and a steam mill; hopes to have\n a railroad passing through soon; there is not a\n decent Church and she wishes to see one built; \n Lloyd\n [Powell], son of Selina, studies German\n because there are so many Germans in their town\n to do business with.","Sarcastically teases her sister about\n differences between lifestyles of \"Far West\"\n and the East; Uncle Fred [?] went to\n Springfield to see that railroad went from\n Peoria through Henry, [Illinois]; mentions\n problems with scarlet fever; family news.","Speaks of liquor laws and problems with\n drinking; describes lectures; such family and\n town news; mentions other religious\n lectures.","Expresses desire for daughter Rebecca to\n return home; Minna Powell still having problems\n with headaches; much family news; Fred[?] went\n to Chicago to see stockholders of the Peoria\n and Rock Island Railroad; asks for Rebecca to\n send asparagus seed and large lima beans;\n mentions Thackery's lectures, and gives her\n opinion about his books and religious\n teachings.","Much family news; \"land business\" will\n provide many opportunities for travel; Rebecca\n planning to go to Leesburg soon. \n Including ANS from \n C[harles] L.\n Powell, Henry, [Illinois], to \"darling,\"\n [Rebecca Powell], n.p., 11 March 1853, sending\n his daughter ten dollars and writing her as to\n how to handle her expenses and requesting her\n to bring home her Grandfather's papers. 2\n pages.","States that even though he just left\n yesterday, she wanted to put a letter in the\n books to be sent to him; comments on their\n inability to see each other even though he is\n only seven miles away.","Mentions his job as a traveling salesman and\n how he hopes to soon be \n Uncle\n Richard's [Lloyd] administration;\n resolved in town meeting to build the Railroad\n Peoria and Chicago.","Expresses her disappointment that she cannot\n see Rebecca before Rebecca returns to Henry,\n Illinois; describes the friendship between\n them; news of friends in Baltimore.","Tells of carriage accident involving Mr. and\n Mrs. Richard Dulaney, where their horses were\n scared by the Clifton Mill and threw Mrs.\n Dulaney; she and father attended Dr.\n Rutherford's lectures; emphasizes that ladies\n got to vote, as well as gentlemen, on whether\n they were satisfied with the lectures; new\n wharf boat has arrived.","Describes the towns of Rushville and\n Pittsfield; said he enjoyed Pittfield more, but\n that \n Uncle\n Rich[ar]d [Lloyd] sent him an assignment\n for Rushville; says he will be there about a\n month; asks about friends and family.","Rebecca has come home; Minna joined the\n church with her family; gives religious views;\n family news. \n Including ALS from \n Minna\n [Powell], Henry, [Illinois], to\n \"brother,\" n.p., 11 May 1853, referring to\n Rushville, as location of brother; tells of\n beautiful spring weather and describes scenery.\n 1 page.","Will soon be coming home; complains of sore\n throat and headaches; has had scarlet fever;\n family information.","Tells a story about \"Miss Jane\" - a mutual\n friend; says he and Dr. Winslow found her in\n her parlor with a man; says the servant did not\n want to let them in and that it was an\n uncomfortable situation. \n Including ALS written in margins from\n \"Cousin\" Jane, n.p. to \n Re[Becca]\n [Powell], n.p. concerning religious\n publication, an Episcopal convention. 4\n pages.","Expresses how much she misses him; discusses\n reading material.","Describes Aunt Ellen's [Powell Gray]\n recovery from an illness; much family news;\n describes wedding that she went to ; expresses\n romantic interest in a Dr. Claggett; includes\n printed poems.","Describes physical appearance of\n \"Llangollen\" as well as her feelings towards\n the place; reminisces about when family lived\n in Virginia. And tells about all of old\n friends; much family news also.","Tells her little sister Nina about old\n friends and family; gives details of things she\n has been doing. \n Including ALS from \"Hatty\" [Harriet\n Powell], \"Llangollen,\" [Virginia], to \"Mother,\"\n [Selina Powell], n.p., 10 October 1853.\n Concerning warmer clothes; advantages of\n \"flannel draws\" over a \"wadded petticoat.\" 1\n page.","Says she has been extremely ill and so have\n many in the area; says she has been traveling\n in order to improve her health; tells of her\n problems with Custis and his lessons; says\n Robert is still holding his office in\n Washington but wishes to leave; asks how she\n likes \"the West\" and if her husband is finding\n success; news of friends.","Reports Lucy's[?] death and grief everyone\n feels; Nelly[?] is to be baptized; other family\n news.","Tells of their Christmas and New Years\n celebrations. \n Also includes ALS from \"mother\" \n S[elina]\n Powell, to \n [Re]Bec[ca]\n [Powell] . Expresses job that Rebecca can\n be with her relatives in Baltimore; discusses\n the nature of receiving advice and making her\n own decisions concerning her travel plans.","Speaks of attending a party; mentions\n \"matching up\" procedures at party; family news;\n details Christmas gifts.","Mentions religious feelings; speaks of a\n railroad being built nearby; Virginia[?] had\n her annual get-together on December 26; of\n family members; mentions a friend's visit to\n the Crystal Palace[?]; Mrs. Augustine\n Washington had the first male child born at Mt.\n Vernon recently; much family news; mentions\n [Rear Admiral] Leven Minn Powell.","Mentions Brooks'[?] wedding; describes\n details of the wedding; much family news.","Tells of her day spent with Lizzie King and\n Jane Norris; describes a dinner given for a\n couple about to get married; news of other\n friends.","Mentions sicknesses of \n Nelson\n [Lloyd] and \n John [Lloyd] ;\n speaks of a Douglas Forrest who attends Yale\n College; has to take a boat to Washington,\n [D.C.]; gives price rates per acre of land at\n that time; gives prices for a lot of land.","Much family news about cousins Nannie and\n Fanny[?]; mentions \n Uncle Nelson's\n [Lloyd] recovery; travels by omnibus.","Much family news; describes her garden and\n its contents; Regina[?] was married; Mr.\n Livingston[?] requests influence of Charles L.\n Powell to obtain the Consulship of London\n through General Baercel[?]; mentions Mr.\n McFaddin as being the mayor of Henry.","Much family news; describes the scenery at\n Locust Hill; some of Uncle George's[?] children\n have chicken pox.","[Identified as much of note added in unknown\n handwriting, possibly that of Selina Lloyd\n Hepburn.]","Description of Minna's gravesite; tells what\n he's doing to improve its appearance.","Describes trip to Niagara Falls; describes\n places visited in New York and where he lives;\n describes his studies.","Describes courses he is studying at school;\n describes the first time he saw a man dive\n under water and the suit he wore below water;\n staying at a boarding house.","John Lloyd who died in 1854; estimated price\n value are given.","Describes study habits and classes; mentions\n prices of a ring and a clock; describes his\n financial situation.","Describes in detail her Quaker wedding on\n December 14, 1854 in which she married Frank[?];\n describes the festivities following the\n wedding.","Nina's Christmas gift from Charles arrived\n safely; mentions wedding of a fellow student;\n serenaded the couple with a \"horse fiddle\";\n describes his activities in his spelling class;\n mentions plans to return home in the spring.","Expresses religious beliefs; lists prices for\n renting his room.","Describes Charter Oak, an attraction in\n Hartford; describes his visit to an armory;\n staying with a Mr. Parsons and describes his\n family.","Discusses financial settlements he is making\n for his father concerning the house, lands,\n furniture; says Uncle Fred and Uncle Neb are\n leaving Henry and they are all \"disgusted\" with\n Henry and that he thinks his (father's) decision\n not to come back was wise; mentions the family\n move to Winchester, Virginia.","Describes their Christmas which was spent at\n Uncle Fred's and Aunt Lute's; describes a\n Christmas ball and a New Year's ball in detail;\n says he has had some problems with dyspepsia;\n asks about cousin Kate's wedding to a\n senator.","Reports on Aunt Lib and Uncle R[?]'s new\n son, Richard; says he rented out their house in\n Henry; says he has been away from \"home\" now\n for three months; and will not go to New\n Orleans, Mobile, and Augusta; describes how he\n decorated Minna's grave, and expresses hope\n that her resting place will soon be Virginia;\n asks about their school; sends money from a\n large profit he made selling land.","Describes his visit to Louisville where he\n visited cousins and went to many social events;\n says that the train ride from Kentucky was very\n rough traveling; says he will be in Vicksburg\n in a week and then will go to Wilmington, North\n Carolina; Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans; and\n Memphis, Tennessee; asks about family and\n friends.","Describes his stay in Vicksburg, and his\n visit with Mr. And Mrs. Eilbeck Mason and Miss\n Louisa Fox; says that he did not see Cousin\n John Russell while in New Orleans; discusses\n his travel plans; asks about Hatty's\n teaching.","Expresses joy that she is well from the\n influenza; says he has recently traveled to\n Portsmouth, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia,\n Alabama and Mississippi; says he will now go to\n Texas; discusses travel plans; asks her to pick\n out one of her friends for him; discusses\n Charlie's new job in St. Louis.","Describes St. Louis and the Virginia House\n Hotel; inquires about the new scholars the\n family has taken on; harasses Nina for not\n writing. \n Including ANS from \n C[harles] L.\n Powell, Saint Louis, [Missouri], to \n Nina\n [Powell], [Winchester, Virginia], \n 4 May\n [18]56 concerning his happiness about\n Nina joining the Church. 1 page.","Describes hard times in Illinois; intent to\n move back to Virginia when business picks up;\n family news.","Speaks of influenza and other illnesses\n prominent in the town; reports the death of Mr.\n Adies [?]; \n Ellen\n [Powell] is in Washington Infirmary;\n house is being renovated; family news.","Says he just returned from Henry; says\n Charlie is on his way to Henry to start his new\n job in Uncle Fred's store; describes Henry and\n the house they used to live in; reports that\n Uncle Fred is building a house; gives new of\n Scholastics and Monsieur Carlo; says he will go\n to Pennsylvania next and then visit them.","Reports that \n Lloyd\n [Powell] is on his way to Virginia;\n describes their yard and home in Henry; yellow\n fever is not a problem this year in Illinois;\n he went to a concert given by the Baleis.","Inquires about the \"weddings fair\";\n discusses his travels and the loneliness\n involved in his job; mentions his relief that\n the campaigns and elections are over; sends\n messages to friends at home.","Nina has begun studying Latin and learning\n how to draw; mentions the extension of the\n Chicago and Pern canal down to Henry; much\n family news.","Tells what each family member is doing;\n discusses religion and the duties of a\n Christian; gives news of friends who have\n joined the church; discusses Minna's grave;\n discusses letter writing; tells of recent\n marriages and engagements; gives her philosophy\n on why he should not begin to chew tobacco;\n news of family and friends.","Makes reference to Valentine's Day and\n Washington's Birthday; mentions last year's\n parade and the marching continentals; reports\n of bad rain storm that tore up the railroad\n track and caused problems with mud and\n flooding; much family news. \n Including ANS from \n C[harles]\n L. Powell, [Jr.], Henry, Illinois, to \n Nina\n [Powell], [Winchester, Virginia], 22\n February 1857, telling her to turn to their one\n friend for strength and advice [God?]. 1\n page.","Describes a storm which kept him in Henry,\n Illinois, unable to travel; gives recent travel\n plans, including a trip to Philadelphia by\n boat; gives news of friends and family in\n Henry; says many river towns are flooded.","Gives news of relatives in Alexandria; tells\n his travel plans; says he finds the women of\n Virginia far more appealing than those of South\n Carolina.","Uncle Fred[?] and Aunt Lucy[?] are leaving\n for Virginia; sending his mother his\n daguerreotype, a photograph; reports that Lloyd\n is in St. Louis; Bridget, a past boarder, had a\n little girl; much family news.","Describes the family vacation and\n adventures; describes the baths; mentions the\n parties they have attended; family news.","Family is on vacation; describes activities\n and scenery at Capon Springs; much family\n news.","Speaks about taking inventory at the store;\n much family news.","Says they just got back from Capon; asks her\n not to take nitrate of silver for her\n headaches; says they have all improved their\n health by the visit to Capon; says \"brother\"\n Nelson is now there hoping the springs will\n help him; says they did not get the house that\n they wanted to rent; gives news of friends;\n says Rebecca, Hatty, and Lloyd are there. \n Including ALS from \n C[harles L.]\n Powell to \n Nina [Powell] .\n Says that he misses her and wishes she could\n have been at Capon; asks about her\n headaches.","Describes his travels from Baltimore to\n Henry; mentions shortage of money due to bank\n failures; gives detailed news of the town,\n including improvements being made; news of\n Henry relatives; mentions that the bank\n failures will result in fewer land dealings and\n therefore, less work for him; asks about the\n young ladies of Winchester.","Inquires about Mr. Waler's[?] lectures; now\n attends the Methodist Church; reports of the\n adventures during hunting season; mentions the\n new idea of pavement sidewalks.","Describes a severe snowstorm and its effects\n on Henry; tells how he spent Thanksgiving day;\n describes their new cook with whom he is\n infatuated; mentions the death of Robert\n Conrad[?]; gives messages of friends in\n Winchester.","Reports of Nina getting her teeth\n straightened; describes method; reports that\n the number of scarlet fever cases is greatly\n reduced; she is very busy with the boarding\n school; tells of a fight between Charlie\n McCormick and a police officer; mentions Hunter\n Holmes McGuire; family news.","Discusses the death of Robert[?] and the\n reaction of the town; gives news of friends;\n sends her love to her mother and relatives;\n wants to know what Dr. Chase said about her\n teeth.","Writes about Nina's plans to go home; says\n she is concerned about her traveling when her\n teeth are in such a condition.","Refers to the general \"hard times\" everyone\n is experiencing; describes farm activities;\n much family news; describes how to make a\n mousetrap.","Describes midwest weather and the usual\n fall-like temperatures; says that they are all\n much healthier because of the mild weather;\n says ties are hard and the bank in Henry just\n closed, but that the town is continuing to\n improve; asks about Mrs. Powell's occupation,\n teaching; mentions the death of \n Rob[er]t\n Conrad and describes his character;\n messages to family members.","Reports of freezing temperatures of -15 F\n and snow in Henry; mentions of sleighing in the\n snow; reports story of a bank robbery.","Reports of \n Lloyd's\n [Powell] trip to St. Louis to try and\n find Charles a job; much family news; mentions\n a Mr. Lombard who plans to return to Henry and\n open a bank of issue.","Discusses who owes him letters from home;\n says he could not find a job for Charley\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.?] in St. Louis because\n of the poor economy; gives news of Randolph\n Powell, of St. Louis, and John Webb Powell, of\n Utah; says he will be home during the\n summer.","Mentions that she missed his birthday with a\n card but thought of him that day; expresses\n religious feelings and beliefs; family news;\n lists people recently confirmed in the Church;\n outbreak of typhus fever at the\n University[?].","Tells of his travels; describes Memphis,\n Tennessee; gives news of \"cousin\" \n Will[ia]m\n Powell who resides in Memphis; gives news\n of Mr. And Mrs. Mason, residing in Vicksburg;\n describes Leake County where he sold some of\n his Uncle Nelson's land; gives news of \"cousin\"\n john Wilson of New Orleans and of \"cousin\" John\n Chilton, who may send his daughter Sarah to\n school in Virginia; tells his travel plans,\n stating he will be in Virginia in a month;\n gives news to family and friends.","Describes scenery where he is; tells of a\n May party that some school girls had; describes\n his boat riding trip; family news; mentions\n arrival of Mr. Winn, the new Presbyterian\n minister.","Reports having been sick with a bad cold;\n much family news; Nina has problems with other\n schoolgirls because her parents operate the\n school; trying to plan Charlie's return home\n for the summer.","Asks about fourth of July entertainment; Mr.\n Winn gave an exceptional sermon; Uncle\n Richard[?] bought a piano and a side-saddle;\n family news.","Inquires about boarding students; inquires\n about vacations at \n \n Capon [Springs, West Virginia] ; tells of\n his success at duck hunting; family news;\n mentions \n [Stephen A.]\n Douglas.","Gives news of \n Uncle\n R[ichard]'s and Uncle Fred's families;\n says that Frank's baby is still ill; gives news\n of Hammond and Min[na]; comments that he will\n not see his family for another year; gives news\n of Charlie [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] and his\n employment possibilities; asks about Uncle Neb\n of Clark, [Virginia?].","Gives her opinion about chewing tobacco,\n smoking, and other bad habits; incorporates\n religious duty into her opinion; some family\n news.","Discusses his habit of chewing tobacco and\n how he should discipline himself to quit.","Discusses the weather; reports on Hammond;\n reports that Mr. Chandler of Henry is getting\n married in Boston; says they will stay at Mrs.\n Taber's for the winter; gives news of Charlie\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.]; comments on the\n involvement of women in politics in Henry; news\n of friends; comments on the decreased\n enrollment at the family school, saying they\n will at least have a lighter workload; mentions\n Stephen A. Douglas.","Expresses her disappointment in Charlie's\n having tasted tobacco; tells him that he is\n doing wrong to continue this habit; voices many\n religious views.","Reports that river is flooding the town;\n talks of Christmas holidays; family news.","A birthday letter for Nina's sixteenth\n birthday; describes the weather; much family\n news; Min[?] is the \"editress\" of the\n \"Minnehaha\"; tells of the affairs of a Miss\n Amanda[?].","Gives account of how he spends his days with\n emphasis on his Sunday activities; tried to\n quit chewing tobacco but couldn't; tells of\n episode where Uncle Richard[?] lost his saddle\n bags in the town of Bradford; river was frozen\n and people are ice skating; family news.","Tells where the girls boarding with them are\n going for Christmas; describes their Christmas\n plans; recollects their last Christmas with\n Minna; gives religious advice; sends her love\n to Lloyd.","Would love for her to stay with him;\n mentions a sister Hannah.","Reports that \n Lloyd\n [Powell] and Uncle Richard[?] have gone\n to Memphis, [Tennessee]; tells of the building\n of a road for $10,000; describes a surprise\n party he attended; mentions Valentine's Day and\n how many he has received; family news.","Reports that Uncle Richard and Frank are\n with him in Memphis, to see if they want to\n move there; says that he does not believe Uncle\n Richard will leave Illinois, but that Frank\n probably will; says that they tried to look up \n W[illia]m\n Powell but he had moved to Arkansas;\n discusses the possibilities of his parents\n establishing a school in the area, and the\n risks involved.","Gives news of Uncle Richard and Uncle Fred;\n says Uncle Fred and Frank will close their\n business and leave Henry; tells of a\n conversation with Bishop Otey of Memphis on the\n subject of establishing a girls school there;\n gives details of the proposal in case his\n father is interested; gives news of the private\n school situation in Arkansas; reports on his\n business dealings in Arkansas; discusses\n financial matters.","Gives news of Uncle Fred who has been ill;\n says that the women of the town are all\n inspecting the new spring goods brought in from\n Saint Louis; discusses his daily schedule; says\n Charlie [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] is in singing\n school; asks about Nina's walks and lectures on\n the benefits of exercise to health and\n appearance.","Describes spring in Illinois; inquires about\n relatives in Alexandria; comments on Uncle\n Nelson's helpless state; discusses the chances\n of recovering Uncle Nelson's lands in Arkansas;\n describes the area of Henry where the family\n used to live; comments that she now weights 108\n \" lbs., which is more than her daughters weigh;\n sends his love to Grand Ma Powell, Aunt Ann,\n and Uncle Neb.","A baby girl was born who is Nina's cousin\n [Uncle Richard's daughter?]; describes a\n fishing trip; mentions finding several Indian\n graves with skeletons and other items; tells\n story of a \"mad\" dog who bit many people.","Gives news of Illinois relatives; describes\n a trip that he and Uncle Richard took through\n Stark County, emphasizing the changes that have\n taken place in the last five years; comments on\n Charley's [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] development\n into a young man; reports that Uncle Richard\n will leave the land business on September 1st;\n discusses his involvement in the business and\n his desire to visit Virginia.","Expresses his relief that his brother\n Charles arrived safely in Virginia; comments on\n how scattered the family is at present;\n mentions Cousin Fanny Cochran's wedding in\n Middleburg, [Virginia]; discusses Mr. Hyde's\n trip in the \"aerial vessel\" Atlantic from St.\n Louis to New York, as reported in the\n \"Republican\"; reports that Frank has another\n son, Horatio Nelson; news of other Illinois\n relatives; describes the July 4\n festivities.","Discusses an unprofitable year for his\n business; discusses a business proposition made\n to his brother Charles and Harry and Benton\n Janney by Uncle Richard, concerning the opening\n of the store; gives news of Illinois relatives;\n comments that his Uncle Richard, who just\n turned 43, may begin to use his middle name\n again and become Richard H. Lloyd; comments on\n how, in the past twenty years, the Powell\n family has spread from \"New York to Salt Lake\n City, and from the 'Lakes' to the Gulf of\n Mexico.\"","Reports that Uncle Richard, \n Min[na] will stop at\n Fulton County to visit relatives; gives his\n opinion about Minna not returning to Winchester\n [Virginia] for school, stating that she has\n become too undisciplined and used to complete\n freedom in Illinois to be effectively taught in\n a school; describes Frank's son Horatio Nelson;\n comments on the family's health, saying that\n his father [Charles L. Powell] weights twenty\n pounds more than he does and his mother [Selina\n L. Powell] weighs only six pounds less, and\n also weighs more than any of her three brothers\n in Illinois; asks her if she is finished school\n and will make her debut.","Reports that Charley [Charles L. Powell,\n Jr.], \n Harry and \n Benton\n [Janney] have begun their business named\n \"H and TB Janney and Co.\"; asks about the\n boarding school and discusses the difficulties\n of running one; reports that Frank's family and\n Mrs. Hammond[?] are on their way to Memphis to\n live; reports that Uncle Fred is planning an\n extended visit to Virginia, and then will\n probably move to Memphis; says he and Uncle\n Richard dissolved their partnership and that\n Uncle Richard plans to move to Memphis as well;\n reports that crops are poor, so his business\n will be slow; plans to see them for\n Christmas.","Reports that there is a County Fair next\n week; describes in detail an incident of a\n burning well; expresses sorrow that the family\n school will be so small this year; reports that\n the 'W S Fair' in Chicago is now over.","Discussing fall and winter goods being\n stocked at \"Lloyd's Big Brick\" in Henry,\n Illinois.","Much family news; mentions marriage of Miss\n Hutchins, and deaths of 2 children of Mrs.\n Clara Ferguson; received invitation to wedding\n of \"Miss Mittie\"; gives his opinion of\n marriage.","A french teacher at the boarding school\n died; mentions excitement due to 'John'\n Browne's execution and that there are 26\n companies of soldiers at Charlestown, [West\n Virginia]; mentions growing discontent of\n slaves; describes how men have loaded pistols\n ready in their homes; tells how many people are\n being imprisoned; tells of other strains\n between North and South; some family news;\n mentions \n [Robert\n Young] Conrad.","Reports that Uncle Richard's baby has been\n christened \n Elizabeth\n Jenkins [Lloyd]; comments that this is\n the day that \n [John] Brown is\n to be executed; comments on the number of\n arrests in Virginia of strangers traveling\n through the state. \n Including newspaper clipping, n.d., of a\n poem about infants.","Discusses Professors Wise and LaMountain's\n attempt to establish daily balloon\n transportation from the \"western\" states to the\n East Coast; family news; says he is anxious for\n the family in Illinois to move southward;\n mentions the execution of \"Cook and his\n confederates\" [involved in John Brown's\n attempted insurrection] on December 16.","Invitation to a \"Leap Year\" party.","Mentions and encloses invitation to a \"Leap\n Year\" party; describes events at the party;\n describes weather and reports of a sleighing\n party; reports marriage of Mary Ann Hoyt,\n friend of the family. \n Including ANS from Maggie J. Richmond,\n Henry, [Illinois], to \n Charles\n [L.] Powell, [Jr.], [Henry, Illinois],\n [February 1860], inviting him to a \"Leap Year\"\n party.","Talks about Uncle Richard's[?] baby girl;\n gives report of Charles L. Powell and some\n family news.","Discusses \"spring fever\" concerning work;\n describes weather; speaks of Uncle Nelson's\n Lloyd death and how it should be a happy time;\n thanks his father for \n \"Alex[andria]\n Gazettes\" containing articles about the\n Whig convention; much family news.","Writes about her feelings during the time\n following her brother Nelson's death; recounts\n the last days she spent with Nelson Lloyd.","Talks about assessed value of some land or\n property and makes reference to Lloyd Brothers\n and Co.; speaks of crops and the effects of the\n weather; mentions how road being finished would\n provide trade with those on the other side of\n the river; township will vote on how to acquire\n additional funds to complete the road; mentions\n the whig convention and how they now represent\n such a small minority of people.","Talks of spring dresses and bonnets;\n mentions hearing address by William McDonald;\n discusses opening of a shoe and book\n manufactory; speaks of beating \"the Yankees\n with their own men\"; family news; religious\n advice; mentions use of telegraph.","Discusses agriculture and effects of weather\n on crops; talks of visiting New England and of\n dislike of their attitudes; expresses extreme\n negative opinion of Yankees.","Family news; mentions work at the store;\n discusses events around town. \n Including [poem?] written in Latin on\n both sides of envelope. Locks of hair also\n enclosed.","Discusses crops and agriculture; describes\n Illinois scenery; family news; inquires about\n trip to Capron [Springs]; mentions \"Uncle\n Richard's\" card selling tour.","Discusses Congressional race; mentions\n Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky and his visit to\n Illinois; talks about rise in crime; family\n news.","Discusses confusion about having joined the\n church; religious discussion; some family and\n neighborhood news.","Inquires about trip to New England; mentions\n \"Alexandria Sentinel\"; family news.","Discusses climate and busy season of\n Christmas; debates issue of [Civil War] and\n effects; gives religious advice; family news; \n [Robert\n Young] Conrad .","Discusses problems due to political and\n financial situation of the country; talks about\n boils on his hand; family news; mentions\n kindness of Mayor Turner.","Nina's eighteenth birthday; discusses the\n weather; talks about sleighing and skating;\n mentions \" \n Pickwick\n Papers \"; describes hunting interest;\n makes reference to several literary works.","Talks of trade being slow; election of a Mr.\n McFadden as \"Justice of the Peace\"; mentions\n sleighing and the weather; describes hayride in\n snow and people he went with.","Discusses his indebtedness to his father and\n his financial situation.","Discusses political situation and \"imminent\n danger of civil war\"; comments on government\n involvement and troops in a war; mentions\n social life.","Discusses the imminent war and that it will\n be the third one in her lifetime; talks about\n effects of a war from past experience; family\n news. \n Including ANS from \"Grandmother,\"\n Catharine Powell, Belvue, [Virginia?], to \n Rebecca\n [Powell], [Winchester, Virginia], 20\n January 1861, inquiring about being able to\n paint for her. 1 page.","Describes his dog and its habits and\n actions; talks about a fight at a warehouse;\n family news.","Discusses pros, cons, and possibilities of a\n war; talks about being able to cross\n North/South Line if comes to Virginia;\n describes weather; mentions indoor winter\n activities; refers to marriage and courting\n habits; family news.","Briefly discusses the Navy; describes\n wedding of Nelie Hall and a Mr. Kellogg; family\n news.","Information concerning troop movements\n around Harper's Ferry; mentions a Col. Bowen,\n superintendent Barbour, and a Col. Moore.","Discusses explosion of armory at Harper's\n Ferry; speaks of united southern forces;\n mentions involvement of friends including\n Powell Grady; Powell and Holmes Conrad; family\n news.","Suffering from inflammation of eyes;\n discusses possibility of Illinois and Virginia\n residents being separated during the war;\n Virginia's succession from the Union; Democrats\n opposition to the war with the South; talks\n about surrender of Fort Sumter; confusion about\n whether to leave or stay in Henry; some family\n news.","Discusses \n Col[onel]\n Robert Lee and movement of troops;\n mentions Georgetown Heights, Alexandria\n Heights, and the Valley counties; some family\n news; mentions Rockingham Rifles.","Blockade established at the mouth of the\n Ohio; southern trade suspended; some family\n news; inquires about situation in Virginia\n concerning the war.","Discusses a proclamation of Lincoln;\n politics and effects of the \n [Civil] War ;\n dominance of Lincoln's party in Louisville,\n [Kentucky]; some family news.","Orders to stop mail from Virginia.; \n \n Alex[andri]a occupied by North; Fairfax\n cavalry taken prisoner; family news.","Wars effects on postal service; family\n news.","Thanks her for package of food and lists\n contents; speaks of newspaper \n Richmond\n Dispatch as a rare luxury; describes\n camp life; enemy is at Williamsport,\n [Maryland].","Discusses camp life and its required\n adjustment; mentions accidental shooting of two\n men as their only pessimistic experience so\n far; gives account of battles reported in the \n Balt[im]o[re] Sun\n [Baltimore Sun] ; majority of men in\n army are under 21; describes how soldiers try\n to get food from surrounding farmers and their\n families.","Discusses uniforms, saying that they are\n everywhere, and that a \"John Brown\" has\n increased the \"military spirit\" in Virginia;\n asks about Lloyd; discusses books he has read\n and that she recommends; describes their daily\n schedule and when she has time to read;\n discusses food in season; news of family and\n friends.","Prepares for battle; states that he is ready\n to do his duty for his country; mentions that\n the Continentals lost two men in the engagement\n the day before.","Regrets that he cannot keep their date for\n the afternoon due to Army business.","Mentions her husband's attack of dysentery;\n much family news; gives news of friends and\n family; hopes war will soon be over so that the\n family can all be together; expresses religious\n feelings; wishes that they could write more\n freely; tells him to send his letters to E. J.\n Lee in Maryland who will forward them South to\n them. \n Including AN, from [Selina (Lloyd)\n Powell], Winchester, [Virginia], to \"Charlie,\"\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.], n.p., relating more\n family news. 1 page. 22 July [1861].","Asks for specific items of clothing to be\n sent because he does not know when he can\n return home; refers to Haresack[?] and asks\n that she make him a smaller one.","Includes description of L. Powell.","Description of how Lloyd Powell was shot in\n battle [of Manassas]; details of his personal\n characteristics and attitudes.","Expresses sympathy in regard to Lloyd\n Powell's death; offers comforting words from\n the Bible. \n Including ALS, from Sue P. Lee,\n [Lexington, Virginia] to \n Nina\n [Powell], [Winchester, Virginia], 29 July\n 1861, offering condolences on the death of her\n brother, Lloyd Powell. 1 page.","Thanks Nina for her letter of sympathy\n concerning the death of her mother; gives news\n of her brothers and sisters; says that she has\n terminated her relations with cousin R.[?]\n because she could not marry a first cousin;\n discusses their friendship.","Complains of poor postal service; tells him\n of \n Lloyd's\n [Powell] death; remembers about Lloyd's\n characteristics and qualities; says that\n typhoid fever is spreading in the town; talks\n about her servants; family news; reports of \n Willie Lee\n [Chilton's] death, a second cousin;\n expresses religious view.","Love letter to her; proposes marriage to her\n and her guardian and asks for a reply.","Signed also by J. R. Bowen, \n J[ustice]\n [of the] P[eace], stating that \n Charles L.\n Powell, [Jr.] has taken necessary oaths\n to become Deputy Marshal. \n Including on verso ADS, from \n Brig[adie]r\n Gen[era]l James H. Carson, 24 October\n 1861, \n Charles L.\n Powell, [Jr.] permission to cross back\n and forth over enemy lines.","Thanks her for package she sent him;\n describes his situation and effects of the \n [Civil] War.","Thanks her for cap she sent him; his company\n is located at the \"Big Spring\" near Mr.\n Gray's.","States that Yankees were in Shepherdstown,\n [West Virginia] a few nights ago; family news;\n sends condolences on loss of her brother [Lloyd\n Powell].","Sympathizes upon loss of Nina's brother,\n Lloyd Powell; relates her story of when her\n father died; expresses indebtedness to Nina's\n mother [Selina (Lloyd) Powell]; mentions\n sickness prevalent in Winchester, [Virginia];\n discusses her brother's [Bob Lucas] experiences\n as a soldier; Charles L. Powell, Sr., has\n accepted position in Richmond; news of spending\n summer at Col. LaRue's in Clarke to escape the\n Yankees.","Thanks her for a cap she made and sent to\n him; expecting to go to camp soon; some family\n news.","Tells of explosion that a Mr. Hubard caused\n trying to perfect something like \"Greek fire\"\n to sell to the government, similar to a powder\n to use in shells; describes condition of Mr.\n Hubard, his subsequent operations and\n death.","Wanted to give her news from Winchester,\n [Virginia], but \"the spy\" had to burn his\n information for fear it would fall into Enemy\n hands; tells stories of houses being searched\n by soldiers; news of friends and relatives;\n decorated with \"Confederate States of America\"\n seal.","Trying to catch up with \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's troops; describes camp life and\n strategy concerning the Yankees.","Possibility of Yankees taking Richmond;\n discusses importance of trust in God during\n battles; inquires about Robert Lee.","General information on troop movements;\n mentions Battle of Williamsburg.","Describes being a member of Jackson's Army;\n mentions \"Rockbridge Artillery\" being full;\n family news. Decorated with \"Liberty and Union\"\n seal.","[Stonewall]\n Jackson captured two entire enemy\n regiments; enemy took part of Central Railroad;\n troop movements.","Family news; disappointment about not being\n able to be with \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson in his last fight.","Discusses the family's living arrangements;\n thanks her for finding a home for her to stay\n in, but feels it would be less imposing if she\n stayed where Nina is teaching in Prince Edward\n County; hopes that they can all live together\n soon; rejoices over Jackson's victory in\n retaking the \"old town\"; says that the Garlands\n have been very kind during her stay with them;\n discusses her traveling plans.","Death of friends, Willie Gray and Marshall\n Barton; death of various others in war\n including \n [Turner] Asby ;\n talks of having made herself a sun-bonnet; news\n of family and friends.","Speaks of getting a job as a clerk in Major\n Vaun's office; information about \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's victories; reports Colonel\n Ashby's death.","Reviews routine activities; much family and\n friend news; discusses \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's troops.","Everyone feeling ill and weighing less;\n Family news; possible fighting in Richmond,\n [Virginia]; \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson is at Hanover Junction,\n [Virginia]; problem with fleas.","He cannot get into the Rockbridge Artillery;\n she is staying with a Col. and Mrs. Tucker;\n battle of Richmond has begun; family news.","Got position as a clerk in the Quarter\n Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin\n of [Selina (Lloyd) Powell]; \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's army passed through\n Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of\n deserters from both sides wandering in\n mountains west of Winchester, [Virginia]; South\n won battle in Richmond, [Virginia].","Fighting around Richmond, [Virginia]; \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's Army arrived to help; describes\n strategies and events of war.","Details about progress of the war; much\n family news.","Personal experience in Army. \n Including NCl of a poem by Jno. R.\n Thompson, entitled \"Ashby\" from a Richmond,\n [Virginia] newspaper dated 13 June 1862, about\n the war. 1 page. \n Verso bears Becca [Rebecca Powell] to\n Selina (Lloyd) Powell. 1 page. ALS.","Makes reference to \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's Army and his efforts in\n Richmond, [Virginia]; relates events of war and\n involvement of friends and relatives; family\n news.","Discusses people she knows who have been\n wounded or killed in the war; refers to battles\n at Richmond and Chickahominy, [Virginia];\n family news.","Expresses disappointment that her parents\n didn't get to visit her; complains of \"M's\"\n temper; gives list of supplies that she has\n purchased or ordered.","Preparing to go to Gordonsville to join\n Braxton's Battery; family news.","Has joined Braxton's Artillery; give details\n of battles and accounts of those wounded and\n killed.","Describes battle between his Battery and the\n Yankees; describes Capt. Braxton.","He has jaundice; personal account of stay in\n Richmond; discusses salary; accounts of the\n war.","Charles L. Powell, Jr. was killed; [added to\n letter later] her husband is still yellow with\n jaundice; saw the \n President\n [Davis] and his wife; family news.","Explains events of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s\n death near Warrenton Springs, [Virginia];\n includes sketch of battlegrounds.","Town gossip; tells story of a Dr. Conrad's\n arrest and ordeal; family news.","Talks of our troops making it into Maryland;\n family news; prevalence of typhoid fever;\n discusses southern attitudes about the Civil\n War, and northerners.","Religious account and explanation of Charles\n L. Powell, Jr.'s death.","Informs her of \"Charley's [Charles L.\n Powell, Jr.] death; encloses a copy of Capt.\n Carter M. Braxton's report of the events\n leading to Charles L. Powell's death.","Offers sympathy for the loss of his son,\n Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes the death of\n their sister \n Ellen [Powell\n Gray] ; reports on the welfare of Ellen's\n family - Mr. [William Gray], Kate and Arthur;\n news of family. \n Including ALS from \"Mother\" [Selina L.\n Powell], n.p. to [Hattie Powell], n.p.\n Discusses the state of their belongings [in\n their former house in Winchester] and what will\n be sold through cousin \n Sarah [Powell\n Conrad] ; says if they do not intend to\n return, then it should all be sold. 1 page.","Thanks her for her sympathy upon death of\n Rebecca's brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.;\n expresses religious views; family news.","Responds to news of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s\n death; family news; reports on her own\n health.","Includes description of Charles L. Powell\n and the battle.","Much family and town news; mentions that\n army is located near her in Winchester,\n [Virginia].","Gives her daily routine schedule; involved\n in knitting for the soldiers; doesn't seem to\n think Yankees will approach Richmond,\n [Virginia]; remembers her son \"Charley\"\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] often.","Discusses their friendship and situation of\n the Civil War.","Expresses sympathy for the death of her\n brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes in\n detail the death of her mother, Ellen Powell\n Gray and reveals her feelings concerning it;\n gives news of their Powell relatives.","Discusses daily routine; problem with\n typhoid fever; family news.","Much family news.","Comments on incidents of typhoid fever;\n family news; discusses her minister and baptism\n of a baby.","Describes circumstances of her daughter\n Annie's sickness and death; offers sympathy for\n death of Charles L. Powell, Jr.; family news;\n including recital of Fenella's funeral rites;\n \"Earth to Earth, Dust to Dust...\".","Discusses business matters in Winchester\n that she is taking care of for Charles L.\n Powell; discusses the ear and the situation in\n Winchester; sends him some books, stating that\n the Yankees carried off the rest of them;\n reports of a proposed armistice.","Describes sickness causing a delirious state\n for a few days; family news; knitting as a\n popular pastime; discusses weather; Yankees\n still have Gloucester Point as a fort; soldiers\n suffering from \"rot\" that kills them.","Discusses \n [John]\n Milton's works; family news; Longstreet's\n Corps has occupied many points near Culpeper\n Court House. \n Including ANS from Nina Powell, Kenmuir,\n [Louisa County, Virginia] to \"sister,\" [either\n Hattie or Rebecca Powell], n.p., \n 5 November\n [18]62, reporting family news. 1 page. \n Also including ANS from \n S[elina]\n P[owell], Kenmuir, [Louisa County,\n Virginia]. Expresses grief over Annie Lee's\n death; asks about Robert E. Lee; prevalence of\n typhoid fever; describes weather and landscape;\n Yankees did not disturb Charles L. Powell,\n Jr.'s grave; family news. 2 pages. ALS.","Sends this letter with a letter from Hunter,\n her brother; comments that Hattie has now been\n gone from Winchester eight months; says life\n ins find when Confederate soldiers are in\n Winchester, but that it is miserable when the\n Yankees come; says General Jackson has visited\n them and has his headquarters on the road to\n Front Royal; says he gave her his photograph\n and se will send a copy; writes that they are\n working very hard because the few servants in\n town are cooking for the soldiers; lists people\n who will leave town if the Yankees return; says\n Cousin Betty look unwell because she works so\n hard in the hospitals ; writes that they only\n have 500 sick beds in the hospitals; mentions\n the destruction by Yankees in other counties;\n fears they will soon suffer.","Sends thanks for present he received because\n [it] will be useful during the winter;\n expresses desire for peace in the country.","Much family news; expresses concern that the\n southern army is suffering from a lack of\n clothes and the elements.","Expresses her feelings of loneliness, as she\n lives among strangers; expresses other worries\n of disease and of the war; discusses problems\n with diphtheria in the neighborhood; comments\n on the shortage of men in the neighborhood, in\n particular healthy, attractive ones; discusses\n the hardships of Uncle Prosser and \n Aunt\n [Re]Bec[ca] whose former servants burnt\n much of their property; news of friends and\n family.","Discusses the condition of Charles L.\n Powell's estate and what business has been\n transacted; lists what articles from their home\n have been sold, commenting that most people in\n Winchester are not buying things because they\n are leaving to journey \"up the Valley\"; reports\n that 4000 men are guarding Winchester, that\n some tobacco has been burned, and that\n preparation for evacuation is underway;\n describes Yankee attacks in Charlestown;\n comments on the effect of the fear of attack on\n everyone in the town; gives news of\n friends.","Comments on problems with influenza; refers\n to a Capt. Duff and his defense of Leesburg,\n [Virginia]; gives news of town since troops\n have arrived; family news.","Makes references to the Clarke Cav[al]ry and\n a Capt. Carter; possessions have been pillaged\n and towns have been ruined; has to quit farming\n because of war.","Wishes Nina a Happy Birthday; refers to God\n and task to enter his Kingdom; mentions a\n friend who died from diphtheria; discusses \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's opposition to the \"enemy\"\n [Yankees] at Port Royal, [Virginia]; family\n news.","Discusses everyone's fear of diphtheria;\n much family news.","Makes references to \n Gen. [Robert\n E.] Lee's victories; much family\n news.","Expresses the difficulty of losing so many\n brave men in the \n [Civil] war.","Reminisces about their last Christmas\n together; discusses the servants and their\n ability to be dangerous.","Expresses desire for peace and to return to\n Winchester, [Virginia]; much town and family\n news; sorry they can't spend Christmas\n together.","She has been ill with a cough and cold;\n family news.","Inquires about a John Tabb; tells activities\n of \n Kate\n [Gordon] who is staying with them;\n mentions a bombazine [fine twilled silk\n fabric]; people looking for teaching positions;\n family news.","Much town and family news.","Problems with smallpox; much family news;\n mentions Judge Lee's[?] suicide.","Her husband, Charles L. Powell, Sr., is\n still looking for a teaching job; recommends\n reading as a worthwhile hobby.","Describes how her family spent Christmas;\n thanks her for the cap she made for her brother\n Rob; discusses the sadness of Hattie's\n Christmas; discusses friendship; reports that\n she heard from Mary[?] who is living behind\n Yankee lines in King George.","Mentions a Col. Tucker[?]; talks about her\n personal health; refers to the \"conscript act\";\n gives impressions of deaths resulting from the \n [Civil] War and\n ideas of a forthcoming peace; family news.","Family news; refers to robbery of all\n servants; tells stories of confrontations with\n the enemy and experiences while at war;\n discusses food he has to eat; mentions has\n heard news of Grandma's death; mentions William\n Edmonson Jones.","Much family news; discusses her pay for\n tutorial services.","Mentions their father's new employment in\n Greenville; news of family and friends.","Family news; describes some of daily\n activities. \n Including ANS from N. C. E.[?], n.p., to\n Nina Powell, n.p., post 13 March 1863, giving\n neighborhood news.","Comments on Cavalry's victory in Culpepper\n [sic], [Virginia]; describes poverty situation\n in Winchester, [Virginia], as result of \n [Civil] War ;\n discusses situations in Romney, West Virginia;\n much family news.","Found a teaching job in Powhatan; describes\n location and plans to build a house.","Comments on his activities in the Army;\n refers to \"the Picketts\"; tells of damage and\n destruction in Winchester, [Virginia], as a\n result of Yankee invasion.","Comments on experiences in Army; expresses\n sadness that young men can't receive education\n during the war; family news; states that Tip[?]\n Powell and Frank Grady were captured in\n Loudoun, [Virginia].","Discusses clothes; family news; says they\n will visit \n Shirley\n [Plantation] soon; says Mary[?] must\n remain within the Yankee lines because the only\n way to leave is to walk eighteen miles at\n night, carrying baggage; mentions Robert E.\n Lee, George Washington, and Custis Lee.","Mentions interest in soldiers, especially\n the South Carolina gentlemen; talks about\n sources of entertainment; family news.","Describes his house and surroundings; family\n news.","Mentions \"taking bitters (a tea) made of\n sarsaparilla root\" for strength and to purify\n her blood; expresses hopes for war to soon be\n over; Yankees now have Fauquier under their\n control; family news; refers to receiving news\n through the Enquirer.","Discusses when the family members will see\n each other; gives news of Powell relatives at\n Locust Hill; says that goods cannot be sent to\n them from Locust Hill [Leesburg, Virginia]\n because of a blockade; inquires about the\n fighting in Fredericksburg.","Talks about General Stuart's decision to\n review his Division; refers to great loss at\n Battle of Chancellorsville in the death of \n \n Gen[era]l [\"Stonewall\"] Jackson ;\n describes events of war near Rowlesburg, [West\n Virginia]; comments on his troops various\n attacks on different Railroads; gives details\n about other battles.","Much family news; comments on how quickly\n her chickens are dying.","Discusses fighting [in the Civil War] and\n loss of servants; family news and sick and\n wounded from Battle of Gettysburg.","Comments on war, pestilence and famine;\n discusses the \n [Civil] War .","States that Nina Powell has been recommended\n to him to take care of his children as well as\n tutoring them; requests response to his\n offer.","Discusses pillaging by the Yankees; comments\n on men who have given their lives for the\n southern cause; much family news.","Comments on scarcity of various staples;\n offers her $300 to come and teach his\n children.","Discusses \"keeping house\" and how much it\n costs to do so; family news; comments on the\n Battle of Manassas. \n Including AN from [?], n.p. to \n Hatty [sic]\n [Powell], n.p., n.d., discussing delivery\n of enclosed note to \n Custis [Lee] . 1\n page.","Attempts to appease Nina's apprehensions\n about coming to Hanover County if the enemy is\n there; wants her to begin working the first of\n October.","Offer to substitute himself [for William\n Henry Fitzhugh Lee as a Northern prisoner of\n War].","Much family news; questions Nina about her\n \"beaux\" and his courting ways; discusses\n education.","Refers to burning her previous letter in\n case of a fight whence it could become public;\n relates news of troops; family news; discusses\n fight from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan\n [Rivers].","Much family news.","Much family news; stats that a man named\n Taylor Johns has fallen in love with Nina\n Powell; discusses situation at the\n Stringfellow's, where Nina now lives.","Discusses in detail his new teaching\n position; family information.","Gives cotton prices as $3.75 a yard;\n discusses Battle at Manassas; much family\n news.","Comments on her husband's new position in\n Albemarle; much family news; mentions some\n events in reference to the Civil War.","Says she saw her father [Charles L. Powell,\n Sr.] on his way to move into Cousin R's[?];\n describes her trip to Charlottesville;\n expresses satisfaction that her mother is able\n to stay with Uncle Fred and Lute; reports she\n has eleven scholars.","Family news; discusses her job as a teacher;\n discusses \"preserving with molasses\"; expresses\n anger and confusion about Nina's beaux David\n [?].","Discusses his teaching position.","Much family news.","Gives opinion on attitudes of young people;\n family news; expresses interest in\n religion.","Discusses plans for Christmas, including\n costs involved and where they can stay;\n discusses death of [Cousin?] Temple Grady and\n its effect on other relatives; discusses\n teaching and their role in the war effort.","Refers to a battle at Chattanooga,\n [Tennessee]; and [General] Longstreet;\n discusses cotton and its discount price of $18\n a bale; comments on young gentlemen who have\n come to visit her; other town and family\n news.","Thanks Hattie for her kind gift of The\n Bible; gives details of present experience as a\n soldier in the \n [Civil] War ;\n expresses sadness for those who died in the\n battle.","Mentions a Carrie Hobson's death resulting\n from a \"perforation of the bowels,\" (typhoid\n fever); family and town news; mentions Temple\n Grady's [brother of C. Powell Grady?] death;\n refers to having some corsets made.","Much family news.","Family news; expresses concern about\n \"national affairs\"; discusses religious point\n of view.","Much family news; discusses General Bragg\n and his great ability as a leader.","Much family news; states that he met Mr.\n Seddon, Secretary of War and they discussed \n [Judah]\n Benjamin ; gives some views of what is\n happening with the \n [Civil] War .","Mentions [General] Longstreet's retreat from\n Knoxville, [Tennessee]; comments on giving Nina\n some linen for \"sleeves or sleeve bands\",\n family news; discusses harvesting of crops;\n comments on threats that \"Yanks\" are\n making.","Discusses insufficiency of cotton crops;\n mentions that her son is on a war vessel, in\n the ocean, \"larger than the \n Florida and the \n Alabama .\"","Refers to travel by carriage; discusses\n mailing \"bleached cotton\"; family news.","Mentions story where Yankees come into towns\n and arrest southerners; refers to\n daguerreotypes; writes a poem/prayer to God\n about grief he and others have experienced.","Wishes Nina a Merry Christmas since she\n (Nina) will be together with her parents;\n family news.","Discusses the inclement weather; states that\n she had butter and tea for celebration on\n Christmas morning; gives price of calico as 6\n dollars per yard.","Comments on her friends spending New Year's\n Eve at the President's; mentions walking to the\n University\n [of Virginia] in Charlottesville,\n [Virginia]; family news; refers to cotton vs.\n bleached cotton; discusses typhoid fever;\n comments on subject of religion.","Much family news; expresses hopes for an end\n to the \n [Civil] War ;\n mentions a book \"Home Influency\" that deals\n with raising children.","Mentions losing her heart to a Lieutenant\n Blackford; much family news.","Mentions having forgotten Nina's birthday\n and becoming more absentminded; states that\n demonstrating affection ins public is not good\n practice; gives advice and opinion on men and\n courting; has put \"vie dollars in gold and $25\n in Virginia. Bank notes\"; and discusses school\n teaching; much family news.","Has been suffering from sickness similar to\n typhoid fever; mentions that many servants have\n the measles; states that the key to her watch\n is worn out and she cannot wind it.","Offers advice about teaching; has seen [John\n C. Pemberton]; family news.","Discusses her illness [typhoid fever?];\n describes her Christmas diversions.","Comments on how he misses having the women\n in his family at home; family news; discuses\n some aspects of the \n [Civil] War ;\n mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Much family news; expresses hope that the \n [Civil] War will\n soon end; expresses grief of her Mother's\n death.","Expresses concern about Hattie Powell's\n sickness; much family news and town gossip;\n mentions some of the types of food they've been\n eating; talks about \"yanks\" and their\n disruptiveness; mentions Robert Young\n Conrad.","Gives Nina advice on how to terminate her\n engagement with [John Dupuy]; writes of the\n death of Hunter McGuire's sister, May; says she\n now has twelve scholars; news of family and\n friends; discusses books and mentions Robert\n Young Conrad.","Says she has been busy knitting gloves,\n sewing, teaching, nursing, and being sick; says\n she is nearly \"well and fat\" again; says that\n her hair has not started to come back yet, but\n that when it does, she has been told to shave\n it; asks who Nina's friend Lizzie is; describes\n people she has met; reports where troops are;\n discusses ways she is trying to get cotton.","Advises Minnie not to be grieved about their\n mother's death; some family news.","Article in which Jefferson Davis praises the\n Confederate soldiers for their \"devotion and\n self-sacrifice,\" and assures them of their\n capabilities against the declining enemy; also\n includes a commentary about Davis' speech,\n stating that the present spirit of the South\n has never been paralleled in history.","Congratulates Nina on her engagement to \n [John J.]\n Dupuy ; discusses their friendship; news\n of family and friends.","Much family news.","Mentions a girl's death from diphtheria;\n refers to traveling by train; discusses\n blockade of the Potomac River; comments on\n greenbacks and their value; refers to the\n Yankee Congress; general Civil War news.","Gives consent for him to marry Nina after\n listing the pros and cons of the situation.","Much town news and family news; refers to\n knitting as a pastime; states that her hair has\n not begun to \"come out yet\".","Discusses her new beau; much family and town\n news; refers to events of the \n [Civil] War and\n the Powhatan troop.","Says that her employer, Mrs. Stringfellow,\n has offered to allow her two weeks for Easter;\n asks permission to come home; gives detailed\n plans on how she could get there cheaply; says\n the \"troop\" will return before Easter; asks if\n her father is coming home for the holiday.","Discusses selection of a minister; comments\n on her knitting for the soldiers; town gossip\n and family news.","Discusses sale of a draft on New York for\n $625.","Thanks her for gloves she knitted and set to\n him.","Comments on her sister's problem with\n inflammatory rheumatism; much town and family\n news; tells stories of soldiers who have\n returned home; comments on lack of patriotism\n in the country; mentions readying.","Tells of a shopping trip she took to\n Charlottesville, and the people she saw;\n describes a visit to see their father at Cousin\n R. Nowland's; discusses the new tax law, the\n \"panic,\" and the new monetary issue; news of\n friends and family; mentions reading.","Makes reference to needing a straw-splitter;\n discusses financial situation; comments on\n Nina's engagement to \"Brother \n John\"\n [Dupuy?] .","Mentions interruption of communications due\n to Yankee Raid; states that he sat near \n Gen. [Robert\n E.] Lee and Mr. Edmund Lee on a train car\n and talked with them; describes conversation;\n discusses the events of the \n [Civil]\n War [including Lee's near capture by\n Custis' divisionary raid through Albemarle\n County, during the Kilpatrick - Dahlgren Raid\n on Richmond]; mentions Holmes Conrad.","Much town news; discusses Yankees and their\n progression; comments on her attempts to hide\n her silver on her body in order to keep it from\n the Yankees.","Much family news; expresses religious\n views.","Much family news; discusses events of the \n [Civil] War ;\n including raid by Custis on Albemarle; mentions\n Homes Conrad.","Much family news.","Discusses the weather; much town and family\n news.","Says her Easter plans have been cancelled\n because of the snow storm; mentions how close\n she (Nina) has been to the Yankees; says she\n feels much better and now weights 114 pounds;\n reports on fatal measles in the area; reports\n on how she has spent her time with Captain\n Morgan.","Sends her a letter from Kate[?].","Discusses buying and selling cotton;\n comments on college opportunities; family\n news.","Much family news and town gossip; comments\n on gold lace on the coats of those who make\n rank of Captain.","Much family news; refers to Nina's\n grandmother's [Anne Harriotte (Lee) Lloyd]\n death; discusses Yankees and their progress;\n mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Comments on reading as a pastime and\n mentions [?] Cooper's novels; much family news;\n refers to Yankees taking hostages; mentions\n Robert Young Conrad.","Describes her daily schedule; reports how\n their Aunt Jeanie Lloyd and \n Aunt\n [Re]Bec[ca] are doing in relation to the\n war; describes social visits; mentions an Aunt\n Nannie; news of family and friends.","Discusses weather and its effects on gardens\n and crops; comments on Yankees and news about\n the \n [Civil] War ;\n much family news.","Much family news; comments on news of the \n [Civil] War .","Gives detailed description of fighting near\n Beaver Dam, [Virginia], as told to her by some\n of the soldiers; mentions visit by Gen. Stuart;\n describes other events of the war from personal\n point of view.","Much family news; discusses struggle on the\n Rapidan [River]; tells of other \n [Civil]\n War news.","Discusses general battle news; expresses\n concern about struggle in Hanover County,\n Virginia.","Discusses events of the war; comments on\n actions of Yankees.","Comments on armies being at Hanover Junction\n and expresses her concern and fears; refers to\n burning of Powhatan depot by Yankees. \n Including AN from [Selina (Lloyd) Powell,\n Charlotte County, Virginia], to Nina Powell,\n [Verdon, Hanover County, Virginia], 24 May,\n 1864, correcting some spelling errors. 1\n page.","Expresses relief that the Yankees did not\n come through the area where Nina is; says that\n her father wants her [Nina] to leave soon\n because of the danger; says things are so\n scarce in Charlotte that there would not be\n enough to feed her; expresses relief that Nina\n is not living between the two railroads; says\n the news they get about the war is encouraging,\n but she thinks the conflict will be a long one;\n discusses plans to get the family together.","Refers to battle of Vicksburg; tells of\n other developments of the \n [Civil] War .","Refers to a cousin, Mrs. Randolph Tucker\n whose house is at the corner of Grace and Adams\n street in Richmond; much family news.","Asks about Nina's daily schedule and when\n she says prayers; expresses sorrow that\n Hattie's teaching position near Nina did not\n work out; tells her she must be self-reliant;\n says she is waiting to find out if she can join\n Mr. Powell; discusses the fashions of hats;\n sends her respects to Mr. Stringfellow.","Much town and family news.","Describes her social schedule; encourages\n her to pursue a relationship with Willie\n Booker; news of family.","Recounts all he has been doing for the past\n two years (has been in charge of a prison.","Asks Nina to change her mind and work for\n them another year; claims they are safe from\n the Yankees and that the war will soon be over;\n praises her teaching of their three girls.","Discusses Yankees' burning of houses in\n Richmond; gives views on death; much family\n news.","Comments on typhoid fever; family news.","Much Family news. mentions not being able to\n find a nail-brush in the city and forgot india\n ribbon; comments on Yankees treating people\n badly; refers to buying lip-glue at Randolph's\n Book Store; discusses her, Nina's, new\n house.","Describes Mr. Powell's teaching position\n with the Scott family; says he is trying to\n find a place near him for her to stay; says\n there was a Yankee raid near where he is\n staying; discusses where friends who are\n soldiers are stationed; mentions families who\n are looking for wounded soldiers to employ as\n teachers.","Much family and town news.","Comments on symptoms of the \"fever\";\n expresses religious beliefs concerning deaths\n resulting from battles; much family news and\n town news.","Much family news; discusses teacher's\n pay.","Much family and town news; inquires about\n her new home in Richmond, Virginia.","Discusses one of Nina's pupils and how Nina\n should act towards the family that is employing\n her; mentions arrangements to exchange a pair\n of shoes; reports on friends and family;\n reports on \"her Willie,\" and where he is\n stationed; mentions soldiers for whom she has\n knitted gloves.","Discusses the suitability of Mr. Starke's\n teaching offer for her mother.","Chides Nina for not writing her; asks if she\n is spending all her time with Willie Dupuy] who\n has a wounded shoulder; reports on what she has\n done socially; asks her to get some cartridges\n for her pistol when she buys some for her own\n gun; says Minna Booker is to be married\n November fourth; discusses sewing.","Complains about difficulties in the teaching\n profession; family news.","Describes her situation at the Garrett's,\n teaching Lizzie and others; emphasizes the\n importance of letter writing now that they are\n apart; discusses Mr. Irving's[?] failing\n health; says Lizzie has diphtheria; describes\n social events; discusses Nina's problems with\n teaching Blanche; reports on friends who have\n been wounded or killed in the war; asks bout\n Cousin Mary Lee and Cousin Emily.","Reports that her brother Rob has been\n wounded and may have to have his leg amputated;\n says her brother Jimmie is in Charleston where\n there is much yellow fever; says they work all\n day without rest; more family news.","Gives advice on how Nina should manage one\n of her pupils; reports on what she is doing;\n discusses clothes; mentions Minna's\n wedding.","Gives reasons why she hasn't written of\n late; describes her brother's episode of being\n shot in the hand and its effects; comments on\n amount of men that are off at war and those who\n remain are \"quaking\"; much family news;\n expresses hope that God will get them through\n \"these difficulties.\"","Describes her social activities; discusses\n balancing work with pleasure; news of family\n and friends.","Asks about her \"new home\" in Richmond and\n her \"new occupation\" with Mrs. Paleski;\n describes Minna's wedding; says the weather was\n so bad that no one could go home, so the\n reception lasted all night; reports what she\n has done socially; describes in detail a dress\n she just made.","Expresses joy that Nina and their mother can\n live close to each other; reports on her social\n activities; discusses plans for Christmas;\n mentions how well the Confederate Cavalry is\n doing; discusses friends that are soldiers, and\n which of them she has knitted gloves for.","Describes a preacher, Mr. McGill, who is\n visiting; describes social events; discusses\n clothes she is making; questions Junius\n Powell's decision to go to Bermuda instead of\n joining the army; mentions Harry Harrison [Mrs.\n Huge's brother] who came home after a prisoner\n at Fort Delaware.","Discusses how her home was destroyed;\n details experiences with the Yankees; comments\n on incarceration of many Southerners in\n northern prisons and their suffering; family\n news.","Describes her trip to Charlottesville and\n the people she visited, including cousin Gert;\n mentions Sally's[?] death; says she must soon\n accept an offer for teaching from Mr. Frank\n Cabell; discusses depreciation of money;\n mentions a cousin Ann and a cousin Laura;\n reports that Tip Powell was taken prisoner.","Discusses the bad weather and muddy roads,\n says she has not heard from Custis Lee, for\n whom she made gloves; discusses clothes;\n discusses Christmas plans; tells Nina to\n \"change her dress\" whenever she desires, since\n she will always mourn inside; says she and\n Rebecca will change theirs in the spring;\n discusses the problems Winchester is having\n with the Yankees; mentions Minna's wedding.","Discusses a prospective teaching job for her\n and his plan for her.","Much family news; begs her to spend\n Christmas with them.","Expresses happiness that her mother and\n father will finally be able to live together\n again; comments on Nina Powell's loss of hair;\n refers to suffering Loudoun County, due to\n Yankees; family news; describes how a friend\n spends time trying to find hiding places for\n her possessions.","Describes a \"homespun\" dress that she has;\n family news; describes weather; tells her to go\n to a Christmas get-together where she can met\n many people, including Robert E. Lee, Custis\n Lee, and perhaps \"our beloved President\"\n [Jefferson Davis]; later mentions rumors that\n President Davis may be dead.","Mentions pastime crocheting a cap; comments\n on delay of mail; discusses ordering some\n supplies from her sister; refers to troop\n movement on \"the Danville road\"; family\n news.","Describes social activities; urges Nina to\n spend Christmas in Richmond with Cousin Emily;\n discusses cotton and where to buy it. \n Including fragment of ALS from \"cousin\"\n Laurence B. Taylor, to [?], n.p., n.d., stating\n that he hopes they will see much of each other\n in \n Albemarle\n [County] .","Discusses the difficulties of sending mail;\n inquires about their mother's health; news of\n friends and the war.","Thanks her for the gauntlets, testament, and\n book of psalms that she sent him.","Tells what she did during Christmas\n holidays; discusses her job as a teacher as\n well as who and what subjects she teaches;\n family and town news.","Comments on Robert E. Lee's thoughts that\n the South is in danger; discusses her knitting\n and whom she has made gloves for; states how\n she doesn't understand men; family news.","Discusses the possibility of Nina being\n engaged to Willie Dupuy; says she would like to\n know him better before she can consent; would\n like for her to make the final decision\n herself; says their engagement would last\n indefinitely because they are both poor and\n Willie was \"disabled\" from the war; asks her to\n consider these issues.","Responds to her requesting permission to be\n engaged to \n Mr. [William]\n Dupuy[?] ; gives feelings about entire\n situation; refers to evacuation of Richmond,\n [Virginia].","Family news; asks her to send her stamps and\n black glazed cotton and to look for\n strawsplitters; describes episode of being\n thrown from horse.","Discusses how busy she is making gloves;\n mentions Nina's engagement/involvement with a\n \"brave, Christian soldier\".","Discusses possibility of Nina moving to\n Norwood if Richmond is given up.","Much family news; discusses the bond between\n two who love each other.","Expresses happiness about Nina's now\n official engagement to Mr. [William] Dupuy;\n other family news.","Discusses Nina's engagement and her fiance's\n [William Dupuy] financial status and\n personality.","Gives advice on how to express feelings of\n love to her fiance, in her correspondence.","Gives her advice about her situation with\n Mr. D[upuy]; tells her to make up her own mind\n and to be sure of his character and their love;\n advises that if she is certain that she wants\n to be engaged to him, then not to hold back her\n feelings and to show her trust; gives more\n advice.","Much family news; expresses her approval of\n William Dupuy as Nina's fiance. \n Including Cy of L, 10 February 1865, from\n [William Dupuy], n.p. to \"Sir\" [Charles L.\n Powell, Sr.], n.p., discussing his and Nina's\n relationship and betrothal. 4 pages.","Gives advise on Nina's relationship with a\n young man [Willie Dupuy?]; says that if they\n ever get married they would always be poor;\n discusses what he will want in a wife;\n discusses Nina's fear that her ways are not\n elegant enough for him because he was brought\n up in higher society; reveals her philosophy on\n how to act in society, how to view oneself, and\n how to act towards men to keep them\n interested.","Comments on attempts to regain some of their\n family possessions; discusses the break-up of\n Nina Powell's engagement; mentions Hattie\n Powell's arrival in Goochland, [Virginia],\n family news.","Discusses Nina's problem with an employer,\n Mrs. Powell, and suggests other families she\n could work for; says she can spend $350.00 on\n material for summer clothing; discusses the\n plight of the South; reveals her feelings about\n Nina's engagement; describes a visit to Norwood\n where her parents are working for Mr. Cabell;\n reports that cousin Lizzie Powell, fourth\n daughter of Uncle Llew, is to be married; news\n of family and friends; mentions teaching.","Discusses materials for sewing dresses;\n expresses her anger at how Mrs. Powell (an\n employer) treated Nina; discusses her neighbors\n where she is teaching, saying none are suitable\n for Nina to live with and teach for; gives news\n of friends and family; says they have a soldier\n staying there; mentions teaching. \n Including newspaper clipping advertising\n for teachers.","Thanks her for presents she sent him;\n expresses hope of seeing her again soon.","Much family news; discusses Yankees.","Says Mr. Philip Cabell is stopping by\n \"Bremo\" on his way to Richmond, so she is\n taking this opportunity to send a letter;\n discusses opportunities for her to work with\n other families and how she should set this up;\n wishes she could come to see them but says it\n is impossible because the canal is \"broken up,\"\n the roads are bad, and the Yankees destroyed\n the carriage; hopes that she is comfortable at\n Gen[eral] Cocke's; hopes that he doesn't mind\n her being there since he is a wealthy man.\n Letter is continued on a small slip of paper -\n advises on the different uses of \"shall\" and\n \"will\" in writing letters.","Expresses relief that she is safe after\n traveling through dangerous area; says that\n their Mother and Father had some trouble when\n traveling, and that they lost some clothes;\n discusses an offer to teach in Keysville,\n Charlotte County; reports battle action in the\n area; asks what she thinks about her giving her\n silver cup to \"the government\"; mentions the\n death of their Aunt Ann's baby, Fannie.","Mentions sending carpet bags to her parents\n filled with necessary items she could spare;\n comments on Yankees being on southside of the\n James [River], [Virginia] and dreading a\n raid.","Send the key to her bonnet box; mentions a\n cousin Kate Noland and an Aunt Bettie Conrad;\n news of family and friends.","Discusses surrender of Confederates in\n detail; expresses religious beliefs about\n result of the \n [Civil] War ;\n describes battle in Richmond, [Virginia].","Comments on prohibition from traveling\n North; mentions recognition by France and the\n French position; gives religious opinions;\n describes some of the remnants left by\n Yankees.","Reports news of post-war events since Hattie\n receives no news in the country; expresses the\n sentiments and anxieties of those in an\n occupied city, discusses [Robert E. Lee and his\n sons]; reports rumors about Booth, Jefferson\n Davis, and the surrender of the army of \n [Joseph E.]\n Johns[t]on to \n [William T.]\n Sherman ; discusses the sacrifices of the\n last four years and where it has led.","Describes the people with whom she is\n staying; expresses joy that she feels\n comfortable in Richmond; says she hears rumors\n about whether Richmond will be given up or not;\n tells her to come to them if there is any\n danger; news about friends.","Describes a battle at Fort Jackson that she\n was able to witness from her cousin's house;\n says Hunter [?] is the medical doctor of\n Ewell's Corps; mentions lack of provisions;\n says she had to work very hard last winter.","Refers to \"free negroes\" and the fall of\n Richmond; tells stories of robbers in various\n neighborhoods; discusses difficulty to have\n faith in God where there is so much suffering;\n also refers to bands of negro robbers and\n describes their actions.","Much family news; expresses sorrow and grief\n about living through these times.","Much family news; comments on problems with\n servants; refers to death of Lincoln and\n memorial service for him.","Reports that Mr. Cabell bought a horse from\n a Mississippi soldier; reports that a Yankee\n soldier came to the house asking for brandy;\n says that she and Fan [?] are closing school\n for the summer; says she will soon come to\n Norwood to visit them.","Discusses health, says she has rheumatism;\n says they will stay in Richmond until July;\n tells their options of where to go; considers\n the cost of the Civil War; discusses the\n condition of President Davis, prisoner at Fort\n Monroe; says the Yankee officers are being\n kinder to Richmonders; says Pierrepont has just\n arrived in Richmond.","Reports she is staying with relatives but\n that it is so crowded, she will leave soon;\n says the house has been burned down, so they\n are living in log cabins; tells that she will\n soon go to Canada to visit her brother Horace;\n discusses where Nina could set up a school in\n that neighborhood.","Tells of her religious belief about the \n [Civil] War and\n how she prays daily; discusses subject of white\n vs. black labor; much family new; comments on\n cruel treatment of \"our\" President [Jefferson\n Davis]; refers to a Dr. Hoge who denies trying\n to begin a colony in Brazil.","Expresses difficulty in accepting downfall\n of Confederacy; family news; discusses Nina's\n engagement to Willie Dupuy.","Much family news.","Poem entitled \n The Bachelor's\n Consolation written by \"Goodman A.\n Bachelor.\"","Much family news; comments on Nina's\n engagement; discusses situation with Negroes;\n comments on elections and how soldiers were put\n into many of the civil offices; plans for\n jousting tournament.","Discusses the family's moving to a new house\n and how they all can be reunited once\n again.","Discusses where they may move; says the\n Yankees have possession of her home in\n Arlington; says the situation in Richmond is\n better since Pierrepont [Pierpont] arrived;\n gives news about family; mentions Robert E. Lee\n (1843-1914) and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee.","Discusses Nannie's [?] wedding; says their\n father will need her [Nina] home for the\n opening of school; tells how she has been\n spending her time; discusses the school;\n reports that Mary [?] is there; expresses fear\n for her Aunt Mary because of the threats of\n Negro uprisings in southern Virginia; asks if\n everything is going well between Nannie and\n Willie B[ooker].","Discusses the continuing uncertainties of\n where their family will live; says she will\n return to work at Mr. Cabell's because she\n cannot depend on family plans; describes her\n visit to Greenwood.","Discusses a horse riding [jousting]\n tournament and social event that followed; much\n family news.","Reports travel plans; lists social events;\n news of friends; says she will begin at Mr.\n Cabell's in two weeks.","Says that she just realized that it is her\n 56th birthday; discusses some issues on\n etiquette; says that she is glad that she is\n pleased with her new house; has heard that the\n Yankees are advancing on Charlottesville; says\n Gloucester is having problems with the Yankees,\n so she will not return there; expresses\n disappointment that Mr. Powell did not secure a\n certain job that would have allowed them all to\n live together; says that the Redds and the\n Bookers have been very kind to her and do not\n want her to leave; writes that the Dupuy's son\n [Willie?] has bullet wounds in both thighs and\n in the foot.","Much family news.","Describes a boat trip she took with Sallie\n [?] to Norwood; gives news of Mr. William\n Cabell; discusses literature; news of friends\n and family.","Says Hunter has a small (medical) practice;\n gives news about what her other brothers[?] are\n doing; says Willie is doing well despite the\n time he spent in prison; tells how he was\n marched by their home last winter by the\n Yankees and taken to prison; tells how their\n house was used as a hospital, her family was\n put under arrest, and they were forced to live\n with the Yankees for six months; expresses her\n hatred of the Yankees; discusses how the last\n four years have changed her; tells how Gert [?]\n was working in the hospitals and on the battle\n field, caught a disease and has been bedridden\n for the last thirteen months; says she was very\n weak last winter because of the hard work and\n anxiety; says she could no longer work in the\n hospitals because of how the sights of war\n affected her.","Much family news; comments on the meeting of\n Congress and its result on the restoration of\n southern property.","Writes about Presbyterian Conference she is\n attending; gives town and family news.","Gives history of a family, telling which\n troop each son is in; comments on the scarcity\n of paper, which is why she is writing on the\n back of a letter written to her by her mother. \n Including on back: \n S[elina\n Powell], Charlotte\n C[ourt] H[ouse], [Virginia], to\n \"daughter\" [Hattie Powell], n.p. Asks her about\n her fever and if it is interfering with her\n teaching; says Mr. Powell visited her for a\n week; says she will stay in Charlotte all\n winter; mentions death of Carry Hobson. 1 page.\n ALS.","Sends her a pair of slippers which she made\n the best she could with the materials\n available; says she wanted to do something for\n her during \"these war times\"; says her father\n is not home yet; gives list of things Rebecca\n needs.","Discusses the importance of having nice\n handwriting; describes Kate's [?] studies;\n grieves over how many have lost their homes and\n hopes that her daughter could have a couple\n years holiday (from teaching); says those who\n must have employment are happiest; writes of\n family and friends; discusses her Uncle G's [?]\n method of teaching. \n Incomplete (first part missing).\n Including attached insert saying that Mr. H.\n [?] declined her father's services.","Describes the scene when the Yankees came\n into the home of Dr. Robert Baldwin; says Dr.\n Baldwin was kicked out of town because he\n refused to pay a servant; describes how the\n town has changed since the Yankees have taken\n over; mentions a man named Milroy who seems to\n be their leader; gives news of family members\n many of whom has been sick; describes a puppy\n he has gotten; describes a battle in which many\n Yankees were taken as prisoners; says Milroy\n has escaped and has gone to Washington; says\n all of her furniture is not sold and that they\n cannot try to sell it while the Yankees are\n here; discusses Dr. Daniel Conrad's\n practice.","Asks what Jeanie [?] will do all summer;\n says she has heard that all the carriage horses\n in Gloucester have been carried off; says she\n will go to Powhatan to join her husband who is\n working for Mr. Michaux; says the Yankees are\n in Shepherdstown but that the Confederates have\n Winchester.","Speaks of the last four years, the\n excitement and the trials; discusses \"the\n college\" that Robert is involving with;\n discusses the difficulty of finding good help;\n describes their house, saying it is handsome to\n \"confederate eyes\"; expresses sadness that her\n home is still used by the Yankees; discusses\n Alexandria.","Comments on the postal problems and hopes\n she has been receiving her letters; gives news\n of the Bookers; writes of her anxiety over how\n she [Nina] is and discusses her travel plans to\n Prince Edward; discusses where the Yankees are\n stationed; writes of the family's plans for the\n summer.","Sends her cotton for stockings; comments on\n postal problems; discusses the safety of\n Richmond; discusses sewing and fashions; news\n of family and friends.","Discusses the dilemma of Southerns taking\n the \"oath\" with the Northerners so that they\n can protect their property.","Reports that Captain Watkins and Willie\n Dupuy have been wounded; says she does not know\n which battle they were in; news of friends;\n says she has heard from Mr. Powell recently;\n discusses dresses.","Says that she sent socks to Willie [?] who\n is in the army; mentions the death of \n James\n M[coughty?].","Describes how to make Mrs. Sharpe's [?] hat;\n describes Lute's hat; says she will get two or\n three hundred dollars in Northern money from an\n Uncle William.","Discusses teaching; describes trip to\n Charlottesville and adventurous train ride;\n mentions Sandy Pendleton's [?] wedding;\n discusses Trip's [?] health.","Sends Rebecca a picture of Robert E. Lee,\n taken during the war (picture is dated 20\n January 1866); writes of Lexington where they\n have just moved; gives news of family.","Describes her social activities; gives\n teaching position that Hattie is considering;\n reports that Yankees are being strict in their\n town.","Discusses poor mail service; describes\n Alexandria as dull town with spirit of\n despondency, town may be forced into the\n District of Columbia; describes visit of Henry\n Hallowell [?]; much family and town news.","Discusses crocheting, books they have read;\n much family news and gossip.","Discusses family news; speaks of financial\n situation of buying a house in Baltimore;\n discusses problems of retrieving household\n items (portraits, furniture, etc.) and where to\n put them.","Discusses details of retrieving family\n possessions from the Office of Confiscation;\n includes list of objects missing.","Describes her trip and her stay with Cousin\n Lee; tells of relatives and other people she\n has seen; will continue traveling.","Discusses daily life and schedule; family\n news.","Describes her trip to Dr. Wights' and tells\n of the people she met there; discusses dresses;\n asks about the family.","Description of the political happenings in\n Washington D.C.: the disputes between President\n Johnson and the \"Radicals\", Mr. Johnson's veto\n message, the South's need to have\n representation in Congress; tells his view of\n these happenings; discusses attempts to\n retrieve articles from the confiscation office;\n family news.","Tells of difficulty she has dealing with\n hard life of times, \"Yankee\" rule, and free\n Negroes; much news about friends in the\n neighborhood.","Describes dinner at New Market and the\n people she saw there; describes conditions of\n roads, outlawing carriage rides; much news of\n family and friends.","Tells of people she has seen or heard\n from.","Discusses family news and news of friends;\n talks of sewing projects.","Gives an account of her \"Easter excursion,\"\n reporting what she did and whom she met; says\n Mrs. Atkins has no servants, so she will have\n to clean her own room.","Describes events of neighborhood; tells news\n of friends; tells of religious happenings, Mr.\n Wharey's [?] reform in the church, and her\n religious sentiments; writes of her gloomy\n feelings about the South, her distrust of the\n Yankees, and her rebellious feels toward them;\n congratulates Nina on having her own\n \"home.\"","Tells of stay in Cumberland with her \"sister\n and brother\"; tells of problems in retrieving\n household items lost in war; \n Douglas'\n [Forrest?] [her husband?] law practice is\n improving.","Asks Nina to welcome her friend, Mr. Henry\n T[heodore] Wight, who brings the letter, and\n make his stay in Alexandria pleasant.","Tries to convince Nina to take a trip next\n summer; describes new bonnet styles; describes\n her friend \n [Henry]\n Theodore Wight who will be taking a trip\n to Alexandria; discusses clothes.","Gives her view on the family taking in\n boarders, saying children would be easier for\n their mother to handle; asks about the\n \"Council\"; reports on what she has done\n socially; discusses the dresses she has made;\n says that yesterday the people of Richmond\n decorated the Confederate soldiers' graves;\n says she wishes she had gone; says Mrs. Adkins\n did not go, but sent flowers to Richmond. \n Written on ALS from J. Walker, Dover [?],\n to \n Hattie\n [Powell], Rolling Views, n.d. Sends her\n flowers and asks her to come to visit him. 1\n page.","Describes her visit to Richmond, people she\n visited, and how many commented on how well she\n looked compared to last winter; describes\n clothes she is making.","Asks her to send ribbon for a dress she will\n wear to a day-long affair at Norwood; news of\n friends.","Discusses their plans to go to Prince Edward\n County; discusses what clothes she has and what\n she may need; news of family and friends.","Explains why she cannot attend the gathering\n at Mr. Redd's that night; says she must listen\n to her head and not her heart so that she may\n get well; says she is tired of feeling ill and\n weak.","Invites Nina and Hattie Powell to come stay\n with them; says she feels better and is very\n excited to see them.","Expresses her joy that she arrived home\n safely, and her regret that her mother [Selina\n Powell] has taken ill; describes a [jousting]\n tournament among young boys or \"knights,\" in\n which the girls were honored as Queens and\n Maids of Honor; news about family and\n friends.","Gives her condolences for her uncle's death\n and her mother's illness; tells her of Nancy's\n [Lettie's sister] engagement and tells Nina not\n to leave her to marry a man; much news of\n family and friends.","Thanks Nina for her letter congratulating\n her and Willie Booker on their engagement; news\n about her fiance; tells her adventures of\n keeping the house while her mother was gone;\n news of family and friends.","Writes that her father is looking for board\n for her [Selina] and until then she will stay\n in Charlotte; recommends that Nina not write to\n men unless she is engaged to him or unless he\n is an old family friend; news of family and\n friends.","Discusses how far they are apart but thinks\n it is best that she (her mother) stay at Uncle\n Fred's; says she will stay at school for\n Christmas; writes of family and friends; tells\n that her health is very good and that she\n weights 106 pounds; discusses her school duties\n and her sewing.","Describes the parties she has had at her\n home recently; speaks of the engagement between\n Willie Booker and Nancy [her sister], and Lou\n Edmunds and Captain Hill; news of family and\n friends.","Tells how she and her friends have been\n together for three weeks now, staying at\n different homes; wishes Nina could be there;\n news of courting, engagements and weddings;\n tells Nina that she will not become an old\n maid; much news about family and friends;\n discusses Reading Societies and books read.","Tells of courtings, engagements and\n weddings; tells of Christmas plans; discusses\n the struggle in the Christian life to be\n pure.","Describes Christmas holidays; discusses the\n Christian struggle for purity; says she is\n having more headaches; discusses poor financial\n situation with no patrons paying for her\n teachings.","Describes the changes taking place: their\n Uncle Joe has died and she, Lavalette and her\n mother have moved to Falkland to take care of\n his children; she and Lavalette will teach the\n children; Lavalette is feeling worse; her\n brother and sister May will take care of\n Linden; news of engagements, weddings, family\n and friends.","Describes her new home and her new schedule;\n news about family and friends.","Tells about her fiance's [Willie Booker]\n work in [Medical School]; describes reactions\n to the Territorial Bill and to \n Gen[eral]\n Scofield[s] ; wonders if Lavalette will\n keep her promise to become an old maid; says\n the weather is so bad that they will not be\n able to go to Church for a month because of the\n roads; says she is trying to guess when\n weddings will be by who is making their wedding\n clothes.","Describes her teaching job with her sister\n Nancy; describes her students; tells how\n spirits have been low since the passage of the\n Territorial Bill, says their district is\n commanded by Gen[eral] Schofield; describes the\n \"demoralizing\" incident of one of the county\n men running off with a Negro girl and marrying\n her; news of family and friends.","Sends this letter through a friend and asks\n Rebecca to mail a package to Washington, D.C.\n for her; may have some frames sent to her,\n which could then be sent to them by steamboat\n to Richmond and canal boat to Lexington; says\n Mildred is in Richmond; Rob and Fitzhugh may go\n to Jennie's[?] wedding.","Describes the commencement exercises that\n she and Lavalette attended at Hampden Sydney;\n describes the fashions she saw there; says the\n scrub worm is seriously damaging the tobacco\n crop; describes their summer bonnets bought in\n Richmond.","Says that Nancy [her sister] has been ill;\n says that she, Nancy and their mother will take\n a trip North for their health; says she dreads\n to be among the Yankees; tells that Lou Booker\n has typhoid fever and so her wedding must be\n postponed; discusses the advantages and\n disadvantages of being an old maid and whether\n they will be one.","Gives news of gentlemen who are courting\n her; says that John Smith has been visiting her\n every other night; tells Nina that it is\n becoming serious and that she better come home\n soon or she will be gone; gives advice on the\n gentlemen that Nina is seeing.","Describes their stay in Danville; tells that\n her engagement with Willie Booker has been\n terminated; discusses their plans of where to\n live next year; news of family and friends;\n discusses fair.","Thanks Hattie for her announcement of her\n \"change of condition\" [marriage or\n engagement?]; gives her best wishes for her\n health and happiness.","Discusses which furniture and portraits she\n would like to be sent to her.","Discusses details of sending furniture from\n Alexandria to Lexington and of having portraits\n framed and sent. \n Includes notes to Selina and Nina.\n Including Xcy.","Discusses her transactions to acquire more\n furnishings for their home; news about family\n and friends.","Asks about her interactions with Mr. D[?];\n says Nina's happiness is the only bright spot\n in their lives; says she hasn't been to church\n much; says she has seen a lot of Willie S.[?];\n regrets that she can't say everything she would\n like to, because the letter must go through so\n many hands; writes of the broken Southern\n spirit; asks if there are any \"situations\" near\n them that she could take; says that she cannot\n write much because it works her \"into such a\n state\".","Tells of their new life at Linden, helping to\n take care of \"Sis\" May's children; comments on\n Nina's sister Hattie's marriage; discusses\n religion; describes a trip to Richmond; news about\n family and friends.","Recommends that she or Rebecca go with her to\n visit friends in Prince Edward County; tells her\n that since \n Mrs.\n B[ooker's] house was used as headquarters\n for them during the war, they must make a pleasure\n visit to her since the war is over.","Thanks Nina for sending her the objects\n repossessed from the war; comments on their\n sentimental value; gives news about Baltimore's\n social events and her husband Douglas' work.","Tells what family has done since she left for\n her trip; says everyone is feeling remarkably well\n on account of the warm weather; tells her to enjoy\n her visit with Lizza and Aggie [?].","Tells what each person in household is doing\n that evening: Mamma, Papa, Lute[?], Lewis[?],\n Fan[?]; says she visited Hattie who is feeling\n well \"under the circumstances\"; news about\n neighborhood.","Describes the health of each family member;\n says Mr. Powell had dyspepsia for which she gives\n him a raw onion; says Hattie is the same and\n cannot leave her room; gives news of friends;\n discusses a fire at Lee's [?] house; hopes she is\n enjoying her visit with Lizzie and Aggie.","Gives news about family and neighborhood; says\n that Cousin Lee's house burned; writes that Bob \n [Robert]\n Powell is now a doctor; news about her\n school.","Discusses news of neighborhood and people who\n have come to visit her; tells Nina to enjoy her\n stay with Lizzie and Agnes [?]; says she is still\n flat on her back but hopes to be better in a few\n weeks.","Regrets that he could not make the picnic that\n Nina planned; says that he had to pick up Josie\n [?] that day, who traveled flat on her back; says\n that he saw \"Cousin Rebecca\" in town.","Tells how she had been preserving many foods\n last summer because of the possible food shortage\n during the coming winter; describes her stay with\n \"Sis\" May in Farmville; describes the situation of\n the churches and Sunday school in her area; news\n about family and friends; one of Nina's students,\n Emma Henry, is getting married.","Apologizes to Nina for not calling on her\n while she was in Baltimore; expresses her job\n in their friendship.","Writes of their sorrow at the death of Hugh\n [Holmes McGuire] (brother of cousin); whose\n wife just had a child; asks Rebecca to come\n visit, since the war is over; gives news about\n who owns the Powell's old home; tells what each\n of her relatives is doing; gives news about\n friends; discusses the death of her aunt who\n never recovered after the Yankees burnt her\n house down; mentions how many soldiers cannot\n find employment. [Hugh Holmes McGuire MW battle\n of High Bridge.]","Discusses Magie's wedding [her niece]; says\n she has been alone in the evenings since Nina\n left her; describes her friends who have called\n during the day.","Apologizes for not writing; describes her\n schedule to taking care of a family of ten\n people; gives news about her gentlemen\n friends.","Extends sympathies to Nina and her family in\n the death of her sister, Hattie Powell Smoot,\n who died in childbirth; offers comfort through\n religion.","Offers her sympathy for the death of her\n daughter Hattie; discusses Hattie's character;\n mentions how Hattie has been looking forward to\n the time of childbirth.","Gives her sympathy for the death of Selina's\n daughter Hattie; speaks of her husband Robert,\n saying she thinks he may never be entirely well\n again; gives news of family.","Tells of her mourning for her cousin\n Hattie's death; offers her sympathies; gives\n news of family.","Offer her sympathies for Hattie's death;\n describes her stay in her Uncle Phil's home in\n the mountains; says she will return home to\n Alexandria in the Fall.","Describes the mountain inn and how they\n spend their time; says the mountain air is\n helping their mother's health.","Expresses her joy that Nina is engaged;\n discusses Nina's mother's health; says she is\n confined to bed and in much pain; says the\n treatment causes much suffering and that she is\n anxious to leave for home.","Says she is glad Nina gets a chance to enjoy\n herself, and visit with her cousin Lizzie,\n without worrying about daily duties; says her\n Aunt Lute is taking good care of her.","Gives a report on everyone's health; says\n she is feeling better; gives news of friends\n and family; hopes that she is enjoying her stay\n with \"cousin\" Lizzie.","Discusses grief and religion; teases Nina\n about her engagement [to Sewell Hepburn]; tells\n her to enjoy her stay and to get well soon;\n news about Alexandria.","News of friends and family; describes the\n trouble of giving a party for a couple to be\n married, and wonders why people have marriages\n in such poor times.","Pleads with her to visit them for\n Christmas.","Reports that they have been trying both the\n \"Alleghany Springs\" and the \"Yellow Sulfur\"\n springs; says the water has helped her health;\n describes the social life at the springs.","Inquires about her friends in Alexandria;\n asks if Mrs. Cassius Lee has information on\n household goods stolen from her.","Tells of her and Nancy's stay in Danville;\n discusses Nina's wedding; says her brother\n Abner will be in the Legislature until it\n adjourns; news about family and friends. \n Envelope included with list of bridal\n attendants on the back.","Discusses her daily schedule; describes a\n sewing machine that she bought; discusses\n Nina's wedding; news about family and\n friends.","Expresses her job in hearing Nina is\n engaged; reports that she has heard Mr. Hepburn\n described as \"intellectual\" and \"pious\"; says\n Capt[ain]. Grady sends his love; sends her a\n gift.","Regrets that she cannot come to Nina's\n wedding; hopes that Nina will be happy living\n in the parsonage; news about family and\n friends.","Apologizes that she cannot be there for the\n wedding; sends her money to buy a wedding\n present; tells that she had to refuse a\n gentleman who revealed his feelings for her;\n wishes her happiness in her new life.","Note accompanying a wedding present, wishing\n Nina happiness.","Gives a report on her health, saying she is\n much stronger; tells what remedies she is\n taking; says they have given most of her\n wedding cake away; says that everyone thinks\n her wedding was beautiful; gives her philosophy\n on marriage and its importance; tells her how\n lucky she is to have found such a \"good man.\" \n Including ALS from \n R[ebecca] C.\n P[owell] to Nina giving a report on their\n mother's health.","Describes how she spent her Easter vacation;\n describes the events that took place after\n Nina's wedding; describes a visit to\n Georgetown.","Reports she is feeling better but that\n Rebecca has neuralgia from a bad tooth; tells\n Nina that she should call her husband \"Mr.\n Hepburn\"; says it is Nellie's wedding day;\n advises her to obey her husband now that she is\n no longer there to control her.","Gives news about home and tells Nina that\n they miss her greatly; says the relationship\n between herself and John [?] is growing\n stronger; hopes that she is enjoying her stay\n in the country with her husband.","Discusses their mother's health, noting\n improvements; expresses eagerness to visit her\n in her own home; asks about Sewell.","Discusses her arrangements to come see them;\n says she is feeling better but she is still\n weak; tells her to ask for what she needs just\n like when she lived at home; gives news of\n family and friends.","Writes to tee her that her health has\n improved since she left home; gives a report on\n her health and what she has done there [at a\n resort?]; says her father will be home\n soon.","Includes description of S. Powell.","Thanks him for the letter of sympathy\n concerning his wife, Selina Powell; gives a\n detailed description of her death and a tribute\n to her life.","Offers her sympathy in the loss of her\n mother; says that her mother [Selina Powell]\n was one of her earliest friends.","Entreats them to warn his wife Lizzie\n against a woman named Mrs. Hubard who he is\n convinced is seeking their ruin.","Tells of friends' illnesses and other\n afflictions; discusses preachers; says she will\n wait to buy cotton until the price goes down. \n Including incomplete AL (written on top\n of) of 8 January 1864 from [?] Danville,\n Virginia, to \"sister.\" Says she would like to\n visit her and also to see her whole family but\n that she cannot leave because of her duties;\n says she can only leave on \"official\n business.\"","Describes their summer in the North; describes\n the Grand Jubilee held in Boston; describes\n Newport, [Maine] and the historical sites there;\n discusses Nina's life in the parsonage; gives news\n about family and friends back home.","Says she is very happy to return from the\n North, though she was treated kindly there and it\n did improve her health; says many people at home\n are ill with an influenza that follows the Horse\n Disease; much news about family and friends.","Asks Nina how her little boy is; reveals that\n she thought she would be getting married this\n fall, but that the gentleman, Dr. Cole, has been\n suffering from an illness; news about family and\n friends.","Expresses hope that she will visit them in\n Maryland soon, and bring her child; comments on\n Nina's settling in Waterford, Loudon County; news\n of family and friends.","Describes the baby Sewell's features; tells how\n the family is adjusting to new baby.","Discusses tuition for Mildred.","Reports news of her school; discusses the bonds\n that their father sold, and his financial\n situation.","Reports that they are taking of \n Uncle\n Lev[en], including paying for his board with\n Sallie Withers, and giving him clothes; expresses\n disappointment that other relatives are not\n helping him; says Uncle Lev had a drinking problem\n at one time and his wife will not see him.","Describes the town of Blacksburg, and the\n College [Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State\n University]; describes her new baby; says that\n when the College is on vacation, her husband must\n travel far to find a congregation; news about\n relatives.","Tells Nina their plans to visit her; says they\n will travel through Baltimore and then by boat\n across the Chesapeake Bay.","Sends a check for Mildred's tuition.","Hopes that Mr. Hepburn has recovered from his\n fall and hopes he will stick to taming men's\n spirits rather than taming men's horses; much news\n about family and friends.","Gives news about family and friends; says that\n they will visit her in a few weeks.","Sends Nina a fur cape and muff; congratulates\n Nina on her pregnancy and hopes she feels well;\n sends a present for the coming baby; asks Nina for\n her preferred style of dress so that she can make\n her some.","Tells of the death of her father-in-law and the\n effects it has had on the family.","Tells of birth of another boy and that Nina is\n doing fine; says they have not named it because he\n wanted a girl; tells story of how his errand boy\n spilled into the well some fish he was cleaning\n and how he [Sewell] had to go down and fish them\n out.","Gives advice on how to take care of oneself\n after childbirth; thinks that she should have more\n than one servant; says that she is having some\n dresses made for her; news about family and\n friends.","Gives news of friends in Alexandria; mentions\n Centennial celebrations; says her school is doing\n well, with 21 scholars; mentions that Robert\n Powell has a new daughter.","Tells of his stay at Selma in Leesburg where he\n visited relatives; tells of weddings in\n Leesburg.","Says she is glad the children are recovering\n from their illness; says Nina must take tonic and\n Lager Beer herself to say well; recommends ways to\n rid the house of the illness; describes a visit to\n Baltimore to see an art exhibit.","Wishes he had a mountain house where his\n grandchildren could go, especially to recuperate;\n discusses controversy between two Churches, St.\n Stephens and Grace Church, in the neighborhood\n where he is; says they both want Mr. Jackson from\n Charleston, South Carolina, to be their\n minister.","Gives a long description of her boarders and\n her school; gives news about neighborhood, friends\n and family.","Teases him about his \"Destitute condition,\"\n having to take care of himself while Nina is in\n Baltimore; scolds him for not taking good care of\n himself and says she does not want Nina to become\n a widow; tells of a surprise visit by Mrs. Beck of\n his parish to visit one of her students, Hallie;\n discusses past election and Hancock's defeat.","Is happy that she is enjoying her travels in\n the North so much; thanks her for her detailed\n descriptions which allow him to see the places\n through his \"mental vision\"; discusses his routes\n home; says he will be home soon with two boys\n [grandsons].","Discusses her travels in the North; tells of\n his grandsons' (Charles and Sewell) visit to\n Alexandria; discusses news at home.","Discusses the town of Bethlehem; says her Uncle\n William is visiting him; discusses his health;\n tells news of neighborhood.","Says that her \"Scotts Nephew\" has arrived and\n has settled in a room; says he may go to \n Orange\n [County, Virginia?] soon.","Describes a visit by her cousins Kate Powell\n and Carrie; gives a long and detailed description\n of Carrie, her immediate family and her\n experiences.","Discusses Ellen's tuition; says they are\n pleased with her education; says that their move\n to Richmond means that they will have to find\n another teacher.","Describes his journey to Nina's; describes an\n account between Bishop Randolph and Meta Stuart on\n the train concerning Amelie Rives; gives a\n description of each of his grandchildren.","Hopes that she and Mrs. Wailes are steadily\n improving their health while at the springs; tells\n her of the death of Mrs. Braxton and the prospects\n of Ingleside; gives news of grandchildren and\n neighborhood.","Expresses joy that her health is improving;\n tells of the death of General Wickham and how it\n affected the area; gives news of family and\n neighborhood.","Describes the school; says he may join the\n Blackford Society; tells about a grammar exam.","Describes the taking of an arithmetic exam\n which exempted him from taking any more; says he\n got some demerits; tells about football and how he\n is playing well.","Tells about his schedule and about his exams;\n says he had tea with Mr. Hooffs; discusses\n demerits.","Says he cannot teach this week because his nose\n is going to be operated on; says his mother and\n Sewell will occupy the children until then; says\n Sewell will go back to school soon; discusses the\n structure of his classes and asks her advice.","Discusses the nature of geometry and gives\n advice on how to learn it.","Says he has been ill; discusses activities at\n school and grades.","Thanks her for the invitation to come visit\n while they are in Yorktown; says his two boys will\n come by sailing a canoe to Yorktown.","Says they are all home for a week holiday;\n describes how they all got home; says Richard Cook\n came home with Selina; describes a real old timey\n Virginia country dance; says Selina likes\n Alexandria and the new home; describes what each\n person in the family has been doing; gives a\n description of the College of William and Mary;\n says he has overloaded himself with schoolwork\n this year; tells how the Alumni are reorganizing\n the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity; gives a description\n of the fraternity; mentions the burning of St.\n Paul's Church in Hanover; thanks her for the\n presents she sent.","Discusses examination schedule and work load;\n questions validity of mid-term examinations;\n praises the College for its level of academia;\n praises Dr. Hall, a professor of English; says\n that main event at the College now is the contest\n between societies for the society medals; says he\n is in the Phoenix society and may debate for it;\n says he took a trip to New Kent to see his \"girl\"\n and to visit friends; discusses the Daughter of\n the Revolution and the Organization of the\n descendants of the Cincinatti; says he saw Cousin\n Laura and her husband Mr. Roberts, a preacher, who\n are in Williamsburg.","Discusses the new house which he is anxious to\n get home to see; says he and Charles will not\n finish exams until the end of June; discusses the\n social events of the \"final week\"; discusses his\n exams; discusses Selina' academic progress; says\n one must experience College life to understand the\n strength of its temptations.","Says he has spent much time with Nanna Powell\n McCormick, a cousin; describes her and what they\n have done together; says he is in love with her;\n discusses love and cupid; describes a card club he\n belongs to, and a German club.","Hopes that she doesn't feel isolated from his\n immediate family; says that their \"great mutual\n loss\" has brought them all closer together; asks\n about her plans for the future; says he went to\n York to see Charles; discusses his housing at\n College; talks of recent fires in Richmond and\n Baltimore; speaks of his cousins and some girls\n that he has met.","Discusses their family's genealogy; mentions\n Nicholas Lloyd, John Lloyd, and Sarah Lloyd.","Discusses the Presbyterian drive in Alexandria\n to save the old church; discusses church events;\n expresses joy to hear of Nina's marriage; mentions\n the fact that her [Selina's] father is over eighty\n years old.","Describes a house nearby; writes about her\n relatives that are staying there; asks her to come\n visit. \n Including ALS from \n S[elina]\n Powell, n.p. to \n Nina [Powell] .\n Asks Nina to write Lizzie about the house, if it\n can be rented, and who they should talk to.","Wishes her a Merry Christmas; tells what family\n members are making for presents; asks about her\n trip to Alexandria and the people she has seen;\n discusses the propriety of accepting a book for a\n gentleman; tells her to be happy and not to think\n too much.","Discusses offers she has had for teaching,\n saying she will take the offer closest to where\n Mr. Powell teaches; advises her to get her teeth\n fixed; discusses styles; gives advice on how to\n motivate one of her students; says he will not go\n to Gloucester because of the recent \"outrages\"\n there; says she has a \"horror of drunken\n negroes.\"","Advises her to come home after her visit with\n Lizzie Watkins; gives a report on the health of\n family and friends; says almost \"all black and\n white\" went to the \"procession\" in Washington the\n day before; says her cousin Jinny Taylor's family\n is ill; sends her money.","Discusses her poor health, saying she has been\n diagnosed as having a diseased heart; says she is\n staying with her sister Aggie who just got\n married; news of family.","Discusses Nina's visit with her friends and her\n trip to the \"Bear's Den\"; writes of the many\n parties there have been since Nina left; says she\n has not seen Nina' sisters since they got back\n from Capon; discusses their friendship.","Says her father still has not come home;\n describes a trip Nina and Rebecca made and the\n people they visited; writes of young men and\n friends who have come to visit Nina; news of\n friends and family.","Discusses dresses; writes of a \"Mr. C.,\"\n assuring her mother that they are not romantically\n involved; says Mr. And Mrs. Stringfellow left them\n to the care of the housekeeper; gives news about\n friends.","Says that Uncle J. Powell does not think\n Lexington is a good place to open a school and\n Lynchburg would be better; discusses prices for\n boarding; says that her Father may have to look\n for a tutoring job for a family and then she will\n have to find work as close to him as possible;\n discusses sewing she has done; gives news about\n family and friends.","Discusses the remedies \"Mother\" has tried for\n her sore throat; describes Mrs. Wildman's receipt\n for asparagus; says \"Ma\" is experimenting on her\n throat and then will tell Minna how to treat\n hers.","Describes her daily schedule, including\n teaching for \"the girls\"; says the \"Captain\" and\n the girls included her in a visit to Mrs. Cooke's;\n describes the people she met there and the\n house.","Says he spent Christmas at Uncle Frank's and\n Aunt Jane's; reports on what he has been\n doing.","Discusses whether Emily [?] will move to\n Fairlee [as a servant?]; asks if she will take\n someone from the \"Home for Fallen Women,\" if Emily\n declines.","Says she went shopping for her and is sending\n her some articles; discusses fashions; says her\n Aunt Ann is still unwell.","Tells her to take of herself while she is sick;\n discusses whether she should come home; tells of\n people there that are sick.","Discusses Mary's furniture and which of it she\n can use; discusses Frank [?]'s health; says Mrs.\n Hammond has died after being very ill; discusses\n health of friends and family; gives news of what\n her family is doing.","Tells of safe arrival of Maud's baby daughter\n and her appearance; sends greetings to Becca,\n Nina, and herself.","Gives advice on letter writing and\n spelling.","Advises her not to work too hard; discusses\n board prices in Albemarle, where Mr. Powell is\n teaching; discusses hair styles; encloses a sample\n of material of Rebecca's berage [?]; writes of the\n crowded conditions in Mrs. Sharpe's [?] home;\n mentions reading.","Sends this note with a letter she is\n forwarding; hopes she is enjoying her visit; says\n she is feeling better.","Discusses dresses and asks what else she will\n need for the summer; sends her a poem.","Consoles her in her time of \"troubles\"; says\n she has heard from their mother that she \"bear[s]\n them bravely\"; urges her to take an interest in\n life and to try to be happy again.","Describes a dress that Minnie is making;\n discusses other dresses.","News of family and friends.","Describes a walk he took from North Hampton to\n East Hampton; discusses Thanksgiving vacation.","Asks her to send socks.","Tells about her dolls; mentions some Powell\n relatives.","Thanks her for the donation for the restoration\n of a church on Fairfax St., near Selina's Aunt\n Rebecca's home; mentions a celebration for the\n laying of the corner stone of the District;\n describes a light hose that the government gave\n the Mount Vernon Chapter D.A.R.; mentions more\n historic work.","Discusses religious matters; lists social\n events.","Describes duties and responsibilities of\n husband and wife; describes the state of marriage;\n pronounces the couple as husband and wife; states\n Benediction.","Signed as written by Laura [?]; added note in\n different handwriting states \"written by Minna\n when eight y[ea]rs of age.\"","Tells of his appointment as Commander of the\n Continental Army, and his reluctance to accept the\n position due to hopes of a more peaceful solution and\n reluctance in leaving his family; gives information\n as to other Congressional decisions, such as the\n striking of 2 million dollars in Continental currency\n to pay troops.","In answer to a previous letter, he feels that the\n only principle that will affect them [the British?]\n is fear, and that treating them cavalierly will make\n them despair of their undertaking. [Statement on\n verso: Copy is in handwriting of Rebecca C. Powell of\n Alexandria].","Wishes to spend remainder of his life in \"rural\n amusements\"; prediction of what a great city\n Washington, D.C. will become, \"though not as large as\n London,\" and description of how Alexandria,\n [Virginia] has grown; feels that if the United States\n can steer clear of European politics, it could become\n \"one of the greatest and happiest nations in the\n world.\"","Discusses how he saved the papers of the\n Revolutionary Government by taking them to Leesburg,\n [Virginia] before the British burned the District of\n Columbia [in the War of 1812]. These papers included\n the Declaration of Independence, the journals of\n Congress, letter of \n Gen[eral]\n [George] Washington, letters of Gen[eral]\n Greene and papers of the State Department.","Mainly letters written from Illinois to Charles L.\n Powell dealing with land transactions. Also includes\n land certificates and letters to Lloyd Powell.","Concerning the transfer of 100 acres of land in\n St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, [Virginia].","Signed on front by R. E. Lee and on verso by \n M[ary] C[ustis]\n Lee, Lexington, [Virginia].","Signed on front and back by \n M[ary] C[ustis]\n Lee .","Includes detailed descriptions of battles and\n movements of armies.","Book includes a biographical sketch of Col. Leven\n Powell by Maj[o]r Burr Powell [son]: a description of\n the battle at Manassas Junction on July 21, 1861 in a\n letter from Dr. Hunter McGuire, Surgeon of Jackson's\n Brigade, to his Mother (C'y); Civil War Journal (May\n 1 - May 27); list of names: [dead?] under Civil War\n battles; Civil War Journal December 18, 1862-March\n 28, 1863; Leven Powell, Hampton to Sally [Sarah\n Powell], January 27, 1776 (Cy).","Also includes recipes and how to dye cloth.","Includes visiting, baptismal and confirmation\n lists, and marriages performed, accounts and\n prayers.","Tabb-Powell Family Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n Tabb-Powell Papers, \n 1797-1894. 1,847 items. Collection Number: Mss. 65 T14 Geographic interest includes; Alexandria,\n Leesburg, Winchester, and central Virginia; and Henry\n [Marshall County] Illinois.","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.","Letters and papers of the Powell\n family which originated in Loudoun County, Virginia, but\n subsequently lived in Henry [Marshall County], Illinois;\n Winchester, Virginia; and Alexandria, Virginia. This family of\n school teachers was dislocated and separated during the Civil\n War and lived in various locations in the state until\n re-uniting in Alexandria.","Powell Family,","Dupuy family.","Johns Hopkins,","Agnes Lee,","Fitzhugh Lee,","George Washington Custis Lee,","Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee,","Hunter Holmes McGuire,","James Monroe.","Graydon, Katharine\n Virginia.","Hopkins, Frank Snowden.","Wahrsager, Kay Fierman.","Conrad, Robert Young,\n 1805-1875.","Hopkins, Johns,\n 1795-1873.","Lee, Agnes,\n 1841-1873.","Lee, Fitzhugh,\n 1835-1905.","Lee, George Washington\n Custis, 1832-1913.","Lee, Mary Anna Randolph\n Custis, 1806- 1873.","Lee, Robert E. (Robert\n Edward), 1807-1870.","McGuire, Hunter Holmes,\n 1835-1900.","Monroe, James,\n 1758-1831.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 65 P875"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Powell Famiy Papers, \n \n 1775-1927."],"collection_title_tesim":["Powell Famiy Papers, \n \n 1775-1927."],"collection_ssim":["Powell Famiy Papers, \n \n 1775-1927."],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Powell Family, Johns Hopkins, Agnes Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, George Washington Custis Lee, Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee, Hunter Holmes McGuire, James Monroe."],"creator_ssim":["Powell Family, Johns Hopkins, Agnes Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, George Washington Custis Lee, Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee, Hunter Holmes McGuire, James Monroe."],"creator_persname_ssim":["Johns Hopkins,","Agnes Lee,","Fitzhugh Lee,","George Washington Custis Lee,","Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee,","Hunter Holmes McGuire,","James Monroe."],"creator_famname_ssim":["Powell Family,"],"creators_ssim":["Johns Hopkins,","Agnes Lee,","Fitzhugh Lee,","George Washington Custis Lee,","Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee,","Hunter Holmes McGuire,","James Monroe.","Powell Family,"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift: 682 items and 2 MsV., \n 1952."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Women--United\n States--History- -19th century.","Freedmen--Virginia.","African\n Americans--Virginia--History--19th century.","\n Reconstruction--Virginia.","Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid,\n 1864.","United States- -History--\n Civil War, 1861-1865."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Women--United\n States--History- -19th century.","Freedmen--Virginia.","African\n Americans--Virginia--History--19th century.","\n Reconstruction--Virginia.","Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid,\n 1864.","United States- -History--\n Civil War, 1861-1865."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["682 items and 2 manuscript\n volumes."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Restrictions on Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003carrangement\u003e\n \u003chead\u003eOrganization\u003c/head\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThis collection is organized into 5 series. 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Series 1\n contains papers of the Powell Family; Series 2 contains\n copies of historical letters; Series 3 contains legal\n papers; Series 4 contains cartes de visites; and Series 5\n contains diaries, record books, and other miscellaneous\n volumes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003carrangement\u003e\n \u003chead\u003eArrangement\u003c/head\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThis collection is primarily arranged chronologically by\n date.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/arrangement\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis collection is primarily arranged chronologically by\n date.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement","Organization","Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organization This collection is organized into 5 series. Series 1\n contains papers of the Powell Family; Series 2 contains\n copies of historical letters; Series 3 contains legal\n papers; Series 4 contains cartes de visites; and Series 5\n contains diaries, record books, and other miscellaneous\n volumes.","This collection is organized into 5 series. Series 1\n contains papers of the Powell Family; Series 2 contains\n copies of historical letters; Series 3 contains legal\n papers; Series 4 contains cartes de visites; and Series 5\n contains diaries, record books, and other miscellaneous\n volumes.","Arrangement This collection is primarily arranged chronologically by\n date.","This collection is primarily arranged chronologically by\n date."],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003cpersname role=\"author\"\u003eGraydon, Katharine\n Virginia.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eThose Who Are Compelled To Be\n Employed: Women, Work, and Education In The Powell Family\n of Virginia.\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003cimprint\u003e\u003cdate type=\"publication\" era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1992.\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/imprint\u003eMaster's Thesis, Swem Library, College of William\n and Mary. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCall Number: LD6051 .W5m Hist., 1992, G73 \n \u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003cpersname role=\"author\"\u003eHopkins, Frank Snowden.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Powell and Lloyd Families\n of Virginia.\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003cimprint\u003e\u003cdate type=\"publication\" era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1988.\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/imprint\u003eManuscript and Rare Books Department, Swem\n Library, College of William and Mary. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCollection Number: 1889.55 \n \u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003cpersname role=\"author\"\u003eWahrsager, Kay Fierman.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eNetwork: A Sturdy of the Civil\n War South Through An Analysis of Letters Written By The\n Powell Family of Winchester, Virginia, 1861-1865.\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003cimprint\u003e\u003cdate type=\"publication\" era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1990.\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/imprint\u003eHonors Thesis, Swem Library, College of William\n and Mary. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCall Number: LD6051 .W5m Hist., 1990, W3 \n \u003c/bibref\u003e"],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Graydon, Katharine\n Virginia. Those Who Are Compelled To Be\n Employed: Women, Work, and Education In The Powell Family\n of Virginia. 1992. Master's Thesis, Swem Library, College of William\n and Mary. \n Call Number: LD6051 .W5m Hist., 1992, G73 \n ","Hopkins, Frank Snowden. The Powell and Lloyd Families\n of Virginia. 1988. Manuscript and Rare Books Department, Swem\n Library, College of William and Mary. \n Collection Number: 1889.55 \n ","Wahrsager, Kay Fierman. Network: A Sturdy of the Civil\n War South Through An Analysis of Letters Written By The\n Powell Family of Winchester, Virginia, 1861-1865. 1990. Honors Thesis, Swem Library, College of William\n and Mary. \n Call Number: LD6051 .W5m Hist., 1990, W3 \n "],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe central figures in this collection are Cuthbert Powell\n (1775-1849), his son, Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896),\n Charles Leven Powell's wife, Selina (Lloyd) Powell (d. 1871),\n and their children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eCuthbert Powell\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCuthbert Powell (1775-1849) was born in Middleburg,\n Loudoun County, Virginia to parents Leven Powell (1737-1810)\n and Sarah (Harrison) Powell. He was one of eleven children.\n Cuthbert made his fortune alongside his brother, Leven Powell,\n Jr. (1772-1807), as a merchant and ship owner. He retired to\n \"Llangollen,\" Loudoun County, Virginia in 1812 after a decline\n in business. Later he was elected to serve in both houses of\n the Virginia General Assembly; the Virginia State Senate in\n 1829 and the Virginia House of Delegates in 1840. In 1788,\n Cuthbert married Catherine Simms, daughter of Col. Charles\n Simms. The couple had ten children including; Anne Maria\n Powell (1800-1885), who married 1st cousin Dr. William Levin\n Powell; Dr. Llewellen Powell (1802-1870), who married cousin\n Sarah Elizabeth Harrison; Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896),\n who married Selina Lloyd; Mary Emily Powell (b.1807), who\n married cousin Cuthbert Powell and later Rev. George Adie;\n Ellen Douglas Powell (1813- 1862) who married Judge William H.\n Gray; Cuthbert Harrison Powell (1814-1897); and Jane Simms\n (Fanny) Powell, who married Wellington Gordon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eCharles Leven Powell and Family\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCharles Leven Powell (1804-1896) married Selina Lloyd\n (d. 1871) in 1830. The couple had six children, including;\n Rebecca Powell (1831-1921), Harriet Lee \"Hattie\" (Powell)\n Smoot (1833-1870), Lloyd Powell (1834-1861), Charles Leven\n Powell, Jr. (1835-1862), Minna Powell (1837-1854), and Selina\n \"Nina\" (Powell) Hepburn (1842-1918). Harriet Lee \"Hattie\"\n (Powell) Smoot (1833-1870) married Rector Smoot. In 1871,\n Selina \"Nina\" (Powell) Hepburn (1842-1918) married Sewell\n Stavely Hepbron. At some point, the last name Hepbron was\n changed to Hepburn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Leven Powell (1804-1896) graduated from Yale\n College in 1825. After unsuccessful attempts at starting a law\n practice in Alexandria, Virginia, he was able to support his\n family as a teacher. Still hoping to advance his law career,\n the family moved to Henry, Illinois in 1850. After the death\n of their daughter, Minna Powell (1837-1854), the family\n returned to Virginia leaving the two sons behind. The parents\n opened a girls boarding school in Winschester, Virginia, but\n at the start of the Civil War in 1861 were forced to shut\n down. Lloyd Powell (1834-1861) returned to Virginia to enlist\n in the war and was killed at the 1st Battle of Bull Run, 21\n July 1861. Following his death, Charles Leven Powell, Jr.\n (1835-1862) returned to Virginia to enlist and was killed in a\n skirmish in August 1862. The rest of the family scattered\n across the state to live with various relatives until the end\n of the war. The family reassembled in Alexandria, Virginia and\n opened another school for girls called the \"Arlington\n Institute.\" The teachers on staff include Charles Leven Powell\n (1804-1896), his wife and his three remaining daughters. This\n school supported the family for 30 years until its closure in\n 1894.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The central figures in this collection are Cuthbert Powell\n (1775-1849), his son, Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896),\n Charles Leven Powell's wife, Selina (Lloyd) Powell (d. 1871),\n and their children.","Cuthbert Powell Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849) was born in Middleburg,\n Loudoun County, Virginia to parents Leven Powell (1737-1810)\n and Sarah (Harrison) Powell. He was one of eleven children.\n Cuthbert made his fortune alongside his brother, Leven Powell,\n Jr. (1772-1807), as a merchant and ship owner. He retired to\n \"Llangollen,\" Loudoun County, Virginia in 1812 after a decline\n in business. Later he was elected to serve in both houses of\n the Virginia General Assembly; the Virginia State Senate in\n 1829 and the Virginia House of Delegates in 1840. In 1788,\n Cuthbert married Catherine Simms, daughter of Col. Charles\n Simms. The couple had ten children including; Anne Maria\n Powell (1800-1885), who married 1st cousin Dr. William Levin\n Powell; Dr. Llewellen Powell (1802-1870), who married cousin\n Sarah Elizabeth Harrison; Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896),\n who married Selina Lloyd; Mary Emily Powell (b.1807), who\n married cousin Cuthbert Powell and later Rev. George Adie;\n Ellen Douglas Powell (1813- 1862) who married Judge William H.\n Gray; Cuthbert Harrison Powell (1814-1897); and Jane Simms\n (Fanny) Powell, who married Wellington Gordon.","Charles Leven Powell and Family Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896) married Selina Lloyd\n (d. 1871) in 1830. The couple had six children, including;\n Rebecca Powell (1831-1921), Harriet Lee \"Hattie\" (Powell)\n Smoot (1833-1870), Lloyd Powell (1834-1861), Charles Leven\n Powell, Jr. (1835-1862), Minna Powell (1837-1854), and Selina\n \"Nina\" (Powell) Hepburn (1842-1918). Harriet Lee \"Hattie\"\n (Powell) Smoot (1833-1870) married Rector Smoot. In 1871,\n Selina \"Nina\" (Powell) Hepburn (1842-1918) married Sewell\n Stavely Hepbron. At some point, the last name Hepbron was\n changed to Hepburn.","Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896) graduated from Yale\n College in 1825. After unsuccessful attempts at starting a law\n practice in Alexandria, Virginia, he was able to support his\n family as a teacher. Still hoping to advance his law career,\n the family moved to Henry, Illinois in 1850. After the death\n of their daughter, Minna Powell (1837-1854), the family\n returned to Virginia leaving the two sons behind. The parents\n opened a girls boarding school in Winschester, Virginia, but\n at the start of the Civil War in 1861 were forced to shut\n down. Lloyd Powell (1834-1861) returned to Virginia to enlist\n in the war and was killed at the 1st Battle of Bull Run, 21\n July 1861. Following his death, Charles Leven Powell, Jr.\n (1835-1862) returned to Virginia to enlist and was killed in a\n skirmish in August 1862. The rest of the family scattered\n across the state to live with various relatives until the end\n of the war. The family reassembled in Alexandria, Virginia and\n opened another school for girls called the \"Arlington\n Institute.\" The teachers on staff include Charles Leven Powell\n (1804-1896), his wife and his three remaining daughters. This\n school supported the family for 30 years until its closure in\n 1894."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePowell Family Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Powell Family Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLeven Powell Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary;\n include the correspondence of Leven Powell (1737-1810), who\n was the father of Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849). Leven Powell\n served in the American Revolution, Virginia House of\n Delegates and U. S. House of Representatives. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003cunittitle\u003eLeven Powell Papers, \n \u003cunitdate type=\"inclusive\" era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1774-\n 1806.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e93 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection number: Mss. 65 P87\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Leven Powell Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary;\n include the correspondence of Leven Powell (1737-1810), who\n was the father of Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849). Leven Powell\n served in the American Revolution, Virginia House of\n Delegates and U. S. House of Representatives. \n Leven Powell Papers, \n 1774-\n 1806. 93 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 P87"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLetters and papers of Charles Leven Powell, his wife Selina\n (Lloyd) Powell and children of Loudoun County, Virginia;\n Henry, Illinois; Winchester, Virginia; and Alexandria,\n Virginia. There are also included papers of Charles Leven\n Powell's father, Cuthbert Powell. Prominent correspondents\n include Johns Hopkins, Eleanor Agnes Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, George\n Washington Custis Lee, Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee, Hunter\n Holmes McGuire and James Monroe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters concern Robert Young Conrad, Hunter Holmes McGuire,\n civilian affairs during the Civil War, the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren\n Raid, freedmen, Reconstruction, and the education of women.\n Many letters are written by women. In addition, there are a\n number of letters from and concerning members of the Dupuy\n family of Prince Edward County, Winchester, Virginia including\n Robert Young Conrad (president of the Virginia Secession\n Convention) and his son Holmes Conrad (U. S. Congressman).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding Cy of DS, 8 April 1786, a statement\n by J. Nicholson that the witnesses Joshua Lamb and\n John Lamb (both Quakers) and Joseph Greenwood\n affirmed and swore that this was the last will and\n testament of Thomas Hepborn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports on the status of the ship the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRising Sun\u003c/title\u003e; says\n she will dispose of her cargo as soon as possible;\n says the ship was detained by the British [War of\n 1812], but given up.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by \n \u003cabbr expan=\"William Hodgson\"\u003eW[illia]m\n Hodgson\u003c/abbr\u003eand \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Thomas Van Le, Jr.\"\u003eTho[ma]s Van Le,\n Jr.\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer daughter [?] Nancy, had a healthy baby boy\n who is nursing well; Nancy is staying with her\n now, and her husband Mr. Wallach, spends almost\n every night there also; is concerned that Nancy\n will live a hard life because of her husband's\n financial situation; on the other hand, her\n daughter Catherine [?] will be \"free from the\n trials attended on a state of poverty,\" being\n married to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Cuthbert Powell\"\u003e[Cuthbert]\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003ewho owns a large farm in Loudoun\n County; much Simms family news; mentions Mrs.\n Trist's grandson, Nicholas Trist.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by B. Cottinger.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFatherly letter giving his opinion of a certain\n young lady and marriage, as well as general\n advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscussion of his engagement to this daughter\n [Selina], and the seriousness of the matter,\n especially in concerning finances; tells of his\n poor financial state as related to a dowry, or the\n lack thereof, for his daughter; gives his approval\n of the \"alliance,\" but hopes they will delay the\n marriage for some time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas given great consideration to his claim\n against the French government, and has turned the\n case over to Stephen Pleasanton, who is the\n auditor for the Dept. of State, and who is now\n handling all claims; since Mr. Pleasanton is a\n personal friend, and he [James Monroe] is greatly\n interested in his [Burr Powell] case, he knows he\n will get an answer soon; will also be returning\n the agriculture pamphlet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends extract of Mr. Pleasanton's reply\n concerning the claim against the French\n government, and asks that he reply with the\n necessary information; will also do anything he\n can to help.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFurther discussion of his claim against the\n French government, and dealings with Stephen\n Pleasanton and Issac Coxe Barnett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMore instructions about the claim being made\n against the French government.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFurther discussion and explanation of the case\n involving \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Burr Powell\"\u003e[Burr] Powell\u003c/abbr\u003eand\n his claim against the French government.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContinued information concerning Powell's claim\n against the French government.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe new court system has kept him extremely\n busy; social life has slowed down; the fashion\n these days to relieve boredom is to ride\n horseback; expresses concern for his own colt in\n the country; inquires after Br. Nelson and his\n medical career; also asks about a large, gay party\n at South River; recommends books for good reading\n including \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eSchegel's History of\n Literature\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas received the results of his claim from Mr.\n Pleasanton, and regrets the outcome, which he\n disagrees with; does not feel anyone is to\n blame.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks her to come visit over Christmas;\n describes the social events in Arlington; mentions\n her cousin George Calvert; says the big event is\n the fair for the benefit of orphans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a walk she took and the surrounding\n countryside, including the wildflowers and\n startling a herd of deer; have had many visitors,\n including a very graceful lady who is said to have\n been \"addressed\" by Mr. Van Buren, a \"jolly\n goodnatured ... commodore and some of the ugliest\n officers,\" and Mrs. Porter and her scholars; tells\n of books she has read, including \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eTales of a\n Grandfather\u003c/title\u003e, \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Sorcerer\u003c/title\u003e, and \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Talisman\u003c/title\u003e;\n loving memories and looking forward to their next\n meeting.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHave just returned from a visit to her\n grandmother's and her cousin, Ann Marshall; they\n all are saddened by the death of Mr. Fitzhugh;\n describes the country from South to West River,\n where she had visited, and comments on meeting a\n lovely girl, Bella Carter; mentions the jealousy\n of another male [suitor?], Seldon Page; mentions\n Mary Custis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends his best wishes for her new life with\n [Charles L.] Powell; will be able to attend the\n wedding as well as \"Brother Nelson\"; is uncommonly\n warm; is sending a bonnet for her and a small\n diamond breast-pin for Father by the steamboat\n Franklin, commanded by Amr. Nevitt; describes the\n long ribbons attached to the bonnet, which are for\n going once all the way around the bonnet before\n knotting them by the ear, not for tying a bow\n under the chin; also includes a diagram of how to\n tie them in the current fashion; admits to having\n been helped in choosing the bonnet by Miss Olivia\n Donaldson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses events in Washington D.C.; says she\n went to \"the President's\" on New Year's day;\n discusses Mr. Marshall's sermons; mentions books\n she is reading; asks Selina to come visit her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays her health is improving; encourages her to\n ask her for help when she needs it; discusses the\n articles she is sending her including a lemon\n tree, curtains, a mattress; discusses how these\n things will get to her; gives news about the\n children; Bec, Nanny, Frank, and Fred.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis mother-in-law has told him of the wonderful\n news of the birth of another daughter [Hattie],\n and that both mother and baby are safe; will be up\n to visit in about a week; comments on balancing\n the sexes in the family, and that he has \"no\n notion of supplying my brother's and sister's\n children with wives\"...\"we shall hate to transport\n them [his daughters] to the wilds of the west\";\n all is well at home, a new hen house is being\n built, but the garden is too wet to work; is\n lonely but is visiting neighbors; family news;\n religious sentiments expressed about her, their\n new daughter, and their family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives account of his trip to Wheeling,\n including a sweet good-bye from daughter Rebecca;\n was not able to locate Robert Gray or [?]\n Throckmorton at Harper's Ferry, but later met them\n at Point of Rocks; detailed description of a\n railroad and train cars; tells poignant story of a\n dog on the train searching for his master.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas had many family visitors since his\n departure and family news; there is a measles\n outbreak at \"Llangollen,\" and all of the negroes\n have it; she had her teeth filed by Dr.\n Overfield[?]; a fire in Upperville destroyed\n Robert Armistead's new store and the adjoining\n saddle shop; they have had a beautiful snowfall,\n covering all of the blossom-filled trees, which\n melted quickly, doing no harm to the fruit; had a\n letter from brother John, who advises that he\n [Charles L. Powell] \"go directly to Texas\"; loving\n stories about their daughter's activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHad a bad thunderstorm the day she left;\n inquires about her trip and her relatives; details\n of children's activities; has let Becca sleep with\n him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir father will be taking a trip West this\n spring, accompanied by cousin William; family\n information; social life in Leesburg very quiet;\n misses her and her family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDetails of his trip from Alexandria; spent the\n night with relatives; warns her about catching a\n cold on a windy day; tells of conversations with\n their young son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrivate financial matters; tells of his busy\n schedule as a representative from Virginia. to the\n U.S. legislature; gives his negative opinion\n concerning a [bank?] bill introduced by \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Henry Clay\"\u003e[Henry] Clay,\u003c/abbr\u003ewhich\n he feels the President would veto; \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Daniel Webster\"\u003e[Daniel]\n Webster\u003c/abbr\u003eshares his opinion; life insurance\n inquiry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill not be home when expected because the\n House [of Representatives] is not going to adjourn\n until Monday; the Congress received their second\n veto from President Tyler regarding the Bank Bill;\n describes an assault made by \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Sen. Henry A. Wise\"\u003eSen. [Henry A.]\n Wise\u003c/abbr\u003eupon \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Sen. Edward Stanly\"\u003eSen. [Edward]\n Stanly\u003c/abbr\u003ein Congress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsking about her visit to Washington and the\n Chamber of National Institute; speaks of floods,\n bad weather, but comfortable where he is, because\n of Margaret's[?] kindness; describes lifestyle and\n \"humorous remarks of Charles Lamb\", sexual\n relationship with her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishing thumb to heal; speaks of cattle and\n other animals at \"Llangollen\" that he misses; asks\n about children; saw Ann[?] mentions Virginia\n Taylor's visit; will visit wife before harvest;\n reference to brother, Leven, and his wife, and\n Sarah[?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHustle and excitement of the House of\n Representatives; hoping to adjourn on Monday the\n twenty-second, but difficulties cause many night\n meetings; political discussion about Tariff\n Question and Tuck bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her story at \"the Springs;\" tells\n about the politics the company there discussed;\n gives her own view of these issues; gives news\n about family and friends; hopes that Congress will\n soon adjourn so that he can come home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCompares episode of thief robbing hen house to\n thieves in Washington trying to rob \"public\n treasures\"; wants to buy books for her; tells how\n he wishes to be with her and the rest of his\n family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites of the bad weather and that they are\n able to get out very little; says Mr. Powell went\n to the Inauguration on horseback; tells what books\n the family members are reading; mentions the issue\n of white servants; discusses Rebecca's feelings of\n becoming a young lady; says that they could not\n get the house they wanted for next year; mentions\n Mr. Powell's feelings of frustration for not being\n able to better provide for them; gives more news\n about the Inauguration; news of family and\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDaughter, Harriet, left with Uncle William to\n spend holidays with them; daughter, Minna, had a\n birthday party, inviting Aunt Mary's children and\n Eskridges; much family news; death of Maria\n Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her religious feelings; discusses her\n traveling plans; describes her relationship with\n each of her relatives where she is staying; says\n she is staying with Fan and helping her with her\n wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the housekeeping and how Rebecca is\n taking care of the house while she is away;\n discusses the health of family members; tells how\n they are altering last year's dresses; says\n \"Mother\" is quite weak and \"Father\" is very\n dependent on her; gives news of Brother Nelson and\n Jeanie (sister?); gives travel plans of family;\n says Mr. Powell has gotten six teeth put in and\n looks much younger.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their arrival home with her brother\n Nelson; gives news of \"little Nan\"[?]; asks about\n Rebecca and Minna's trip; tells her to be happy\n and to follow God; says Charlie is doing well in\n school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; mentions Laura's[?]\n wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what she did during her visit to Locust\n Hill; tells what is going on in town; gives news\n of family and friends. Including news from ALS\n from \"Mother\" \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Selina Powell\"\u003eS[elina]\n Powell\u003c/abbr\u003eto Rebecca Powell telling of her many\n activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Jesus and how one must search for and\n do things that please Him; asks that she watch her\n sister, Minna, closely so that she will not\n overexert herself; Ariana[?] had a baby boy;\n describes son, Charlie, and daughter Nina's,\n reactions to reading school and learning; much\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of John's[?] carriage and velocipede\n that once was Minna Lloyd's, describing how she\n rode the vehicle; describes what a Holly tree is;\n (has genealogical information about \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Minna Powell\"\u003eM[inna]\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003eLloyd Powell, and Charlie Powell in\n a different hand, which appears to have been added\n later.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cabbr expan=\"Gloucester Court House\"\u003eGloucester\n C[our]t House,\u003c/abbr\u003eVirginia. Speaks of her\n \"companion in Matilda Lee[?]; received visit from\n Nannie Guy and Maria Harrison; describes\n celebration in honour of General Taylor's\n election; describes Mrs. Janney's travels; town\n gossip and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; speaks of going to Locust\n Hill; inquires and tells about adventures of many\n townspeople; obliged to Mrs. Tabb for taking care\n of her and other daughter, Minna.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of Cousin Lucy's[?] party; describes\n Christmas scene around her house and gifts that\n the children received; describes Cousin Elizabeth\n Janney and compares to Cousin Harriet; much family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses who has come to visit her; describes\n Cousin Lee's wife, Maria, and their wedding; asks\n about her Christmas; describes the book marks she\n made for Christmas presents; asks how Minna is\n doing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of snow and bad weather; notes that\n daughters, Rebecca and Minna, have been gone\n for almost three months; Fanny (Powell) Gordon\n is going to visit Fredericksburg; mentions a\n letter from Jeannie[?] who found General Jones,\n in Washington, quite \"agreeable and handsome\";\n Cuthbert Powell is much better, and he speaks\n of going to Gloucester to join a Mr. Hale; Nina\n is afraid of everything; much family news;\n mentions hiring of a slave, Margaret.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRebecca's description of her Uncle Tabb's\n [Dr. John Prosser Tabb] house seems far in\n advance of Old-Virginian architectural styles;\n speaks of death of Mrs. Douglas Gordon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of dancing as a family as a \"social\n amusement,\" but says that it does offend some\n \"in the religious world\"; says that one must\n respect the public opinion of the community\n where one lives; have had severe weather;\n family news. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ANS from Hatty Powell,\n Leesburg, [Virginia], to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Minna Powell\"\u003eMin[na]\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003cabbr expan=\"Gloucester Court House\"\u003eGloucester\n C[ourt] House,\u003c/abbr\u003efor letter and\n \"glove-knots\" and sending love to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Aunt [Re]Bec[ca] Prosser\"\u003eAunt\n ReBec[ca]\u003c/abbr\u003eand \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Uncle John Prosser\"\u003eUncle [John]\n Prosser\u003c/abbr\u003e. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer brother, Charlie, and sister, Nina, have\n sore throats, and her father has a bad cold;\n snowy weather; Hatty went with Aunt Ellen to\n Selma and Raspberry Plain; Mr. Armistead Rust\n is to be married before March 4; much family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports on the snow storms they have had;\n mentions the coming wedding of Armistead Rust\n and Lilly Lawrence; tells how he likes working\n at the store; describes one of their customers;\n describes the house they may rent next spring. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Selina Powell\"\u003eS[elina]\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003eLeesburg, [Virginia], to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Rebecca Powell\"\u003eRebecca\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003e[Gloucester, Virginia]. Says\n she is glad to hear Minna's health is\n improving; gives news of family; says her\n brother Nelson soon sails for California to dig\n gold, and may not be back for five years;\n reports on how he expects to live; says that\n there are measles and mumps in town. 1\n page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaris's[?] father announced as candidate for\n re-election; General Rust's family going to New\n York to attend a wedding; father is renting\n Carper's house; bad weather and snow causing\n many colds and illnesses; Mrs. Eskridge's\n father died; father may go to the\n \"Inauguration\"; much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSaw \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Representative John S. Pendleton\"\u003e\n [Representative John S.] Pendleton\u003c/abbr\u003eat the\n \u003cabbr expan=\"House of Representatives\"\u003eHouse\n [of Representatives]\u003c/abbr\u003ein Washington,\n [D.C.]; Pendleton wants a senate appointment;\n he will not go to Leesburg because he does not\n want to \"meddle with party movements\"; mentions\n \"County Repeal of the dog law.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMother and Father are both sick; \"brother\"\n has gone to inauguration; describes how to make\n eggnog, and gives her opinion of it; describes\n riding horses to the cliff and tells of\n adventures. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding AL from [Harriet Powell],\n Leesburg, [Virginia], to \"Sister,\" [Rebecca\n Powell], [Gloucester, Virginia], 27 Febuary\n [February] 2849, incomplete letter concerning\n outbreak of the mumps and family and town news.\n 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFather suffering from piles; mumps are still\n prevailing; do not have parties during Lent;\n much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of gossips saying that Mr. Benedict\n is having an affair with Mrs. Henderson;\n describes procession in Washington, [D.C.] and\n the inauguration; much family news. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Selina Powell\"\u003eS[elina]\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003eLeesburg, [Virginia], to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"ReBecaa Powell\"\u003e[Re]Bec[aa]\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003e[Gloucester, Virginia], 26 March\n 1849, concerning family news and the time of\n year. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses joy that Minna's health is till\n improving; says she is recovering from her\n cold; says Lloyd and Hattie have been ill as\n well; Discusses the issue of Rebecca's\n upsetting her Aunt Rebecca by being late for a\n meal; says her Aunt is easily vexed in \"her\n condition\"; gives news of friends and family;\n describes their new servant Robert. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Charles S. Powell\"\u003eC[harles] S.\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003eto \n \u003cabbr expan=\"ReBecca Powell\"\u003e[Re]Bec[ca]\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003en.p., n.d., concerning Uncle\n Prosser's desire to put Minna on \"short\n allowance,\" and Minna's consumption of\n beef.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their move to another house which\n she says is comfortable but small; hopes that\n the Gloucester air is getting rid of her cold;\n says their father is busy with court dealings;\n says many in the area have mumps including\n Hattie; says that Hattie is getting a tooth\n plugged; says she does not want Lloyd to leave\n to live so far away; discusses mesmerism\n (hypnotism).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of her bad health; her husband is\n busy preparing for court; mentions a party at\n Exeter; Mrs. Fontleroy had a girl so Mrs. Knox\n is a grandmother; much more family news and\n information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRebecca Powell will be coming home within a\n week or so; Fanny[?] is at Locust Hill with the\n mumps; much family news; \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Uncle William Gray\"\u003eUncle William\n [Gray]\u003c/abbr\u003epersuaded Father to go to Gum\n Springs, [Virginia], until after the election;\n election day things seemed to be going against\n Father. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ANS from Nina Powell, Leesburg,\n [Virginia], to \"Sister \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Minna Powell\"\u003eMinna\"\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003eGloucester Court House,\n Virginia, 26 April 1849, concerning family\n news. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Minna's cough and how they are\n treating it; tells her what clothes Lloyd and\n Charlie should wear if it gets colder; says she\n has been doing little except taking care of\n Minna; discusses new dresses for the winter and\n corsets; gives news of friends and relatives;\n discusses travel plans, to come home for the\n winter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses dresses, materials and costs;\n discusses bonnets; gives news of family; thanks\n her and Hattie for taking care of the household\n duties while she is away.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays Minna is now well and that they are\n anxious to come home; gives news of Jeanie (her\n sister?), and Rebecca; gives news of \"Mother\"\n and \"Father\"; discusses books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays Mr. Powell had his \"likeness taken\" at\n the Daguerreotype rooms; says Minna's health\n continues to improve but that she may have one\n tonsil taken out; discusses the remedies she is\n taking; says she feels stronger also; gives\n news of friends; gives news of Rebecca, Jeanie,\n and \"sister\" Ann; discusses walking shoes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on her health and\n over-exertion; describes the illumination that\n took place in the neighborhood; tells of visits\n she has made; tells stories about Minna's\n sister, Nina; gives news of family and friends;\n says Hattie has lost her \"excess of fat\" and is\n walking three times a day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what each family member is doing;\n discusses bonnets; discusses appearance versus\n reality as concerning materialism; discusses\n the opportunities for her in Alexandria;\n discusses the role of children in the family;\n gives news of friends and family; mentions that\n \"brother\" John may move and that if they move\n to Illinois, they will be closer to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays they got there a few days ago and that\n Mr. Powell, Mr. Grey(?), and \"brother Llew have\n gone to \"the sale of the negroes; discusses her\n visit in Alexandria with her grandparents;\n Discusses the bad weather in Leesburg and the\n bad condition of the roads; says their family\n must economize rigidly; says Mr. Powell found\n the law business in Alexandria too small, so\n they will not be moving there; expresses her\n disappointment at the outcome; gives news of\n family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReviews Christmas gifts received by\n everyone; describes a \"reading party\";\n describes Christmas decorations of the Church;\n Family news. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ANS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Selina Powell\"\u003eS[elina]\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003eLeesburg, [Virginia], to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"ReBecca Powell\"\u003e[Re]Bec[ca]\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003en.p., 29 December 1849,\n concerning when daughter, Rebecca, is to return\n home. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of the recent social events of the area;\n describes the format of a reading party; says her\n mother-in-law could not make it to their home\n because of the snow; asks her how her mother is\n doing; says there is still small pox in the area;\n discusses how many servants she has and what each\n does; says that Rebecca's Uncle George took\n Cuthbert to an asylum in Baltimore and hopes he\n will be happier there then when he was \"out.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Rebecca's Uncle Richard and Aunt\n Elizabeth who live in Illinois; says she plans to\n get a description of the Illinois life from them;\n gives news of Ellen[?] who is unwell and is going\n to a doctor in New York; discusses how Rebecca can\n get home; describes family activities; says they\n have been able to do little because of the rain\n and mud; says she lies on her back all day sewing\n while her children read to her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReading parties are the only way she can\n socialize; reports \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Maria Grady's\"\u003eMaria\n [Grady's]\u003c/abbr\u003edeath; reports about a big baptist\n meeting going on there headed by Mrs. Lucket; much\n town news. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Selina Powell\"\u003eS[elina]\n P[owell],\u003c/abbr\u003eLeesburg, [Virginia], to Rebecca\n Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, 26 January 1850,\n concerning Rebecca Powell's trip home and \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Maria Grady's\"\u003eMaria\n [Grady's]\u003c/abbr\u003e\"triumphant death.\" 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of terrible weather; boats of learning\n to spin [rolls of cotton on a spinning wheel];\n reports death of Rebecca Gray, Robert Gray's\n daughter; describes her daily routine; discusses\n Mary Grady. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \"devoted mother,\" [Selina\n Powell], Leesburg, [Virginia], to \"Bec,\" Rebecca\n Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 1850,\n concerning bad weather, family news, and\n attendance to the convention. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays many in the family have been very sick for\n a couple of days and that she has had to nurse\n them; says Minna is now sick; and never had fully\n recovered from the chicken pox she had before;\n gives advice of how to be a good guest; advises\n her on her studies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she has a toothache but must wait until\n May to get them pulled; describes a humorous\n reading party; says there was a case of small pox\n in the area and that many are being revaccinated. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \"mother\" \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Selina Powell\"\u003eS[elina]\n Powell\u003c/abbr\u003eto \n \u003cabbr expan=\"ReBecca Powell\"\u003eRe[Bec]ca\n [Powell]\u003c/abbr\u003e. Discusses her travel plans home;\n fells her to follow her grandparents' advice;\n gives news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses joy that her younger siblings are\n recovering from the measles so well; reports on\n health of \"Grandma\" and \"Grandpa\" Lloyd; gives\n news of Aunt Rebecca, Jeanie, and Minnie; Tells\n what she had done each day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about many weddings in Leesburg and\n about who will need new dresses; speaks of ball\n thrown by Maria Washington; other city news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives general description of Henry and\n discusses the family's move there; discusses the\n house they will build; advises what they should\n bring; reports on the emigrants in the area;\n discusses their travel plans in detail; asks\n Charlie to bring Newfoundland puppies; gives news\n of family there.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes presents sent to grandchildren; tells\n of Christmas scene in Alexandria; wants\n granddaughters to meet a polite gentleman that\n impressed her. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding poem, 1852, by R. C. Powell,\n beginning \"'Ours the cross.' Yes it is ours,\"\n giving a religious viewpoint. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of how she makes embroidery patterns\n and what colors are preferred; inquires about\n some of her friends; \n \u003cabbr expan=\"John Leven Powell\"\u003eJohn Leven\n [Powell]\u003c/abbr\u003esays that Brooke[?] looks badly;\n aunt Fanny trying to match Brooks with Lucy\n Gordon; speaks of a Mr. Beverley breaking out\n around his face and \"bleeding profusely\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Gordon[?] will be a delegate to the\n democratic convention in Richmond, [Virginia];\n much use of her eyes results in inflammation of\n her eyelids; \"Llangollen\" property is\n deteriorating; much town news and family news;\n mentions her Dower right.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of helping Frank and Lucy[?] with\n their new baby; describes female servants and\n her experiences with them; describes health of\n her daughters, Harriet, Rebecca, and Minna;\n reports of a few cases of \"cholera\"; reports of\n a good garden.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a detailed report of Minna's health,\n expressing hope tat her headaches are\n definitely getting better; tells about people\n who have visited the family; mentions a\n desegregated school in \"abolition ground\";\n tells what her sisters have been doing since\n she left; discusses Rebecca's journey.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Janney's baby died while she was ill; a\n Mr. Anderson, a Presbyterian Minister, says\n that his wife, Miss Harper, is a relative of\n Selina's (her father's Aunt); speaks of\n Fred's[?] wedding; tells of episode when she\n goes to visit a Mrs. Brown[?]; describes a\n visit they made to some neighbors; describes\n Mr. Lombard's house that is being built;\n reports on the food they are preparing and what\n is available to them; says the winter goods\n have still not come in; mentions sewing that\n her daughters are doing; news of family and\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions Fanny's[?] wedding; family news;\n possibility that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon[?]\n might be elected to legislature; family does\n not wish Rebecca Powell to return home this\n winter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a visit they made to some new\n neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that\n is being built; reports on the food they are\n preparing and what is available to them; says\n the winter goods have still not come in;\n mentions sewing that her daughters are doing;\n news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their busy preparations for\n winter; describes their daily routine; says she\n is glad to have Lucy and Fred stay with them;\n describes their Sunday school; reports on\n Scholastics (a servant) who is now reading\n well; news of family and friends; discusses\n dresses and styles; asks about Rebecca's Uncle\n Nelson; mentions that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon\n was elected; asks about Fan's[?] wedding and\n hopes she and William will be happy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of his daughter's trip, whom she\n should visit, and money matters; hopes to soon\n reap the financial benefits of his store;\n mentions Bishop Whitehouse's determination to\n give the college broad foundations; much family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; sleet and bad weather;\n religious discussion and viewpoints; Lucy and\n John[?] have a daughter now.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Powell, \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Charles Lloyd\"\u003e[Charles]\u003c/abbr\u003eand\n \u003cabbr expan=\"Richard [Lloyd\"\u003eRichard\n Lloyd]\u003c/abbr\u003eare busy with new business as\n \"Land Agents\"; town of Henry, [Illinois] now\n has a newspaper and a steam mill; hopes to have\n a railroad passing through soon; there is not a\n decent Church and she wishes to see one built; \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Lloyd Powell\"\u003eLloyd\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003eson of Selina, studies German\n because there are so many Germans in their town\n to do business with.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSarcastically teases her sister about\n differences between lifestyles of \"Far West\"\n and the East; Uncle Fred [?] went to\n Springfield to see that railroad went from\n Peoria through Henry, [Illinois]; mentions\n problems with scarlet fever; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of liquor laws and problems with\n drinking; describes lectures; such family and\n town news; mentions other religious\n lectures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses desire for daughter Rebecca to\n return home; Minna Powell still having problems\n with headaches; much family news; Fred[?] went\n to Chicago to see stockholders of the Peoria\n and Rock Island Railroad; asks for Rebecca to\n send asparagus seed and large lima beans;\n mentions Thackery's lectures, and gives her\n opinion about his books and religious\n teachings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; \"land business\" will\n provide many opportunities for travel; Rebecca\n planning to go to Leesburg soon. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ANS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Charles L. Powell\"\u003eC[harles] L.\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003eHenry, [Illinois], to \"darling,\"\n [Rebecca Powell], n.p., 11 March 1853, sending\n his daughter ten dollars and writing her as to\n how to handle her expenses and requesting her\n to bring home her Grandfather's papers. 2\n pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that even though he just left\n yesterday, she wanted to put a letter in the\n books to be sent to him; comments on their\n inability to see each other even though he is\n only seven miles away.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions his job as a traveling salesman and\n how he hopes to soon be \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Uncle Richard Lloyd\"\u003eUncle\n Richard's [Lloyd]\u003c/abbr\u003eadministration;\n resolved in town meeting to build the Railroad\n Peoria and Chicago.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her disappointment that she cannot\n see Rebecca before Rebecca returns to Henry,\n Illinois; describes the friendship between\n them; news of friends in Baltimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of carriage accident involving Mr. and\n Mrs. Richard Dulaney, where their horses were\n scared by the Clifton Mill and threw Mrs.\n Dulaney; she and father attended Dr.\n Rutherford's lectures; emphasizes that ladies\n got to vote, as well as gentlemen, on whether\n they were satisfied with the lectures; new\n wharf boat has arrived.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the towns of Rushville and\n Pittsfield; said he enjoyed Pittfield more, but\n that \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Uncle Richard Lloyd\"\u003eUncle\n Rich[ar]d [Lloyd]\u003c/abbr\u003esent him an assignment\n for Rushville; says he will be there about a\n month; asks about friends and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRebecca has come home; Minna joined the\n church with her family; gives religious views;\n family news. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Minna Powell\"\u003eMinna\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003eHenry, [Illinois], to\n \"brother,\" n.p., 11 May 1853, referring to\n Rushville, as location of brother; tells of\n beautiful spring weather and describes scenery.\n 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill soon be coming home; complains of sore\n throat and headaches; has had scarlet fever;\n family information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells a story about \"Miss Jane\" - a mutual\n friend; says he and Dr. Winslow found her in\n her parlor with a man; says the servant did not\n want to let them in and that it was an\n uncomfortable situation. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS written in margins from\n \"Cousin\" Jane, n.p. to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"ReBecca Powell\"\u003eRe[Becca]\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003en.p. concerning religious\n publication, an Episcopal convention. 4\n pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses how much she misses him; discusses\n reading material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Aunt Ellen's [Powell Gray]\n recovery from an illness; much family news;\n describes wedding that she went to ; expresses\n romantic interest in a Dr. Claggett; includes\n printed poems.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes physical appearance of\n \"Llangollen\" as well as her feelings towards\n the place; reminisces about when family lived\n in Virginia. And tells about all of old\n friends; much family news also.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells her little sister Nina about old\n friends and family; gives details of things she\n has been doing. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \"Hatty\" [Harriet\n Powell], \"Llangollen,\" [Virginia], to \"Mother,\"\n [Selina Powell], n.p., 10 October 1853.\n Concerning warmer clothes; advantages of\n \"flannel draws\" over a \"wadded petticoat.\" 1\n page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she has been extremely ill and so have\n many in the area; says she has been traveling\n in order to improve her health; tells of her\n problems with Custis and his lessons; says\n Robert is still holding his office in\n Washington but wishes to leave; asks how she\n likes \"the West\" and if her husband is finding\n success; news of friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports Lucy's[?] death and grief everyone\n feels; Nelly[?] is to be baptized; other family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of their Christmas and New Years\n celebrations. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eAlso includes ALS from \"mother\" \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Selina Powell\"\u003eS[elina]\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003eto \n \u003cabbr expan=\"ReBecca Powell\"\u003e[Re]Bec[ca]\n [Powell]\u003c/abbr\u003e. Expresses job that Rebecca can\n be with her relatives in Baltimore; discusses\n the nature of receiving advice and making her\n own decisions concerning her travel plans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of attending a party; mentions\n \"matching up\" procedures at party; family news;\n details Christmas gifts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions religious feelings; speaks of a\n railroad being built nearby; Virginia[?] had\n her annual get-together on December 26; of\n family members; mentions a friend's visit to\n the Crystal Palace[?]; Mrs. Augustine\n Washington had the first male child born at Mt.\n Vernon recently; much family news; mentions\n [Rear Admiral] Leven Minn Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions Brooks'[?] wedding; describes\n details of the wedding; much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of her day spent with Lizzie King and\n Jane Norris; describes a dinner given for a\n couple about to get married; news of other\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions sicknesses of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Nelson Lloyd\"\u003eNelson\n [Lloyd]\u003c/abbr\u003eand \n \u003cabbr expan=\"John Lloyd\"\u003eJohn [Lloyd]\u003c/abbr\u003e;\n speaks of a Douglas Forrest who attends Yale\n College; has to take a boat to Washington,\n [D.C.]; gives price rates per acre of land at\n that time; gives prices for a lot of land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news about cousins Nannie and\n Fanny[?]; mentions \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Uncle Nelson Lloyd\"\u003eUncle Nelson's\n [Lloyd]\u003c/abbr\u003erecovery; travels by omnibus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; describes her garden and\n its contents; Regina[?] was married; Mr.\n Livingston[?] requests influence of Charles L.\n Powell to obtain the Consulship of London\n through General Baercel[?]; mentions Mr.\n McFaddin as being the mayor of Henry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; describes the scenery at\n Locust Hill; some of Uncle George's[?] children\n have chicken pox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identified as much of note added in unknown\n handwriting, possibly that of Selina Lloyd\n Hepburn.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescription of Minna's gravesite; tells what\n he's doing to improve its appearance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes trip to Niagara Falls; describes\n places visited in New York and where he lives;\n describes his studies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes courses he is studying at school;\n describes the first time he saw a man dive\n under water and the suit he wore below water;\n staying at a boarding house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Lloyd who died in 1854; estimated price\n value are given.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes study habits and classes; mentions\n prices of a ring and a clock; describes his\n financial situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes in detail her Quaker wedding on\n December 14, 1854 in which she married Frank[?];\n describes the festivities following the\n wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNina's Christmas gift from Charles arrived\n safely; mentions wedding of a fellow student;\n serenaded the couple with a \"horse fiddle\";\n describes his activities in his spelling class;\n mentions plans to return home in the spring.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses religious beliefs; lists prices for\n renting his room.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Charter Oak, an attraction in\n Hartford; describes his visit to an armory;\n staying with a Mr. Parsons and describes his\n family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses financial settlements he is making\n for his father concerning the house, lands,\n furniture; says Uncle Fred and Uncle Neb are\n leaving Henry and they are all \"disgusted\" with\n Henry and that he thinks his (father's) decision\n not to come back was wise; mentions the family\n move to Winchester, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their Christmas which was spent at\n Uncle Fred's and Aunt Lute's; describes a\n Christmas ball and a New Year's ball in detail;\n says he has had some problems with dyspepsia;\n asks about cousin Kate's wedding to a\n senator.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports on Aunt Lib and Uncle R[?]'s new\n son, Richard; says he rented out their house in\n Henry; says he has been away from \"home\" now\n for three months; and will not go to New\n Orleans, Mobile, and Augusta; describes how he\n decorated Minna's grave, and expresses hope\n that her resting place will soon be Virginia;\n asks about their school; sends money from a\n large profit he made selling land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his visit to Louisville where he\n visited cousins and went to many social events;\n says that the train ride from Kentucky was very\n rough traveling; says he will be in Vicksburg\n in a week and then will go to Wilmington, North\n Carolina; Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans; and\n Memphis, Tennessee; asks about family and\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his stay in Vicksburg, and his\n visit with Mr. And Mrs. Eilbeck Mason and Miss\n Louisa Fox; says that he did not see Cousin\n John Russell while in New Orleans; discusses\n his travel plans; asks about Hatty's\n teaching.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses joy that she is well from the\n influenza; says he has recently traveled to\n Portsmouth, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia,\n Alabama and Mississippi; says he will now go to\n Texas; discusses travel plans; asks her to pick\n out one of her friends for him; discusses\n Charlie's new job in St. Louis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes St. Louis and the Virginia House\n Hotel; inquires about the new scholars the\n family has taken on; harasses Nina for not\n writing. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ANS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Charles L. Powell\"\u003eC[harles] L.\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003eSaint Louis, [Missouri], to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Nina Powell\"\u003eNina\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003e[Winchester, Virginia], \n \u003cabbr expan=\"4 May 1856\"\u003e4 May\n [18]56\u003c/abbr\u003econcerning his happiness about\n Nina joining the Church. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes hard times in Illinois; intent to\n move back to Virginia when business picks up;\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of influenza and other illnesses\n prominent in the town; reports the death of Mr.\n Adies [?]; \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Ellen Powell\"\u003eEllen\n [Powell]\u003c/abbr\u003eis in Washington Infirmary;\n house is being renovated; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he just returned from Henry; says\n Charlie is on his way to Henry to start his new\n job in Uncle Fred's store; describes Henry and\n the house they used to live in; reports that\n Uncle Fred is building a house; gives new of\n Scholastics and Monsieur Carlo; says he will go\n to Pennsylvania next and then visit them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Lloyd Powell\"\u003eLloyd\n [Powell]\u003c/abbr\u003eis on his way to Virginia;\n describes their yard and home in Henry; yellow\n fever is not a problem this year in Illinois;\n he went to a concert given by the Baleis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about the \"weddings fair\";\n discusses his travels and the loneliness\n involved in his job; mentions his relief that\n the campaigns and elections are over; sends\n messages to friends at home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNina has begun studying Latin and learning\n how to draw; mentions the extension of the\n Chicago and Pern canal down to Henry; much\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what each family member is doing;\n discusses religion and the duties of a\n Christian; gives news of friends who have\n joined the church; discusses Minna's grave;\n discusses letter writing; tells of recent\n marriages and engagements; gives her philosophy\n on why he should not begin to chew tobacco;\n news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMakes reference to Valentine's Day and\n Washington's Birthday; mentions last year's\n parade and the marching continentals; reports\n of bad rain storm that tore up the railroad\n track and caused problems with mud and\n flooding; much family news. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ANS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Charles L. Powell, Jr.\"\u003eC[harles]\n L. Powell, [Jr.],\u003c/abbr\u003eHenry, Illinois, to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Nina Powell\"\u003eNina\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003e[Winchester, Virginia], 22\n February 1857, telling her to turn to their one\n friend for strength and advice [God?]. 1\n page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a storm which kept him in Henry,\n Illinois, unable to travel; gives recent travel\n plans, including a trip to Philadelphia by\n boat; gives news of friends and family in\n Henry; says many river towns are flooded.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of relatives in Alexandria; tells\n his travel plans; says he finds the women of\n Virginia far more appealing than those of South\n Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUncle Fred[?] and Aunt Lucy[?] are leaving\n for Virginia; sending his mother his\n daguerreotype, a photograph; reports that Lloyd\n is in St. Louis; Bridget, a past boarder, had a\n little girl; much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the family vacation and\n adventures; describes the baths; mentions the\n parties they have attended; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily is on vacation; describes activities\n and scenery at Capon Springs; much family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks about taking inventory at the store;\n much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays they just got back from Capon; asks her\n not to take nitrate of silver for her\n headaches; says they have all improved their\n health by the visit to Capon; says \"brother\"\n Nelson is now there hoping the springs will\n help him; says they did not get the house that\n they wanted to rent; gives news of friends;\n says Rebecca, Hatty, and Lloyd are there. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Charles L. Powell\"\u003eC[harles L.]\n Powell\u003c/abbr\u003eto \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Nina Powell\"\u003eNina [Powell]\u003c/abbr\u003e.\n Says that he misses her and wishes she could\n have been at Capon; asks about her\n headaches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his travels from Baltimore to\n Henry; mentions shortage of money due to bank\n failures; gives detailed news of the town,\n including improvements being made; news of\n Henry relatives; mentions that the bank\n failures will result in fewer land dealings and\n therefore, less work for him; asks about the\n young ladies of Winchester.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about Mr. Waler's[?] lectures; now\n attends the Methodist Church; reports of the\n adventures during hunting season; mentions the\n new idea of pavement sidewalks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a severe snowstorm and its effects\n on Henry; tells how he spent Thanksgiving day;\n describes their new cook with whom he is\n infatuated; mentions the death of Robert\n Conrad[?]; gives messages of friends in\n Winchester.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports of Nina getting her teeth\n straightened; describes method; reports that\n the number of scarlet fever cases is greatly\n reduced; she is very busy with the boarding\n school; tells of a fight between Charlie\n McCormick and a police officer; mentions Hunter\n Holmes McGuire; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the death of Robert[?] and the\n reaction of the town; gives news of friends;\n sends her love to her mother and relatives;\n wants to know what Dr. Chase said about her\n teeth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites about Nina's plans to go home; says\n she is concerned about her traveling when her\n teeth are in such a condition.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to the general \"hard times\" everyone\n is experiencing; describes farm activities;\n much family news; describes how to make a\n mousetrap.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes midwest weather and the usual\n fall-like temperatures; says that they are all\n much healthier because of the mild weather;\n says ties are hard and the bank in Henry just\n closed, but that the town is continuing to\n improve; asks about Mrs. Powell's occupation,\n teaching; mentions the death of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Robert Conrad\"\u003eRob[er]t\n Conrad\u003c/abbr\u003eand describes his character;\n messages to family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports of freezing temperatures of -15 F\n and snow in Henry; mentions of sleighing in the\n snow; reports story of a bank robbery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Lloyd Powell\"\u003eLloyd's\n [Powell]\u003c/abbr\u003etrip to St. Louis to try and\n find Charles a job; much family news; mentions\n a Mr. Lombard who plans to return to Henry and\n open a bank of issue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses who owes him letters from home;\n says he could not find a job for Charley\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.?] in St. Louis because\n of the poor economy; gives news of Randolph\n Powell, of St. Louis, and John Webb Powell, of\n Utah; says he will be home during the\n summer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions that she missed his birthday with a\n card but thought of him that day; expresses\n religious feelings and beliefs; family news;\n lists people recently confirmed in the Church;\n outbreak of typhus fever at the\n University[?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of his travels; describes Memphis,\n Tennessee; gives news of \"cousin\" \n \u003cabbr expan=\"William Powell\"\u003eWill[ia]m\n Powell\u003c/abbr\u003ewho resides in Memphis; gives news\n of Mr. And Mrs. Mason, residing in Vicksburg;\n describes Leake County where he sold some of\n his Uncle Nelson's land; gives news of \"cousin\"\n john Wilson of New Orleans and of \"cousin\" John\n Chilton, who may send his daughter Sarah to\n school in Virginia; tells his travel plans,\n stating he will be in Virginia in a month;\n gives news to family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes scenery where he is; tells of a\n May party that some school girls had; describes\n his boat riding trip; family news; mentions\n arrival of Mr. Winn, the new Presbyterian\n minister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports having been sick with a bad cold;\n much family news; Nina has problems with other\n schoolgirls because her parents operate the\n school; trying to plan Charlie's return home\n for the summer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about fourth of July entertainment; Mr.\n Winn gave an exceptional sermon; Uncle\n Richard[?] bought a piano and a side-saddle;\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about boarding students; inquires\n about vacations at \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Capon Springs, West Virginia\"\u003e\n Capon [Springs, West Virginia]\u003c/abbr\u003e; tells of\n his success at duck hunting; family news;\n mentions \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Stephen A. Douglas\"\u003e[Stephen A.]\n Douglas.\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Uncle Richard\"\u003eUncle\n R[ichard]'s\u003c/abbr\u003eand Uncle Fred's families;\n says that Frank's baby is still ill; gives news\n of Hammond and Min[na]; comments that he will\n not see his family for another year; gives news\n of Charlie [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] and his\n employment possibilities; asks about Uncle Neb\n of Clark, [Virginia?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her opinion about chewing tobacco,\n smoking, and other bad habits; incorporates\n religious duty into her opinion; some family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his habit of chewing tobacco and\n how he should discipline himself to quit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the weather; reports on Hammond;\n reports that Mr. Chandler of Henry is getting\n married in Boston; says they will stay at Mrs.\n Taber's for the winter; gives news of Charlie\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.]; comments on the\n involvement of women in politics in Henry; news\n of friends; comments on the decreased\n enrollment at the family school, saying they\n will at least have a lighter workload; mentions\n Stephen A. Douglas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her disappointment in Charlie's\n having tasted tobacco; tells him that he is\n doing wrong to continue this habit; voices many\n religious views.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that river is flooding the town;\n talks of Christmas holidays; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA birthday letter for Nina's sixteenth\n birthday; describes the weather; much family\n news; Min[?] is the \"editress\" of the\n \"Minnehaha\"; tells of the affairs of a Miss\n Amanda[?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives account of how he spends his days with\n emphasis on his Sunday activities; tried to\n quit chewing tobacco but couldn't; tells of\n episode where Uncle Richard[?] lost his saddle\n bags in the town of Bradford; river was frozen\n and people are ice skating; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells where the girls boarding with them are\n going for Christmas; describes their Christmas\n plans; recollects their last Christmas with\n Minna; gives religious advice; sends her love\n to Lloyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWould love for her to stay with him;\n mentions a sister Hannah.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Lloyd Powell\"\u003eLloyd\n [Powell]\u003c/abbr\u003eand Uncle Richard[?] have gone\n to Memphis, [Tennessee]; tells of the building\n of a road for $10,000; describes a surprise\n party he attended; mentions Valentine's Day and\n how many he has received; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Uncle Richard and Frank are\n with him in Memphis, to see if they want to\n move there; says that he does not believe Uncle\n Richard will leave Illinois, but that Frank\n probably will; says that they tried to look up \n \u003cabbr expan=\"William Powell\"\u003eW[illia]m\n Powell\u003c/abbr\u003ebut he had moved to Arkansas;\n discusses the possibilities of his parents\n establishing a school in the area, and the\n risks involved.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Uncle Richard and Uncle Fred;\n says Uncle Fred and Frank will close their\n business and leave Henry; tells of a\n conversation with Bishop Otey of Memphis on the\n subject of establishing a girls school there;\n gives details of the proposal in case his\n father is interested; gives news of the private\n school situation in Arkansas; reports on his\n business dealings in Arkansas; discusses\n financial matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Uncle Fred who has been ill;\n says that the women of the town are all\n inspecting the new spring goods brought in from\n Saint Louis; discusses his daily schedule; says\n Charlie [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] is in singing\n school; asks about Nina's walks and lectures on\n the benefits of exercise to health and\n appearance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes spring in Illinois; inquires about\n relatives in Alexandria; comments on Uncle\n Nelson's helpless state; discusses the chances\n of recovering Uncle Nelson's lands in Arkansas;\n describes the area of Henry where the family\n used to live; comments that she now weights 108\n \" lbs., which is more than her daughters weigh;\n sends his love to Grand Ma Powell, Aunt Ann,\n and Uncle Neb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA baby girl was born who is Nina's cousin\n [Uncle Richard's daughter?]; describes a\n fishing trip; mentions finding several Indian\n graves with skeletons and other items; tells\n story of a \"mad\" dog who bit many people.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Illinois relatives; describes\n a trip that he and Uncle Richard took through\n Stark County, emphasizing the changes that have\n taken place in the last five years; comments on\n Charley's [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] development\n into a young man; reports that Uncle Richard\n will leave the land business on September 1st;\n discusses his involvement in the business and\n his desire to visit Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses his relief that his brother\n Charles arrived safely in Virginia; comments on\n how scattered the family is at present;\n mentions Cousin Fanny Cochran's wedding in\n Middleburg, [Virginia]; discusses Mr. Hyde's\n trip in the \"aerial vessel\" Atlantic from St.\n Louis to New York, as reported in the\n \"Republican\"; reports that Frank has another\n son, Horatio Nelson; news of other Illinois\n relatives; describes the July 4\n festivities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses an unprofitable year for his\n business; discusses a business proposition made\n to his brother Charles and Harry and Benton\n Janney by Uncle Richard, concerning the opening\n of the store; gives news of Illinois relatives;\n comments that his Uncle Richard, who just\n turned 43, may begin to use his middle name\n again and become Richard H. Lloyd; comments on\n how, in the past twenty years, the Powell\n family has spread from \"New York to Salt Lake\n City, and from the 'Lakes' to the Gulf of\n Mexico.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Uncle Richard, \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Minna\"\u003eMin[na]\u003c/abbr\u003ewill stop at\n Fulton County to visit relatives; gives his\n opinion about Minna not returning to Winchester\n [Virginia] for school, stating that she has\n become too undisciplined and used to complete\n freedom in Illinois to be effectively taught in\n a school; describes Frank's son Horatio Nelson;\n comments on the family's health, saying that\n his father [Charles L. Powell] weights twenty\n pounds more than he does and his mother [Selina\n L. Powell] weighs only six pounds less, and\n also weighs more than any of her three brothers\n in Illinois; asks her if she is finished school\n and will make her debut.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Charley [Charles L. Powell,\n Jr.], \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Harry Janney\"\u003eHarry\u003c/abbr\u003eand \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Benton Janney\"\u003eBenton\n [Janney]\u003c/abbr\u003ehave begun their business named\n \"H and TB Janney and Co.\"; asks about the\n boarding school and discusses the difficulties\n of running one; reports that Frank's family and\n Mrs. Hammond[?] are on their way to Memphis to\n live; reports that Uncle Fred is planning an\n extended visit to Virginia, and then will\n probably move to Memphis; says he and Uncle\n Richard dissolved their partnership and that\n Uncle Richard plans to move to Memphis as well;\n reports that crops are poor, so his business\n will be slow; plans to see them for\n Christmas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that there is a County Fair next\n week; describes in detail an incident of a\n burning well; expresses sorrow that the family\n school will be so small this year; reports that\n the 'W S Fair' in Chicago is now over.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscussing fall and winter goods being\n stocked at \"Lloyd's Big Brick\" in Henry,\n Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; mentions marriage of Miss\n Hutchins, and deaths of 2 children of Mrs.\n Clara Ferguson; received invitation to wedding\n of \"Miss Mittie\"; gives his opinion of\n marriage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA french teacher at the boarding school\n died; mentions excitement due to 'John'\n Browne's execution and that there are 26\n companies of soldiers at Charlestown, [West\n Virginia]; mentions growing discontent of\n slaves; describes how men have loaded pistols\n ready in their homes; tells how many people are\n being imprisoned; tells of other strains\n between North and South; some family news;\n mentions \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Robert Young Conrad\"\u003e[Robert\n Young] Conrad.\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Uncle Richard's baby has been\n christened \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Elizabeth Jenkins Lloyd\"\u003eElizabeth\n Jenkins [Lloyd];\u003c/abbr\u003ecomments that this is\n the day that \n \u003cabbr expan=\"John Brown\"\u003e[John] Brown\u003c/abbr\u003eis\n to be executed; comments on the number of\n arrests in Virginia of strangers traveling\n through the state. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding newspaper clipping, n.d., of a\n poem about infants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Professors Wise and LaMountain's\n attempt to establish daily balloon\n transportation from the \"western\" states to the\n East Coast; family news; says he is anxious for\n the family in Illinois to move southward;\n mentions the execution of \"Cook and his\n confederates\" [involved in John Brown's\n attempted insurrection] on December 16.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to a \"Leap Year\" party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions and encloses invitation to a \"Leap\n Year\" party; describes events at the party;\n describes weather and reports of a sleighing\n party; reports marriage of Mary Ann Hoyt,\n friend of the family. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ANS from Maggie J. Richmond,\n Henry, [Illinois], to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Charles L. Powell, Jr.\"\u003eCharles\n [L.] Powell, [Jr.],\u003c/abbr\u003e[Henry, Illinois],\n [February 1860], inviting him to a \"Leap Year\"\n party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks about Uncle Richard's[?] baby girl;\n gives report of Charles L. Powell and some\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses \"spring fever\" concerning work;\n describes weather; speaks of Uncle Nelson's\n Lloyd death and how it should be a happy time;\n thanks his father for \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Alexandria Gazettes\"\u003e\"Alex[andria]\n Gazettes\"\u003c/abbr\u003econtaining articles about the\n Whig convention; much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites about her feelings during the time\n following her brother Nelson's death; recounts\n the last days she spent with Nelson Lloyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks about assessed value of some land or\n property and makes reference to Lloyd Brothers\n and Co.; speaks of crops and the effects of the\n weather; mentions how road being finished would\n provide trade with those on the other side of\n the river; township will vote on how to acquire\n additional funds to complete the road; mentions\n the whig convention and how they now represent\n such a small minority of people.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks of spring dresses and bonnets;\n mentions hearing address by William McDonald;\n discusses opening of a shoe and book\n manufactory; speaks of beating \"the Yankees\n with their own men\"; family news; religious\n advice; mentions use of telegraph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses agriculture and effects of weather\n on crops; talks of visiting New England and of\n dislike of their attitudes; expresses extreme\n negative opinion of Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; mentions work at the store;\n discusses events around town. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding [poem?] written in Latin on\n both sides of envelope. Locks of hair also\n enclosed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses crops and agriculture; describes\n Illinois scenery; family news; inquires about\n trip to Capron [Springs]; mentions \"Uncle\n Richard's\" card selling tour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Congressional race; mentions\n Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky and his visit to\n Illinois; talks about rise in crime; family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses confusion about having joined the\n church; religious discussion; some family and\n neighborhood news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about trip to New England; mentions\n \"Alexandria Sentinel\"; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses climate and busy season of\n Christmas; debates issue of [Civil War] and\n effects; gives religious advice; family news; \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Robert Young Conrad\"\u003e[Robert\n Young] Conrad\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses problems due to political and\n financial situation of the country; talks about\n boils on his hand; family news; mentions\n kindness of Mayor Turner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNina's eighteenth birthday; discusses the\n weather; talks about sleighing and skating;\n mentions \" \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ePickwick\n Papers\u003c/title\u003e\"; describes hunting interest;\n makes reference to several literary works.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks of trade being slow; election of a Mr.\n McFadden as \"Justice of the Peace\"; mentions\n sleighing and the weather; describes hayride in\n snow and people he went with.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his indebtedness to his father and\n his financial situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses political situation and \"imminent\n danger of civil war\"; comments on government\n involvement and troops in a war; mentions\n social life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the imminent war and that it will\n be the third one in her lifetime; talks about\n effects of a war from past experience; family\n news. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ANS from \"Grandmother,\"\n Catharine Powell, Belvue, [Virginia?], to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Rebecca Powell\"\u003eRebecca\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003e[Winchester, Virginia], 20\n January 1861, inquiring about being able to\n paint for her. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his dog and its habits and\n actions; talks about a fight at a warehouse;\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses pros, cons, and possibilities of a\n war; talks about being able to cross\n North/South Line if comes to Virginia;\n describes weather; mentions indoor winter\n activities; refers to marriage and courting\n habits; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBriefly discusses the Navy; describes\n wedding of Nelie Hall and a Mr. Kellogg; family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation concerning troop movements\n around Harper's Ferry; mentions a Col. Bowen,\n superintendent Barbour, and a Col. Moore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses explosion of armory at Harper's\n Ferry; speaks of united southern forces;\n mentions involvement of friends including\n Powell Grady; Powell and Holmes Conrad; family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuffering from inflammation of eyes;\n discusses possibility of Illinois and Virginia\n residents being separated during the war;\n Virginia's succession from the Union; Democrats\n opposition to the war with the South; talks\n about surrender of Fort Sumter; confusion about\n whether to leave or stay in Henry; some family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Colonel Robert Lee\"\u003eCol[onel]\n Robert Lee\u003c/abbr\u003eand movement of troops;\n mentions Georgetown Heights, Alexandria\n Heights, and the Valley counties; some family\n news; mentions Rockingham Rifles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlockade established at the mouth of the\n Ohio; southern trade suspended; some family\n news; inquires about situation in Virginia\n concerning the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a proclamation of Lincoln;\n politics and effects of the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e;\n dominance of Lincoln's party in Louisville,\n [Kentucky]; some family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrders to stop mail from Virginia.; \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Alexandria\"\u003e\n Alex[andri]a\u003c/abbr\u003eoccupied by North; Fairfax\n cavalry taken prisoner; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWars effects on postal service; family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for package of food and lists\n contents; speaks of newspaper \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond\n Dispatch\u003c/title\u003eas a rare luxury; describes\n camp life; enemy is at Williamsport,\n [Maryland].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses camp life and its required\n adjustment; mentions accidental shooting of two\n men as their only pessimistic experience so\n far; gives account of battles reported in the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eBalt[im]o[re] Sun\n [Baltimore Sun]\u003c/title\u003e; majority of men in\n army are under 21; describes how soldiers try\n to get food from surrounding farmers and their\n families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses uniforms, saying that they are\n everywhere, and that a \"John Brown\" has\n increased the \"military spirit\" in Virginia;\n asks about Lloyd; discusses books he has read\n and that she recommends; describes their daily\n schedule and when she has time to read;\n discusses food in season; news of family and\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrepares for battle; states that he is ready\n to do his duty for his country; mentions that\n the Continentals lost two men in the engagement\n the day before.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets that he cannot keep their date for\n the afternoon due to Army business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions her husband's attack of dysentery;\n much family news; gives news of friends and\n family; hopes war will soon be over so that the\n family can all be together; expresses religious\n feelings; wishes that they could write more\n freely; tells him to send his letters to E. J.\n Lee in Maryland who will forward them South to\n them. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding AN, from [Selina (Lloyd)\n Powell], Winchester, [Virginia], to \"Charlie,\"\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.], n.p., relating more\n family news. 1 page. 22 July [1861].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for specific items of clothing to be\n sent because he does not know when he can\n return home; refers to Haresack[?] and asks\n that she make him a smaller one.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes description of L. Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescription of how Lloyd Powell was shot in\n battle [of Manassas]; details of his personal\n characteristics and attitudes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses sympathy in regard to Lloyd\n Powell's death; offers comforting words from\n the Bible. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS, from Sue P. Lee,\n [Lexington, Virginia] to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Nina Powell\"\u003eNina\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003e[Winchester, Virginia], 29 July\n 1861, offering condolences on the death of her\n brother, Lloyd Powell. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Nina for her letter of sympathy\n concerning the death of her mother; gives news\n of her brothers and sisters; says that she has\n terminated her relations with cousin R.[?]\n because she could not marry a first cousin;\n discusses their friendship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of poor postal service; tells him\n of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Lloyd Powell\"\u003eLloyd's\n [Powell]\u003c/abbr\u003edeath; remembers about Lloyd's\n characteristics and qualities; says that\n typhoid fever is spreading in the town; talks\n about her servants; family news; reports of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Willie Lee Chilton\"\u003eWillie Lee\n [Chilton's]\u003c/abbr\u003edeath, a second cousin;\n expresses religious view.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLove letter to her; proposes marriage to her\n and her guardian and asks for a reply.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned also by J. R. Bowen, \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Justice of the Peace\"\u003eJ[ustice]\n [of the] P[eace],\u003c/abbr\u003estating that \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Charles L. Powell, Jr.\"\u003eCharles L.\n Powell, [Jr.]\u003c/abbr\u003ehas taken necessary oaths\n to become Deputy Marshal. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding on verso ADS, from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Brigadier General\"\u003eBrig[adie]r\n Gen[era]l\u003c/abbr\u003eJames H. Carson, 24 October\n 1861, \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Charles L. Powell, Jr.\"\u003eCharles L.\n Powell, [Jr.]\u003c/abbr\u003epermission to cross back\n and forth over enemy lines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for package she sent him;\n describes his situation and effects of the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War.\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for cap she sent him; his company\n is located at the \"Big Spring\" near Mr.\n Gray's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that Yankees were in Shepherdstown,\n [West Virginia] a few nights ago; family news;\n sends condolences on loss of her brother [Lloyd\n Powell].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSympathizes upon loss of Nina's brother,\n Lloyd Powell; relates her story of when her\n father died; expresses indebtedness to Nina's\n mother [Selina (Lloyd) Powell]; mentions\n sickness prevalent in Winchester, [Virginia];\n discusses her brother's [Bob Lucas] experiences\n as a soldier; Charles L. Powell, Sr., has\n accepted position in Richmond; news of spending\n summer at Col. LaRue's in Clarke to escape the\n Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for a cap she made and sent to\n him; expecting to go to camp soon; some family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of explosion that a Mr. Hubard caused\n trying to perfect something like \"Greek fire\"\n to sell to the government, similar to a powder\n to use in shells; describes condition of Mr.\n Hubard, his subsequent operations and\n death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWanted to give her news from Winchester,\n [Virginia], but \"the spy\" had to burn his\n information for fear it would fall into Enemy\n hands; tells stories of houses being searched\n by soldiers; news of friends and relatives;\n decorated with \"Confederate States of America\"\n seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTrying to catch up with \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Stonewall Jackson\"\u003e[Stonewall]\n Jackson's\u003c/abbr\u003etroops; describes camp life and\n strategy concerning the Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePossibility of Yankees taking Richmond;\n discusses importance of trust in God during\n battles; inquires about Robert Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral information on troop movements;\n mentions Battle of Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes being a member of Jackson's Army;\n mentions \"Rockbridge Artillery\" being full;\n family news. Decorated with \"Liberty and Union\"\n seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cabbr expan=\"Stonewall Jackson\"\u003e[Stonewall]\n Jackson\u003c/abbr\u003ecaptured two entire enemy\n regiments; enemy took part of Central Railroad;\n troop movements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; disappointment about not being\n able to be with \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Stonewall Jackson\"\u003e[Stonewall]\n Jackson\u003c/abbr\u003ein his last fight.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the family's living arrangements;\n thanks her for finding a home for her to stay\n in, but feels it would be less imposing if she\n stayed where Nina is teaching in Prince Edward\n County; hopes that they can all live together\n soon; rejoices over Jackson's victory in\n retaking the \"old town\"; says that the Garlands\n have been very kind during her stay with them;\n discusses her traveling plans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of friends, Willie Gray and Marshall\n Barton; death of various others in war\n including \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Turner Asby\"\u003e[Turner] Asby\u003c/abbr\u003e;\n talks of having made herself a sun-bonnet; news\n of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of getting a job as a clerk in Major\n Vaun's office; information about \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Stonewall Jackson\"\u003e[Stonewall]\n Jackson's\u003c/abbr\u003evictories; reports Colonel\n Ashby's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReviews routine activities; much family and\n friend news; discusses \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Stonewall Jackson\"\u003e[Stonewall]\n Jackson's\u003c/abbr\u003etroops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEveryone feeling ill and weighing less;\n Family news; possible fighting in Richmond,\n [Virginia]; \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Stonewall Jackson\"\u003e[Stonewall]\n Jackson\u003c/abbr\u003eis at Hanover Junction,\n [Virginia]; problem with fleas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe cannot get into the Rockbridge Artillery;\n she is staying with a Col. and Mrs. Tucker;\n battle of Richmond has begun; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGot position as a clerk in the Quarter\n Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin\n of [Selina (Lloyd) Powell]; \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Stonewall Jackson\"\u003e[Stonewall]\n Jackson's\u003c/abbr\u003earmy passed through\n Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of\n deserters from both sides wandering in\n mountains west of Winchester, [Virginia]; South\n won battle in Richmond, [Virginia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFighting around Richmond, [Virginia]; \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Stonewall Jackson\"\u003e[Stonewall]\n Jackson's\u003c/abbr\u003eArmy arrived to help; describes\n strategies and events of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDetails about progress of the war; much\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal experience in Army. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding NCl of a poem by Jno. R.\n Thompson, entitled \"Ashby\" from a Richmond,\n [Virginia] newspaper dated 13 June 1862, about\n the war. 1 page. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eVerso bears Becca [Rebecca Powell] to\n Selina (Lloyd) Powell. 1 page. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMakes reference to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Stonewall Jackson\"\u003e[Stonewall]\n Jackson's\u003c/abbr\u003eArmy and his efforts in\n Richmond, [Virginia]; relates events of war and\n involvement of friends and relatives; family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses people she knows who have been\n wounded or killed in the war; refers to battles\n at Richmond and Chickahominy, [Virginia];\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses disappointment that her parents\n didn't get to visit her; complains of \"M's\"\n temper; gives list of supplies that she has\n purchased or ordered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePreparing to go to Gordonsville to join\n Braxton's Battery; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas joined Braxton's Artillery; give details\n of battles and accounts of those wounded and\n killed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes battle between his Battery and the\n Yankees; describes Capt. Braxton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe has jaundice; personal account of stay in\n Richmond; discusses salary; accounts of the\n war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles L. Powell, Jr. was killed; [added to\n letter later] her husband is still yellow with\n jaundice; saw the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"President Davis\"\u003ePresident\n [Davis]\u003c/abbr\u003eand his wife; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExplains events of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s\n death near Warrenton Springs, [Virginia];\n includes sketch of battlegrounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTown gossip; tells story of a Dr. Conrad's\n arrest and ordeal; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks of our troops making it into Maryland;\n family news; prevalence of typhoid fever;\n discusses southern attitudes about the Civil\n War, and northerners.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReligious account and explanation of Charles\n L. Powell, Jr.'s death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms her of \"Charley's [Charles L.\n Powell, Jr.] death; encloses a copy of Capt.\n Carter M. Braxton's report of the events\n leading to Charles L. Powell's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers sympathy for the loss of his son,\n Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes the death of\n their sister \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Ellen Powell Gray\"\u003eEllen [Powell\n Gray]\u003c/abbr\u003e; reports on the welfare of Ellen's\n family - Mr. [William Gray], Kate and Arthur;\n news of family. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \"Mother\" [Selina L.\n Powell], n.p. to [Hattie Powell], n.p.\n Discusses the state of their belongings [in\n their former house in Winchester] and what will\n be sold through cousin \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Sarah Powell Conrad\"\u003eSarah [Powell\n Conrad]\u003c/abbr\u003e; says if they do not intend to\n return, then it should all be sold. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for her sympathy upon death of\n Rebecca's brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.;\n expresses religious views; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResponds to news of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s\n death; family news; reports on her own\n health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes description of Charles L. Powell\n and the battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family and town news; mentions that\n army is located near her in Winchester,\n [Virginia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her daily routine schedule; involved\n in knitting for the soldiers; doesn't seem to\n think Yankees will approach Richmond,\n [Virginia]; remembers her son \"Charley\"\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] often.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses their friendship and situation of\n the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses sympathy for the death of her\n brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes in\n detail the death of her mother, Ellen Powell\n Gray and reveals her feelings concerning it;\n gives news of their Powell relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses daily routine; problem with\n typhoid fever; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on incidents of typhoid fever;\n family news; discusses her minister and baptism\n of a baby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes circumstances of her daughter\n Annie's sickness and death; offers sympathy for\n death of Charles L. Powell, Jr.; family news;\n including recital of Fenella's funeral rites;\n \"Earth to Earth, Dust to Dust...\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses business matters in Winchester\n that she is taking care of for Charles L.\n Powell; discusses the ear and the situation in\n Winchester; sends him some books, stating that\n the Yankees carried off the rest of them;\n reports of a proposed armistice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes sickness causing a delirious state\n for a few days; family news; knitting as a\n popular pastime; discusses weather; Yankees\n still have Gloucester Point as a fort; soldiers\n suffering from \"rot\" that kills them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses \n \u003cabbr expan=\"John Milton\"\u003e[John]\n Milton's\u003c/abbr\u003eworks; family news; Longstreet's\n Corps has occupied many points near Culpeper\n Court House. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ANS from Nina Powell, Kenmuir,\n [Louisa County, Virginia] to \"sister,\" [either\n Hattie or Rebecca Powell], n.p., \n \u003cabbr expan=\"5 November 1862\"\u003e5 November\n [18]62,\u003c/abbr\u003ereporting family news. 1 page. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eAlso including ANS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Selina Powell\"\u003eS[elina]\n P[owell],\u003c/abbr\u003eKenmuir, [Louisa County,\n Virginia]. Expresses grief over Annie Lee's\n death; asks about Robert E. Lee; prevalence of\n typhoid fever; describes weather and landscape;\n Yankees did not disturb Charles L. Powell,\n Jr.'s grave; family news. 2 pages. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends this letter with a letter from Hunter,\n her brother; comments that Hattie has now been\n gone from Winchester eight months; says life\n ins find when Confederate soldiers are in\n Winchester, but that it is miserable when the\n Yankees come; says General Jackson has visited\n them and has his headquarters on the road to\n Front Royal; says he gave her his photograph\n and se will send a copy; writes that they are\n working very hard because the few servants in\n town are cooking for the soldiers; lists people\n who will leave town if the Yankees return; says\n Cousin Betty look unwell because she works so\n hard in the hospitals ; writes that they only\n have 500 sick beds in the hospitals; mentions\n the destruction by Yankees in other counties;\n fears they will soon suffer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends thanks for present he received because\n [it] will be useful during the winter;\n expresses desire for peace in the country.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; expresses concern that the\n southern army is suffering from a lack of\n clothes and the elements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her feelings of loneliness, as she\n lives among strangers; expresses other worries\n of disease and of the war; discusses problems\n with diphtheria in the neighborhood; comments\n on the shortage of men in the neighborhood, in\n particular healthy, attractive ones; discusses\n the hardships of Uncle Prosser and \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Aunt Rebecca\"\u003eAunt\n [Re]Bec[ca]\u003c/abbr\u003ewhose former servants burnt\n much of their property; news of friends and\n family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the condition of Charles L.\n Powell's estate and what business has been\n transacted; lists what articles from their home\n have been sold, commenting that most people in\n Winchester are not buying things because they\n are leaving to journey \"up the Valley\"; reports\n that 4000 men are guarding Winchester, that\n some tobacco has been burned, and that\n preparation for evacuation is underway;\n describes Yankee attacks in Charlestown;\n comments on the effect of the fear of attack on\n everyone in the town; gives news of\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on problems with influenza; refers\n to a Capt. Duff and his defense of Leesburg,\n [Virginia]; gives news of town since troops\n have arrived; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMakes references to the Clarke Cav[al]ry and\n a Capt. Carter; possessions have been pillaged\n and towns have been ruined; has to quit farming\n because of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes Nina a Happy Birthday; refers to God\n and task to enter his Kingdom; mentions a\n friend who died from diphtheria; discusses \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Stonewall Jackson\"\u003e[Stonewall]\n Jackson's\u003c/abbr\u003eopposition to the \"enemy\"\n [Yankees] at Port Royal, [Virginia]; family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses everyone's fear of diphtheria;\n much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMakes references to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Gen. Robert E. Lee\"\u003eGen. [Robert\n E.] Lee's\u003c/abbr\u003evictories; much family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses the difficulty of losing so many\n brave men in the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] war.\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReminisces about their last Christmas\n together; discusses the servants and their\n ability to be dangerous.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses desire for peace and to return to\n Winchester, [Virginia]; much town and family\n news; sorry they can't spend Christmas\n together.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShe has been ill with a cough and cold;\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about a John Tabb; tells activities\n of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Kate Gordon\"\u003eKate\n [Gordon]\u003c/abbr\u003ewho is staying with them;\n mentions a bombazine [fine twilled silk\n fabric]; people looking for teaching positions;\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch town and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProblems with smallpox; much family news;\n mentions Judge Lee's[?] suicide.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer husband, Charles L. Powell, Sr., is\n still looking for a teaching job; recommends\n reading as a worthwhile hobby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes how her family spent Christmas;\n thanks her for the cap she made for her brother\n Rob; discusses the sadness of Hattie's\n Christmas; discusses friendship; reports that\n she heard from Mary[?] who is living behind\n Yankee lines in King George.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions a Col. Tucker[?]; talks about her\n personal health; refers to the \"conscript act\";\n gives impressions of deaths resulting from the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003eand\n ideas of a forthcoming peace; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; refers to robbery of all\n servants; tells stories of confrontations with\n the enemy and experiences while at war;\n discusses food he has to eat; mentions has\n heard news of Grandma's death; mentions William\n Edmonson Jones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; discusses her pay for\n tutorial services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions their father's new employment in\n Greenville; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; describes some of daily\n activities. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ANS from N. C. E.[?], n.p., to\n Nina Powell, n.p., post 13 March 1863, giving\n neighborhood news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on Cavalry's victory in Culpepper\n [sic], [Virginia]; describes poverty situation\n in Winchester, [Virginia], as result of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e;\n discusses situations in Romney, West Virginia;\n much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFound a teaching job in Powhatan; describes\n location and plans to build a house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on his activities in the Army;\n refers to \"the Picketts\"; tells of damage and\n destruction in Winchester, [Virginia], as a\n result of Yankee invasion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on experiences in Army; expresses\n sadness that young men can't receive education\n during the war; family news; states that Tip[?]\n Powell and Frank Grady were captured in\n Loudoun, [Virginia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses clothes; family news; says they\n will visit \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Shirley Plantation\"\u003eShirley\n [Plantation]\u003c/abbr\u003esoon; says Mary[?] must\n remain within the Yankee lines because the only\n way to leave is to walk eighteen miles at\n night, carrying baggage; mentions Robert E.\n Lee, George Washington, and Custis Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions interest in soldiers, especially\n the South Carolina gentlemen; talks about\n sources of entertainment; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his house and surroundings; family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions \"taking bitters (a tea) made of\n sarsaparilla root\" for strength and to purify\n her blood; expresses hopes for war to soon be\n over; Yankees now have Fauquier under their\n control; family news; refers to receiving news\n through the Enquirer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses when the family members will see\n each other; gives news of Powell relatives at\n Locust Hill; says that goods cannot be sent to\n them from Locust Hill [Leesburg, Virginia]\n because of a blockade; inquires about the\n fighting in Fredericksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks about General Stuart's decision to\n review his Division; refers to great loss at\n Battle of Chancellorsville in the death of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"General Stonewall Jackson\"\u003e\n Gen[era]l [\"Stonewall\"] Jackson\u003c/abbr\u003e;\n describes events of war near Rowlesburg, [West\n Virginia]; comments on his troops various\n attacks on different Railroads; gives details\n about other battles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; comments on how quickly\n her chickens are dying.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses fighting [in the Civil War] and\n loss of servants; family news and sick and\n wounded from Battle of Gettysburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on war, pestilence and famine;\n discusses the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that Nina Powell has been recommended\n to him to take care of his children as well as\n tutoring them; requests response to his\n offer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses pillaging by the Yankees; comments\n on men who have given their lives for the\n southern cause; much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on scarcity of various staples;\n offers her $300 to come and teach his\n children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses \"keeping house\" and how much it\n costs to do so; family news; comments on the\n Battle of Manassas. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding AN from [?], n.p. to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Hattie Powell\"\u003eHatty [sic]\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003en.p., n.d., discussing delivery\n of enclosed note to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Custis Lee\"\u003eCustis [Lee]\u003c/abbr\u003e. 1\n page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAttempts to appease Nina's apprehensions\n about coming to Hanover County if the enemy is\n there; wants her to begin working the first of\n October.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffer to substitute himself [for William\n Henry Fitzhugh Lee as a Northern prisoner of\n War].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; questions Nina about her\n \"beaux\" and his courting ways; discusses\n education.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to burning her previous letter in\n case of a fight whence it could become public;\n relates news of troops; family news; discusses\n fight from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan\n [Rivers].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; stats that a man named\n Taylor Johns has fallen in love with Nina\n Powell; discusses situation at the\n Stringfellow's, where Nina now lives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses in detail his new teaching\n position; family information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives cotton prices as $3.75 a yard;\n discusses Battle at Manassas; much family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on her husband's new position in\n Albemarle; much family news; mentions some\n events in reference to the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she saw her father [Charles L. Powell,\n Sr.] on his way to move into Cousin R's[?];\n describes her trip to Charlottesville;\n expresses satisfaction that her mother is able\n to stay with Uncle Fred and Lute; reports she\n has eleven scholars.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; discusses her job as a teacher;\n discusses \"preserving with molasses\"; expresses\n anger and confusion about Nina's beaux David\n [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his teaching position.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives opinion on attitudes of young people;\n family news; expresses interest in\n religion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses plans for Christmas, including\n costs involved and where they can stay;\n discusses death of [Cousin?] Temple Grady and\n its effect on other relatives; discusses\n teaching and their role in the war effort.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to a battle at Chattanooga,\n [Tennessee]; and [General] Longstreet;\n discusses cotton and its discount price of $18\n a bale; comments on young gentlemen who have\n come to visit her; other town and family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hattie for her kind gift of The\n Bible; gives details of present experience as a\n soldier in the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e;\n expresses sadness for those who died in the\n battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions a Carrie Hobson's death resulting\n from a \"perforation of the bowels,\" (typhoid\n fever); family and town news; mentions Temple\n Grady's [brother of C. Powell Grady?] death;\n refers to having some corsets made.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; expresses concern about\n \"national affairs\"; discusses religious point\n of view.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; discusses General Bragg\n and his great ability as a leader.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; states that he met Mr.\n Seddon, Secretary of War and they discussed \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Judah Benjamin\"\u003e[Judah]\n Benjamin\u003c/abbr\u003e; gives some views of what is\n happening with the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions [General] Longstreet's retreat from\n Knoxville, [Tennessee]; comments on giving Nina\n some linen for \"sleeves or sleeve bands\",\n family news; discusses harvesting of crops;\n comments on threats that \"Yanks\" are\n making.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses insufficiency of cotton crops;\n mentions that her son is on a war vessel, in\n the ocean, \"larger than the \n \u003cemph render=\"underline\"\u003eFlorida\u003c/emph\u003eand the \n \u003cemph render=\"underline\"\u003eAlabama\u003c/emph\u003e.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to travel by carriage; discusses\n mailing \"bleached cotton\"; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions story where Yankees come into towns\n and arrest southerners; refers to\n daguerreotypes; writes a poem/prayer to God\n about grief he and others have experienced.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes Nina a Merry Christmas since she\n (Nina) will be together with her parents;\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the inclement weather; states that\n she had butter and tea for celebration on\n Christmas morning; gives price of calico as 6\n dollars per yard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on her friends spending New Year's\n Eve at the President's; mentions walking to the\n \u003cabbr expan=\"University of Virginia\"\u003eUniversity\n [of Virginia]\u003c/abbr\u003ein Charlottesville,\n [Virginia]; family news; refers to cotton vs.\n bleached cotton; discusses typhoid fever;\n comments on subject of religion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; expresses hopes for an end\n to the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e;\n mentions a book \"Home Influency\" that deals\n with raising children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions losing her heart to a Lieutenant\n Blackford; much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions having forgotten Nina's birthday\n and becoming more absentminded; states that\n demonstrating affection ins public is not good\n practice; gives advice and opinion on men and\n courting; has put \"vie dollars in gold and $25\n in Virginia. Bank notes\"; and discusses school\n teaching; much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been suffering from sickness similar to\n typhoid fever; mentions that many servants have\n the measles; states that the key to her watch\n is worn out and she cannot wind it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers advice about teaching; has seen [John\n C. Pemberton]; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her illness [typhoid fever?];\n describes her Christmas diversions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on how he misses having the women\n in his family at home; family news; discuses\n some aspects of the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e;\n mentions Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; expresses hope that the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003ewill\n soon end; expresses grief of her Mother's\n death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses concern about Hattie Powell's\n sickness; much family news and town gossip;\n mentions some of the types of food they've been\n eating; talks about \"yanks\" and their\n disruptiveness; mentions Robert Young\n Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives Nina advice on how to terminate her\n engagement with [John Dupuy]; writes of the\n death of Hunter McGuire's sister, May; says she\n now has twelve scholars; news of family and\n friends; discusses books and mentions Robert\n Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she has been busy knitting gloves,\n sewing, teaching, nursing, and being sick; says\n she is nearly \"well and fat\" again; says that\n her hair has not started to come back yet, but\n that when it does, she has been told to shave\n it; asks who Nina's friend Lizzie is; describes\n people she has met; reports where troops are;\n discusses ways she is trying to get cotton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvises Minnie not to be grieved about their\n mother's death; some family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle in which Jefferson Davis praises the\n Confederate soldiers for their \"devotion and\n self-sacrifice,\" and assures them of their\n capabilities against the declining enemy; also\n includes a commentary about Davis' speech,\n stating that the present spirit of the South\n has never been paralleled in history.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulates Nina on her engagement to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"John J. Dupuy\"\u003e[John J.]\n Dupuy\u003c/abbr\u003e; discusses their friendship; news\n of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions a girl's death from diphtheria;\n refers to traveling by train; discusses\n blockade of the Potomac River; comments on\n greenbacks and their value; refers to the\n Yankee Congress; general Civil War news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives consent for him to marry Nina after\n listing the pros and cons of the situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch town news and family news; refers to\n knitting as a pastime; states that her hair has\n not begun to \"come out yet\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her new beau; much family and town\n news; refers to events of the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003eand\n the Powhatan troop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that her employer, Mrs. Stringfellow,\n has offered to allow her two weeks for Easter;\n asks permission to come home; gives detailed\n plans on how she could get there cheaply; says\n the \"troop\" will return before Easter; asks if\n her father is coming home for the holiday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses selection of a minister; comments\n on her knitting for the soldiers; town gossip\n and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses sale of a draft on New York for\n $625.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for gloves she knitted and set to\n him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on her sister's problem with\n inflammatory rheumatism; much town and family\n news; tells stories of soldiers who have\n returned home; comments on lack of patriotism\n in the country; mentions readying.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of a shopping trip she took to\n Charlottesville, and the people she saw;\n describes a visit to see their father at Cousin\n R. Nowland's; discusses the new tax law, the\n \"panic,\" and the new monetary issue; news of\n friends and family; mentions reading.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMakes reference to needing a straw-splitter;\n discusses financial situation; comments on\n Nina's engagement to \"Brother \n \u003cabbr expan=\"John Dupuy\"\u003eJohn\"\n [Dupuy?]\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions interruption of communications due\n to Yankee Raid; states that he sat near \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Gen. Robert E. Lee\"\u003eGen. [Robert\n E.] Lee\u003c/abbr\u003eand Mr. Edmund Lee on a train car\n and talked with them; describes conversation;\n discusses the events of the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil]\n War\u003c/abbr\u003e[including Lee's near capture by\n Custis' divisionary raid through Albemarle\n County, during the Kilpatrick - Dahlgren Raid\n on Richmond]; mentions Holmes Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch town news; discusses Yankees and their\n progression; comments on her attempts to hide\n her silver on her body in order to keep it from\n the Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; expresses religious\n views.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; discusses events of the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e;\n including raid by Custis on Albemarle; mentions\n Homes Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the weather; much town and family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays her Easter plans have been cancelled\n because of the snow storm; mentions how close\n she (Nina) has been to the Yankees; says she\n feels much better and now weights 114 pounds;\n reports on fatal measles in the area; reports\n on how she has spent her time with Captain\n Morgan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends her a letter from Kate[?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses buying and selling cotton;\n comments on college opportunities; family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news and town gossip; comments\n on gold lace on the coats of those who make\n rank of Captain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; refers to Nina's\n grandmother's [Anne Harriotte (Lee) Lloyd]\n death; discusses Yankees and their progress;\n mentions Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on reading as a pastime and\n mentions [?] Cooper's novels; much family news;\n refers to Yankees taking hostages; mentions\n Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her daily schedule; reports how\n their Aunt Jeanie Lloyd and \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Aunt Rebecca\"\u003eAunt\n [Re]Bec[ca]\u003c/abbr\u003eare doing in relation to the\n war; describes social visits; mentions an Aunt\n Nannie; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses weather and its effects on gardens\n and crops; comments on Yankees and news about\n the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e;\n much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; comments on news of the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives detailed description of fighting near\n Beaver Dam, [Virginia], as told to her by some\n of the soldiers; mentions visit by Gen. Stuart;\n describes other events of the war from personal\n point of view.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; discusses struggle on the\n Rapidan [River]; tells of other \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil]\n War\u003c/abbr\u003enews.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses general battle news; expresses\n concern about struggle in Hanover County,\n Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses events of the war; comments on\n actions of Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on armies being at Hanover Junction\n and expresses her concern and fears; refers to\n burning of Powhatan depot by Yankees. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding AN from [Selina (Lloyd) Powell,\n Charlotte County, Virginia], to Nina Powell,\n [Verdon, Hanover County, Virginia], 24 May,\n 1864, correcting some spelling errors. 1\n page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses relief that the Yankees did not\n come through the area where Nina is; says that\n her father wants her [Nina] to leave soon\n because of the danger; says things are so\n scarce in Charlotte that there would not be\n enough to feed her; expresses relief that Nina\n is not living between the two railroads; says\n the news they get about the war is encouraging,\n but she thinks the conflict will be a long one;\n discusses plans to get the family together.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to battle of Vicksburg; tells of\n other developments of the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to a cousin, Mrs. Randolph Tucker\n whose house is at the corner of Grace and Adams\n street in Richmond; much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about Nina's daily schedule and when\n she says prayers; expresses sorrow that\n Hattie's teaching position near Nina did not\n work out; tells her she must be self-reliant;\n says she is waiting to find out if she can join\n Mr. Powell; discusses the fashions of hats;\n sends her respects to Mr. Stringfellow.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch town and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her social schedule; encourages\n her to pursue a relationship with Willie\n Booker; news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecounts all he has been doing for the past\n two years (has been in charge of a prison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Nina to change her mind and work for\n them another year; claims they are safe from\n the Yankees and that the war will soon be over;\n praises her teaching of their three girls.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Yankees' burning of houses in\n Richmond; gives views on death; much family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on typhoid fever; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch Family news. mentions not being able to\n find a nail-brush in the city and forgot india\n ribbon; comments on Yankees treating people\n badly; refers to buying lip-glue at Randolph's\n Book Store; discusses her, Nina's, new\n house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Mr. Powell's teaching position\n with the Scott family; says he is trying to\n find a place near him for her to stay; says\n there was a Yankee raid near where he is\n staying; discusses where friends who are\n soldiers are stationed; mentions families who\n are looking for wounded soldiers to employ as\n teachers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family and town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on symptoms of the \"fever\";\n expresses religious beliefs concerning deaths\n resulting from battles; much family news and\n town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; discusses teacher's\n pay.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family and town news; inquires about\n her new home in Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses one of Nina's pupils and how Nina\n should act towards the family that is employing\n her; mentions arrangements to exchange a pair\n of shoes; reports on friends and family;\n reports on \"her Willie,\" and where he is\n stationed; mentions soldiers for whom she has\n knitted gloves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the suitability of Mr. Starke's\n teaching offer for her mother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChides Nina for not writing her; asks if she\n is spending all her time with Willie Dupuy] who\n has a wounded shoulder; reports on what she has\n done socially; asks her to get some cartridges\n for her pistol when she buys some for her own\n gun; says Minna Booker is to be married\n November fourth; discusses sewing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains about difficulties in the teaching\n profession; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her situation at the Garrett's,\n teaching Lizzie and others; emphasizes the\n importance of letter writing now that they are\n apart; discusses Mr. Irving's[?] failing\n health; says Lizzie has diphtheria; describes\n social events; discusses Nina's problems with\n teaching Blanche; reports on friends who have\n been wounded or killed in the war; asks bout\n Cousin Mary Lee and Cousin Emily.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that her brother Rob has been\n wounded and may have to have his leg amputated;\n says her brother Jimmie is in Charleston where\n there is much yellow fever; says they work all\n day without rest; more family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on how Nina should manage one\n of her pupils; reports on what she is doing;\n discusses clothes; mentions Minna's\n wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives reasons why she hasn't written of\n late; describes her brother's episode of being\n shot in the hand and its effects; comments on\n amount of men that are off at war and those who\n remain are \"quaking\"; much family news;\n expresses hope that God will get them through\n \"these difficulties.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her social activities; discusses\n balancing work with pleasure; news of family\n and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about her \"new home\" in Richmond and\n her \"new occupation\" with Mrs. Paleski;\n describes Minna's wedding; says the weather was\n so bad that no one could go home, so the\n reception lasted all night; reports what she\n has done socially; describes in detail a dress\n she just made.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses joy that Nina and their mother can\n live close to each other; reports on her social\n activities; discusses plans for Christmas;\n mentions how well the Confederate Cavalry is\n doing; discusses friends that are soldiers, and\n which of them she has knitted gloves for.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a preacher, Mr. McGill, who is\n visiting; describes social events; discusses\n clothes she is making; questions Junius\n Powell's decision to go to Bermuda instead of\n joining the army; mentions Harry Harrison [Mrs.\n Huge's brother] who came home after a prisoner\n at Fort Delaware.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses how her home was destroyed;\n details experiences with the Yankees; comments\n on incarceration of many Southerners in\n northern prisons and their suffering; family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her trip to Charlottesville and\n the people she visited, including cousin Gert;\n mentions Sally's[?] death; says she must soon\n accept an offer for teaching from Mr. Frank\n Cabell; discusses depreciation of money;\n mentions a cousin Ann and a cousin Laura;\n reports that Tip Powell was taken prisoner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the bad weather and muddy roads,\n says she has not heard from Custis Lee, for\n whom she made gloves; discusses clothes;\n discusses Christmas plans; tells Nina to\n \"change her dress\" whenever she desires, since\n she will always mourn inside; says she and\n Rebecca will change theirs in the spring;\n discusses the problems Winchester is having\n with the Yankees; mentions Minna's wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a prospective teaching job for her\n and his plan for her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; begs her to spend\n Christmas with them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses happiness that her mother and\n father will finally be able to live together\n again; comments on Nina Powell's loss of hair;\n refers to suffering Loudoun County, due to\n Yankees; family news; describes how a friend\n spends time trying to find hiding places for\n her possessions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a \"homespun\" dress that she has;\n family news; describes weather; tells her to go\n to a Christmas get-together where she can met\n many people, including Robert E. Lee, Custis\n Lee, and perhaps \"our beloved President\"\n [Jefferson Davis]; later mentions rumors that\n President Davis may be dead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions pastime crocheting a cap; comments\n on delay of mail; discusses ordering some\n supplies from her sister; refers to troop\n movement on \"the Danville road\"; family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes social activities; urges Nina to\n spend Christmas in Richmond with Cousin Emily;\n discusses cotton and where to buy it. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding fragment of ALS from \"cousin\"\n Laurence B. Taylor, to [?], n.p., n.d., stating\n that he hopes they will see much of each other\n in \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Albemarle County\"\u003eAlbemarle\n [County]\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the difficulties of sending mail;\n inquires about their mother's health; news of\n friends and the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for the gauntlets, testament, and\n book of psalms that she sent him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what she did during Christmas\n holidays; discusses her job as a teacher as\n well as who and what subjects she teaches;\n family and town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on Robert E. Lee's thoughts that\n the South is in danger; discusses her knitting\n and whom she has made gloves for; states how\n she doesn't understand men; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the possibility of Nina being\n engaged to Willie Dupuy; says she would like to\n know him better before she can consent; would\n like for her to make the final decision\n herself; says their engagement would last\n indefinitely because they are both poor and\n Willie was \"disabled\" from the war; asks her to\n consider these issues.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResponds to her requesting permission to be\n engaged to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Mr. William Dupuy\"\u003eMr. [William]\n Dupuy[?]\u003c/abbr\u003e; gives feelings about entire\n situation; refers to evacuation of Richmond,\n [Virginia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; asks her to send her stamps and\n black glazed cotton and to look for\n strawsplitters; describes episode of being\n thrown from horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses how busy she is making gloves;\n mentions Nina's engagement/involvement with a\n \"brave, Christian soldier\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses possibility of Nina moving to\n Norwood if Richmond is given up.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; discusses the bond between\n two who love each other.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses happiness about Nina's now\n official engagement to Mr. [William] Dupuy;\n other family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Nina's engagement and her fiance's\n [William Dupuy] financial status and\n personality.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on how to express feelings of\n love to her fiance, in her correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her advice about her situation with\n Mr. D[upuy]; tells her to make up her own mind\n and to be sure of his character and their love;\n advises that if she is certain that she wants\n to be engaged to him, then not to hold back her\n feelings and to show her trust; gives more\n advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; expresses her approval of\n William Dupuy as Nina's fiance. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding Cy of L, 10 February 1865, from\n [William Dupuy], n.p. to \"Sir\" [Charles L.\n Powell, Sr.], n.p., discussing his and Nina's\n relationship and betrothal. 4 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advise on Nina's relationship with a\n young man [Willie Dupuy?]; says that if they\n ever get married they would always be poor;\n discusses what he will want in a wife;\n discusses Nina's fear that her ways are not\n elegant enough for him because he was brought\n up in higher society; reveals her philosophy on\n how to act in society, how to view oneself, and\n how to act towards men to keep them\n interested.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on attempts to regain some of their\n family possessions; discusses the break-up of\n Nina Powell's engagement; mentions Hattie\n Powell's arrival in Goochland, [Virginia],\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Nina's problem with an employer,\n Mrs. Powell, and suggests other families she\n could work for; says she can spend $350.00 on\n material for summer clothing; discusses the\n plight of the South; reveals her feelings about\n Nina's engagement; describes a visit to Norwood\n where her parents are working for Mr. Cabell;\n reports that cousin Lizzie Powell, fourth\n daughter of Uncle Llew, is to be married; news\n of family and friends; mentions teaching.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses materials for sewing dresses;\n expresses her anger at how Mrs. Powell (an\n employer) treated Nina; discusses her neighbors\n where she is teaching, saying none are suitable\n for Nina to live with and teach for; gives news\n of friends and family; says they have a soldier\n staying there; mentions teaching. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding newspaper clipping advertising\n for teachers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for presents she sent him;\n expresses hope of seeing her again soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; discusses Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays Mr. Philip Cabell is stopping by\n \"Bremo\" on his way to Richmond, so she is\n taking this opportunity to send a letter;\n discusses opportunities for her to work with\n other families and how she should set this up;\n wishes she could come to see them but says it\n is impossible because the canal is \"broken up,\"\n the roads are bad, and the Yankees destroyed\n the carriage; hopes that she is comfortable at\n Gen[eral] Cocke's; hopes that he doesn't mind\n her being there since he is a wealthy man.\n Letter is continued on a small slip of paper -\n advises on the different uses of \"shall\" and\n \"will\" in writing letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses relief that she is safe after\n traveling through dangerous area; says that\n their Mother and Father had some trouble when\n traveling, and that they lost some clothes;\n discusses an offer to teach in Keysville,\n Charlotte County; reports battle action in the\n area; asks what she thinks about her giving her\n silver cup to \"the government\"; mentions the\n death of their Aunt Ann's baby, Fannie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions sending carpet bags to her parents\n filled with necessary items she could spare;\n comments on Yankees being on southside of the\n James [River], [Virginia] and dreading a\n raid.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSend the key to her bonnet box; mentions a\n cousin Kate Noland and an Aunt Bettie Conrad;\n news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses surrender of Confederates in\n detail; expresses religious beliefs about\n result of the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e;\n describes battle in Richmond, [Virginia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on prohibition from traveling\n North; mentions recognition by France and the\n French position; gives religious opinions;\n describes some of the remnants left by\n Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports news of post-war events since Hattie\n receives no news in the country; expresses the\n sentiments and anxieties of those in an\n occupied city, discusses [Robert E. Lee and his\n sons]; reports rumors about Booth, Jefferson\n Davis, and the surrender of the army of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Joseph E. Johnston\"\u003e[Joseph E.]\n Johns[t]on\u003c/abbr\u003eto \n \u003cabbr expan=\"William T. Sherman\"\u003e[William T.]\n Sherman\u003c/abbr\u003e; discusses the sacrifices of the\n last four years and where it has led.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the people with whom she is\n staying; expresses joy that she feels\n comfortable in Richmond; says she hears rumors\n about whether Richmond will be given up or not;\n tells her to come to them if there is any\n danger; news about friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a battle at Fort Jackson that she\n was able to witness from her cousin's house;\n says Hunter [?] is the medical doctor of\n Ewell's Corps; mentions lack of provisions;\n says she had to work very hard last winter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to \"free negroes\" and the fall of\n Richmond; tells stories of robbers in various\n neighborhoods; discusses difficulty to have\n faith in God where there is so much suffering;\n also refers to bands of negro robbers and\n describes their actions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; expresses sorrow and grief\n about living through these times.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; comments on problems with\n servants; refers to death of Lincoln and\n memorial service for him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Mr. Cabell bought a horse from\n a Mississippi soldier; reports that a Yankee\n soldier came to the house asking for brandy;\n says that she and Fan [?] are closing school\n for the summer; says she will soon come to\n Norwood to visit them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses health, says she has rheumatism;\n says they will stay in Richmond until July;\n tells their options of where to go; considers\n the cost of the Civil War; discusses the\n condition of President Davis, prisoner at Fort\n Monroe; says the Yankee officers are being\n kinder to Richmonders; says Pierrepont has just\n arrived in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports she is staying with relatives but\n that it is so crowded, she will leave soon;\n says the house has been burned down, so they\n are living in log cabins; tells that she will\n soon go to Canada to visit her brother Horace;\n discusses where Nina could set up a school in\n that neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of her religious belief about the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003eand\n how she prays daily; discusses subject of white\n vs. black labor; much family new; comments on\n cruel treatment of \"our\" President [Jefferson\n Davis]; refers to a Dr. Hoge who denies trying\n to begin a colony in Brazil.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses difficulty in accepting downfall\n of Confederacy; family news; discusses Nina's\n engagement to Willie Dupuy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePoem entitled \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Bachelor's\n Consolation\u003c/title\u003ewritten by \"Goodman A.\n Bachelor.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; comments on Nina's\n engagement; discusses situation with Negroes;\n comments on elections and how soldiers were put\n into many of the civil offices; plans for\n jousting tournament.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the family's moving to a new house\n and how they all can be reunited once\n again.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses where they may move; says the\n Yankees have possession of her home in\n Arlington; says the situation in Richmond is\n better since Pierrepont [Pierpont] arrived;\n gives news about family; mentions Robert E. Lee\n (1843-1914) and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Nannie's [?] wedding; says their\n father will need her [Nina] home for the\n opening of school; tells how she has been\n spending her time; discusses the school;\n reports that Mary [?] is there; expresses fear\n for her Aunt Mary because of the threats of\n Negro uprisings in southern Virginia; asks if\n everything is going well between Nannie and\n Willie B[ooker].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the continuing uncertainties of\n where their family will live; says she will\n return to work at Mr. Cabell's because she\n cannot depend on family plans; describes her\n visit to Greenwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a horse riding [jousting]\n tournament and social event that followed; much\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports travel plans; lists social events;\n news of friends; says she will begin at Mr.\n Cabell's in two weeks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that she just realized that it is her\n 56th birthday; discusses some issues on\n etiquette; says that she is glad that she is\n pleased with her new house; has heard that the\n Yankees are advancing on Charlottesville; says\n Gloucester is having problems with the Yankees,\n so she will not return there; expresses\n disappointment that Mr. Powell did not secure a\n certain job that would have allowed them all to\n live together; says that the Redds and the\n Bookers have been very kind to her and do not\n want her to leave; writes that the Dupuy's son\n [Willie?] has bullet wounds in both thighs and\n in the foot.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a boat trip she took with Sallie\n [?] to Norwood; gives news of Mr. William\n Cabell; discusses literature; news of friends\n and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays Hunter has a small (medical) practice;\n gives news about what her other brothers[?] are\n doing; says Willie is doing well despite the\n time he spent in prison; tells how he was\n marched by their home last winter by the\n Yankees and taken to prison; tells how their\n house was used as a hospital, her family was\n put under arrest, and they were forced to live\n with the Yankees for six months; expresses her\n hatred of the Yankees; discusses how the last\n four years have changed her; tells how Gert [?]\n was working in the hospitals and on the battle\n field, caught a disease and has been bedridden\n for the last thirteen months; says she was very\n weak last winter because of the hard work and\n anxiety; says she could no longer work in the\n hospitals because of how the sights of war\n affected her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; comments on the meeting of\n Congress and its result on the restoration of\n southern property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites about Presbyterian Conference she is\n attending; gives town and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives history of a family, telling which\n troop each son is in; comments on the scarcity\n of paper, which is why she is writing on the\n back of a letter written to her by her mother. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding on back: \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Selina Powell\"\u003eS[elina\n Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003cabbr expan=\"Charlotte Court House\"\u003eCharlotte\n C[ourt] H[ouse],\u003c/abbr\u003e[Virginia], to\n \"daughter\" [Hattie Powell], n.p. Asks her about\n her fever and if it is interfering with her\n teaching; says Mr. Powell visited her for a\n week; says she will stay in Charlotte all\n winter; mentions death of Carry Hobson. 1 page.\n ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends her a pair of slippers which she made\n the best she could with the materials\n available; says she wanted to do something for\n her during \"these war times\"; says her father\n is not home yet; gives list of things Rebecca\n needs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the importance of having nice\n handwriting; describes Kate's [?] studies;\n grieves over how many have lost their homes and\n hopes that her daughter could have a couple\n years holiday (from teaching); says those who\n must have employment are happiest; writes of\n family and friends; discusses her Uncle G's [?]\n method of teaching. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncomplete (first part missing).\n Including attached insert saying that Mr. H.\n [?] declined her father's services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the scene when the Yankees came\n into the home of Dr. Robert Baldwin; says Dr.\n Baldwin was kicked out of town because he\n refused to pay a servant; describes how the\n town has changed since the Yankees have taken\n over; mentions a man named Milroy who seems to\n be their leader; gives news of family members\n many of whom has been sick; describes a puppy\n he has gotten; describes a battle in which many\n Yankees were taken as prisoners; says Milroy\n has escaped and has gone to Washington; says\n all of her furniture is not sold and that they\n cannot try to sell it while the Yankees are\n here; discusses Dr. Daniel Conrad's\n practice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks what Jeanie [?] will do all summer;\n says she has heard that all the carriage horses\n in Gloucester have been carried off; says she\n will go to Powhatan to join her husband who is\n working for Mr. Michaux; says the Yankees are\n in Shepherdstown but that the Confederates have\n Winchester.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of the last four years, the\n excitement and the trials; discusses \"the\n college\" that Robert is involving with;\n discusses the difficulty of finding good help;\n describes their house, saying it is handsome to\n \"confederate eyes\"; expresses sadness that her\n home is still used by the Yankees; discusses\n Alexandria.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on the postal problems and hopes\n she has been receiving her letters; gives news\n of the Bookers; writes of her anxiety over how\n she [Nina] is and discusses her travel plans to\n Prince Edward; discusses where the Yankees are\n stationed; writes of the family's plans for the\n summer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends her cotton for stockings; comments on\n postal problems; discusses the safety of\n Richmond; discusses sewing and fashions; news\n of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the dilemma of Southerns taking\n the \"oath\" with the Northerners so that they\n can protect their property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Captain Watkins and Willie\n Dupuy have been wounded; says she does not know\n which battle they were in; news of friends;\n says she has heard from Mr. Powell recently;\n discusses dresses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that she sent socks to Willie [?] who\n is in the army; mentions the death of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"James Mcoughty\"\u003eJames\n M[coughty?].\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes how to make Mrs. Sharpe's [?] hat;\n describes Lute's hat; says she will get two or\n three hundred dollars in Northern money from an\n Uncle William.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses teaching; describes trip to\n Charlottesville and adventurous train ride;\n mentions Sandy Pendleton's [?] wedding;\n discusses Trip's [?] health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends Rebecca a picture of Robert E. Lee,\n taken during the war (picture is dated 20\n January 1866); writes of Lexington where they\n have just moved; gives news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her social activities; gives\n teaching position that Hattie is considering;\n reports that Yankees are being strict in their\n town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses poor mail service; describes\n Alexandria as dull town with spirit of\n despondency, town may be forced into the\n District of Columbia; describes visit of Henry\n Hallowell [?]; much family and town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses crocheting, books they have read;\n much family news and gossip.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses family news; speaks of financial\n situation of buying a house in Baltimore;\n discusses problems of retrieving household\n items (portraits, furniture, etc.) and where to\n put them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses details of retrieving family\n possessions from the Office of Confiscation;\n includes list of objects missing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her trip and her stay with Cousin\n Lee; tells of relatives and other people she\n has seen; will continue traveling.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses daily life and schedule; family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her trip to Dr. Wights' and tells\n of the people she met there; discusses dresses;\n asks about the family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescription of the political happenings in\n Washington D.C.: the disputes between President\n Johnson and the \"Radicals\", Mr. Johnson's veto\n message, the South's need to have\n representation in Congress; tells his view of\n these happenings; discusses attempts to\n retrieve articles from the confiscation office;\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of difficulty she has dealing with\n hard life of times, \"Yankee\" rule, and free\n Negroes; much news about friends in the\n neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes dinner at New Market and the\n people she saw there; describes conditions of\n roads, outlawing carriage rides; much news of\n family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of people she has seen or heard\n from.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses family news and news of friends;\n talks of sewing projects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives an account of her \"Easter excursion,\"\n reporting what she did and whom she met; says\n Mrs. Atkins has no servants, so she will have\n to clean her own room.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes events of neighborhood; tells news\n of friends; tells of religious happenings, Mr.\n Wharey's [?] reform in the church, and her\n religious sentiments; writes of her gloomy\n feelings about the South, her distrust of the\n Yankees, and her rebellious feels toward them;\n congratulates Nina on having her own\n \"home.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of stay in Cumberland with her \"sister\n and brother\"; tells of problems in retrieving\n household items lost in war; \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Douglas Forrest\"\u003eDouglas'\n [Forrest?]\u003c/abbr\u003e[her husband?] law practice is\n improving.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Nina to welcome her friend, Mr. Henry\n T[heodore] Wight, who brings the letter, and\n make his stay in Alexandria pleasant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTries to convince Nina to take a trip next\n summer; describes new bonnet styles; describes\n her friend \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Henry Theodore Wight\"\u003e[Henry]\n Theodore Wight\u003c/abbr\u003ewho will be taking a trip\n to Alexandria; discusses clothes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her view on the family taking in\n boarders, saying children would be easier for\n their mother to handle; asks about the\n \"Council\"; reports on what she has done\n socially; discusses the dresses she has made;\n says that yesterday the people of Richmond\n decorated the Confederate soldiers' graves;\n says she wishes she had gone; says Mrs. Adkins\n did not go, but sent flowers to Richmond. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eWritten on ALS from J. Walker, Dover [?],\n to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Hattie Powell\"\u003eHattie\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003eRolling Views, n.d. Sends her\n flowers and asks her to come to visit him. 1\n page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her visit to Richmond, people she\n visited, and how many commented on how well she\n looked compared to last winter; describes\n clothes she is making.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks her to send ribbon for a dress she will\n wear to a day-long affair at Norwood; news of\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses their plans to go to Prince Edward\n County; discusses what clothes she has and what\n she may need; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExplains why she cannot attend the gathering\n at Mr. Redd's that night; says she must listen\n to her head and not her heart so that she may\n get well; says she is tired of feeling ill and\n weak.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites Nina and Hattie Powell to come stay\n with them; says she feels better and is very\n excited to see them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her joy that she arrived home\n safely, and her regret that her mother [Selina\n Powell] has taken ill; describes a [jousting]\n tournament among young boys or \"knights,\" in\n which the girls were honored as Queens and\n Maids of Honor; news about family and\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her condolences for her uncle's death\n and her mother's illness; tells her of Nancy's\n [Lettie's sister] engagement and tells Nina not\n to leave her to marry a man; much news of\n family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Nina for her letter congratulating\n her and Willie Booker on their engagement; news\n about her fiance; tells her adventures of\n keeping the house while her mother was gone;\n news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites that her father is looking for board\n for her [Selina] and until then she will stay\n in Charlotte; recommends that Nina not write to\n men unless she is engaged to him or unless he\n is an old family friend; news of family and\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses how far they are apart but thinks\n it is best that she (her mother) stay at Uncle\n Fred's; says she will stay at school for\n Christmas; writes of family and friends; tells\n that her health is very good and that she\n weights 106 pounds; discusses her school duties\n and her sewing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the parties she has had at her\n home recently; speaks of the engagement between\n Willie Booker and Nancy [her sister], and Lou\n Edmunds and Captain Hill; news of family and\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells how she and her friends have been\n together for three weeks now, staying at\n different homes; wishes Nina could be there;\n news of courting, engagements and weddings;\n tells Nina that she will not become an old\n maid; much news about family and friends;\n discusses Reading Societies and books read.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of courtings, engagements and\n weddings; tells of Christmas plans; discusses\n the struggle in the Christian life to be\n pure.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Christmas holidays; discusses the\n Christian struggle for purity; says she is\n having more headaches; discusses poor financial\n situation with no patrons paying for her\n teachings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the changes taking place: their\n Uncle Joe has died and she, Lavalette and her\n mother have moved to Falkland to take care of\n his children; she and Lavalette will teach the\n children; Lavalette is feeling worse; her\n brother and sister May will take care of\n Linden; news of engagements, weddings, family\n and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her new home and her new schedule;\n news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells about her fiance's [Willie Booker]\n work in [Medical School]; describes reactions\n to the Territorial Bill and to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"General Scofields\"\u003eGen[eral]\n Scofield[s]\u003c/abbr\u003e; wonders if Lavalette will\n keep her promise to become an old maid; says\n the weather is so bad that they will not be\n able to go to Church for a month because of the\n roads; says she is trying to guess when\n weddings will be by who is making their wedding\n clothes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her teaching job with her sister\n Nancy; describes her students; tells how\n spirits have been low since the passage of the\n Territorial Bill, says their district is\n commanded by Gen[eral] Schofield; describes the\n \"demoralizing\" incident of one of the county\n men running off with a Negro girl and marrying\n her; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends this letter through a friend and asks\n Rebecca to mail a package to Washington, D.C.\n for her; may have some frames sent to her,\n which could then be sent to them by steamboat\n to Richmond and canal boat to Lexington; says\n Mildred is in Richmond; Rob and Fitzhugh may go\n to Jennie's[?] wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the commencement exercises that\n she and Lavalette attended at Hampden Sydney;\n describes the fashions she saw there; says the\n scrub worm is seriously damaging the tobacco\n crop; describes their summer bonnets bought in\n Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that Nancy [her sister] has been ill;\n says that she, Nancy and their mother will take\n a trip North for their health; says she dreads\n to be among the Yankees; tells that Lou Booker\n has typhoid fever and so her wedding must be\n postponed; discusses the advantages and\n disadvantages of being an old maid and whether\n they will be one.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of gentlemen who are courting\n her; says that John Smith has been visiting her\n every other night; tells Nina that it is\n becoming serious and that she better come home\n soon or she will be gone; gives advice on the\n gentlemen that Nina is seeing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their stay in Danville; tells that\n her engagement with Willie Booker has been\n terminated; discusses their plans of where to\n live next year; news of family and friends;\n discusses fair.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hattie for her announcement of her\n \"change of condition\" [marriage or\n engagement?]; gives her best wishes for her\n health and happiness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses which furniture and portraits she\n would like to be sent to her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses details of sending furniture from\n Alexandria to Lexington and of having portraits\n framed and sent. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncludes notes to Selina and Nina.\n Including Xcy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her transactions to acquire more\n furnishings for their home; news about family\n and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about her interactions with Mr. D[?];\n says Nina's happiness is the only bright spot\n in their lives; says she hasn't been to church\n much; says she has seen a lot of Willie S.[?];\n regrets that she can't say everything she would\n like to, because the letter must go through so\n many hands; writes of the broken Southern\n spirit; asks if there are any \"situations\" near\n them that she could take; says that she cannot\n write much because it works her \"into such a\n state\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of their new life at Linden, helping to\n take care of \"Sis\" May's children; comments on\n Nina's sister Hattie's marriage; discusses\n religion; describes a trip to Richmond; news about\n family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecommends that she or Rebecca go with her to\n visit friends in Prince Edward County; tells her\n that since \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Mrs. Booker\"\u003eMrs.\n B[ooker's]\u003c/abbr\u003ehouse was used as headquarters\n for them during the war, they must make a pleasure\n visit to her since the war is over.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Nina for sending her the objects\n repossessed from the war; comments on their\n sentimental value; gives news about Baltimore's\n social events and her husband Douglas' work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what family has done since she left for\n her trip; says everyone is feeling remarkably well\n on account of the warm weather; tells her to enjoy\n her visit with Lizza and Aggie [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what each person in household is doing\n that evening: Mamma, Papa, Lute[?], Lewis[?],\n Fan[?]; says she visited Hattie who is feeling\n well \"under the circumstances\"; news about\n neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the health of each family member;\n says Mr. Powell had dyspepsia for which she gives\n him a raw onion; says Hattie is the same and\n cannot leave her room; gives news of friends;\n discusses a fire at Lee's [?] house; hopes she is\n enjoying her visit with Lizzie and Aggie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news about family and neighborhood; says\n that Cousin Lee's house burned; writes that Bob \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Robert Powell\"\u003e[Robert]\n Powell\u003c/abbr\u003eis now a doctor; news about her\n school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses news of neighborhood and people who\n have come to visit her; tells Nina to enjoy her\n stay with Lizzie and Agnes [?]; says she is still\n flat on her back but hopes to be better in a few\n weeks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets that he could not make the picnic that\n Nina planned; says that he had to pick up Josie\n [?] that day, who traveled flat on her back; says\n that he saw \"Cousin Rebecca\" in town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells how she had been preserving many foods\n last summer because of the possible food shortage\n during the coming winter; describes her stay with\n \"Sis\" May in Farmville; describes the situation of\n the churches and Sunday school in her area; news\n about family and friends; one of Nina's students,\n Emma Henry, is getting married.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes to Nina for not calling on her\n while she was in Baltimore; expresses her job\n in their friendship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites of their sorrow at the death of Hugh\n [Holmes McGuire] (brother of cousin); whose\n wife just had a child; asks Rebecca to come\n visit, since the war is over; gives news about\n who owns the Powell's old home; tells what each\n of her relatives is doing; gives news about\n friends; discusses the death of her aunt who\n never recovered after the Yankees burnt her\n house down; mentions how many soldiers cannot\n find employment. [Hugh Holmes McGuire MW battle\n of High Bridge.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Magie's wedding [her niece]; says\n she has been alone in the evenings since Nina\n left her; describes her friends who have called\n during the day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes for not writing; describes her\n schedule to taking care of a family of ten\n people; gives news about her gentlemen\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExtends sympathies to Nina and her family in\n the death of her sister, Hattie Powell Smoot,\n who died in childbirth; offers comfort through\n religion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers her sympathy for the death of her\n daughter Hattie; discusses Hattie's character;\n mentions how Hattie has been looking forward to\n the time of childbirth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her sympathy for the death of Selina's\n daughter Hattie; speaks of her husband Robert,\n saying she thinks he may never be entirely well\n again; gives news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of her mourning for her cousin\n Hattie's death; offers her sympathies; gives\n news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffer her sympathies for Hattie's death;\n describes her stay in her Uncle Phil's home in\n the mountains; says she will return home to\n Alexandria in the Fall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the mountain inn and how they\n spend their time; says the mountain air is\n helping their mother's health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her joy that Nina is engaged;\n discusses Nina's mother's health; says she is\n confined to bed and in much pain; says the\n treatment causes much suffering and that she is\n anxious to leave for home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she is glad Nina gets a chance to enjoy\n herself, and visit with her cousin Lizzie,\n without worrying about daily duties; says her\n Aunt Lute is taking good care of her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a report on everyone's health; says\n she is feeling better; gives news of friends\n and family; hopes that she is enjoying her stay\n with \"cousin\" Lizzie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses grief and religion; teases Nina\n about her engagement [to Sewell Hepburn]; tells\n her to enjoy her stay and to get well soon;\n news about Alexandria.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews of friends and family; describes the\n trouble of giving a party for a couple to be\n married, and wonders why people have marriages\n in such poor times.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePleads with her to visit them for\n Christmas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that they have been trying both the\n \"Alleghany Springs\" and the \"Yellow Sulfur\"\n springs; says the water has helped her health;\n describes the social life at the springs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about her friends in Alexandria;\n asks if Mrs. Cassius Lee has information on\n household goods stolen from her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of her and Nancy's stay in Danville;\n discusses Nina's wedding; says her brother\n Abner will be in the Legislature until it\n adjourns; news about family and friends. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eEnvelope included with list of bridal\n attendants on the back.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her daily schedule; describes a\n sewing machine that she bought; discusses\n Nina's wedding; news about family and\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her job in hearing Nina is\n engaged; reports that she has heard Mr. Hepburn\n described as \"intellectual\" and \"pious\"; says\n Capt[ain]. Grady sends his love; sends her a\n gift.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets that she cannot come to Nina's\n wedding; hopes that Nina will be happy living\n in the parsonage; news about family and\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes that she cannot be there for the\n wedding; sends her money to buy a wedding\n present; tells that she had to refuse a\n gentleman who revealed his feelings for her;\n wishes her happiness in her new life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote accompanying a wedding present, wishing\n Nina happiness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a report on her health, saying she is\n much stronger; tells what remedies she is\n taking; says they have given most of her\n wedding cake away; says that everyone thinks\n her wedding was beautiful; gives her philosophy\n on marriage and its importance; tells her how\n lucky she is to have found such a \"good man.\" \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Rebecca C. Powell\"\u003eR[ebecca] C.\n P[owell]\u003c/abbr\u003eto Nina giving a report on their\n mother's health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes how she spent her Easter vacation;\n describes the events that took place after\n Nina's wedding; describes a visit to\n Georgetown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports she is feeling better but that\n Rebecca has neuralgia from a bad tooth; tells\n Nina that she should call her husband \"Mr.\n Hepburn\"; says it is Nellie's wedding day;\n advises her to obey her husband now that she is\n no longer there to control her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news about home and tells Nina that\n they miss her greatly; says the relationship\n between herself and John [?] is growing\n stronger; hopes that she is enjoying her stay\n in the country with her husband.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses their mother's health, noting\n improvements; expresses eagerness to visit her\n in her own home; asks about Sewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her arrangements to come see them;\n says she is feeling better but she is still\n weak; tells her to ask for what she needs just\n like when she lived at home; gives news of\n family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites to tee her that her health has\n improved since she left home; gives a report on\n her health and what she has done there [at a\n resort?]; says her father will be home\n soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes description of S. Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks him for the letter of sympathy\n concerning his wife, Selina Powell; gives a\n detailed description of her death and a tribute\n to her life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers her sympathy in the loss of her\n mother; says that her mother [Selina Powell]\n was one of her earliest friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEntreats them to warn his wife Lizzie\n against a woman named Mrs. Hubard who he is\n convinced is seeking their ruin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of friends' illnesses and other\n afflictions; discusses preachers; says she will\n wait to buy cotton until the price goes down. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding incomplete AL (written on top\n of) of 8 January 1864 from [?] Danville,\n Virginia, to \"sister.\" Says she would like to\n visit her and also to see her whole family but\n that she cannot leave because of her duties;\n says she can only leave on \"official\n business.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their summer in the North; describes\n the Grand Jubilee held in Boston; describes\n Newport, [Maine] and the historical sites there;\n discusses Nina's life in the parsonage; gives news\n about family and friends back home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she is very happy to return from the\n North, though she was treated kindly there and it\n did improve her health; says many people at home\n are ill with an influenza that follows the Horse\n Disease; much news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Nina how her little boy is; reveals that\n she thought she would be getting married this\n fall, but that the gentleman, Dr. Cole, has been\n suffering from an illness; news about family and\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses hope that she will visit them in\n Maryland soon, and bring her child; comments on\n Nina's settling in Waterford, Loudon County; news\n of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the baby Sewell's features; tells how\n the family is adjusting to new baby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses tuition for Mildred.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports news of her school; discusses the bonds\n that their father sold, and his financial\n situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that they are taking of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Uncle Leven\"\u003eUncle\n Lev[en],\u003c/abbr\u003eincluding paying for his board with\n Sallie Withers, and giving him clothes; expresses\n disappointment that other relatives are not\n helping him; says Uncle Lev had a drinking problem\n at one time and his wife will not see him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the town of Blacksburg, and the\n College [Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State\n University]; describes her new baby; says that\n when the College is on vacation, her husband must\n travel far to find a congregation; news about\n relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells Nina their plans to visit her; says they\n will travel through Baltimore and then by boat\n across the Chesapeake Bay.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends a check for Mildred's tuition.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes that Mr. Hepburn has recovered from his\n fall and hopes he will stick to taming men's\n spirits rather than taming men's horses; much news\n about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news about family and friends; says that\n they will visit her in a few weeks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends Nina a fur cape and muff; congratulates\n Nina on her pregnancy and hopes she feels well;\n sends a present for the coming baby; asks Nina for\n her preferred style of dress so that she can make\n her some.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of the death of her father-in-law and the\n effects it has had on the family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of birth of another boy and that Nina is\n doing fine; says they have not named it because he\n wanted a girl; tells story of how his errand boy\n spilled into the well some fish he was cleaning\n and how he [Sewell] had to go down and fish them\n out.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on how to take care of oneself\n after childbirth; thinks that she should have more\n than one servant; says that she is having some\n dresses made for her; news about family and\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of friends in Alexandria; mentions\n Centennial celebrations; says her school is doing\n well, with 21 scholars; mentions that Robert\n Powell has a new daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of his stay at Selma in Leesburg where he\n visited relatives; tells of weddings in\n Leesburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she is glad the children are recovering\n from their illness; says Nina must take tonic and\n Lager Beer herself to say well; recommends ways to\n rid the house of the illness; describes a visit to\n Baltimore to see an art exhibit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes he had a mountain house where his\n grandchildren could go, especially to recuperate;\n discusses controversy between two Churches, St.\n Stephens and Grace Church, in the neighborhood\n where he is; says they both want Mr. Jackson from\n Charleston, South Carolina, to be their\n minister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a long description of her boarders and\n her school; gives news about neighborhood, friends\n and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTeases him about his \"Destitute condition,\"\n having to take care of himself while Nina is in\n Baltimore; scolds him for not taking good care of\n himself and says she does not want Nina to become\n a widow; tells of a surprise visit by Mrs. Beck of\n his parish to visit one of her students, Hallie;\n discusses past election and Hancock's defeat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs happy that she is enjoying her travels in\n the North so much; thanks her for her detailed\n descriptions which allow him to see the places\n through his \"mental vision\"; discusses his routes\n home; says he will be home soon with two boys\n [grandsons].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her travels in the North; tells of\n his grandsons' (Charles and Sewell) visit to\n Alexandria; discusses news at home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the town of Bethlehem; says her Uncle\n William is visiting him; discusses his health;\n tells news of neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that her \"Scotts Nephew\" has arrived and\n has settled in a room; says he may go to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Orange County, Virginia\"\u003eOrange\n [County, Virginia?]\u003c/abbr\u003esoon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a visit by her cousins Kate Powell\n and Carrie; gives a long and detailed description\n of Carrie, her immediate family and her\n experiences.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Ellen's tuition; says they are\n pleased with her education; says that their move\n to Richmond means that they will have to find\n another teacher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his journey to Nina's; describes an\n account between Bishop Randolph and Meta Stuart on\n the train concerning Amelie Rives; gives a\n description of each of his grandchildren.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes that she and Mrs. Wailes are steadily\n improving their health while at the springs; tells\n her of the death of Mrs. Braxton and the prospects\n of Ingleside; gives news of grandchildren and\n neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses joy that her health is improving;\n tells of the death of General Wickham and how it\n affected the area; gives news of family and\n neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the school; says he may join the\n Blackford Society; tells about a grammar exam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the taking of an arithmetic exam\n which exempted him from taking any more; says he\n got some demerits; tells about football and how he\n is playing well.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells about his schedule and about his exams;\n says he had tea with Mr. Hooffs; discusses\n demerits.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he cannot teach this week because his nose\n is going to be operated on; says his mother and\n Sewell will occupy the children until then; says\n Sewell will go back to school soon; discusses the\n structure of his classes and asks her advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the nature of geometry and gives\n advice on how to learn it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he has been ill; discusses activities at\n school and grades.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for the invitation to come visit\n while they are in Yorktown; says his two boys will\n come by sailing a canoe to Yorktown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays they are all home for a week holiday;\n describes how they all got home; says Richard Cook\n came home with Selina; describes a real old timey\n Virginia country dance; says Selina likes\n Alexandria and the new home; describes what each\n person in the family has been doing; gives a\n description of the College of William and Mary;\n says he has overloaded himself with schoolwork\n this year; tells how the Alumni are reorganizing\n the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity; gives a description\n of the fraternity; mentions the burning of St.\n Paul's Church in Hanover; thanks her for the\n presents she sent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses examination schedule and work load;\n questions validity of mid-term examinations;\n praises the College for its level of academia;\n praises Dr. Hall, a professor of English; says\n that main event at the College now is the contest\n between societies for the society medals; says he\n is in the Phoenix society and may debate for it;\n says he took a trip to New Kent to see his \"girl\"\n and to visit friends; discusses the Daughter of\n the Revolution and the Organization of the\n descendants of the Cincinatti; says he saw Cousin\n Laura and her husband Mr. Roberts, a preacher, who\n are in Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the new house which he is anxious to\n get home to see; says he and Charles will not\n finish exams until the end of June; discusses the\n social events of the \"final week\"; discusses his\n exams; discusses Selina' academic progress; says\n one must experience College life to understand the\n strength of its temptations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he has spent much time with Nanna Powell\n McCormick, a cousin; describes her and what they\n have done together; says he is in love with her;\n discusses love and cupid; describes a card club he\n belongs to, and a German club.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes that she doesn't feel isolated from his\n immediate family; says that their \"great mutual\n loss\" has brought them all closer together; asks\n about her plans for the future; says he went to\n York to see Charles; discusses his housing at\n College; talks of recent fires in Richmond and\n Baltimore; speaks of his cousins and some girls\n that he has met.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses their family's genealogy; mentions\n Nicholas Lloyd, John Lloyd, and Sarah Lloyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the Presbyterian drive in Alexandria\n to save the old church; discusses church events;\n expresses joy to hear of Nina's marriage; mentions\n the fact that her [Selina's] father is over eighty\n years old.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a house nearby; writes about her\n relatives that are staying there; asks her to come\n visit. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Selina Powell\"\u003eS[elina]\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003en.p. to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Nina Powell\"\u003eNina [Powell]\u003c/abbr\u003e.\n Asks Nina to write Lizzie about the house, if it\n can be rented, and who they should talk to.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes her a Merry Christmas; tells what family\n members are making for presents; asks about her\n trip to Alexandria and the people she has seen;\n discusses the propriety of accepting a book for a\n gentleman; tells her to be happy and not to think\n too much.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses offers she has had for teaching,\n saying she will take the offer closest to where\n Mr. Powell teaches; advises her to get her teeth\n fixed; discusses styles; gives advice on how to\n motivate one of her students; says he will not go\n to Gloucester because of the recent \"outrages\"\n there; says she has a \"horror of drunken\n negroes.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvises her to come home after her visit with\n Lizzie Watkins; gives a report on the health of\n family and friends; says almost \"all black and\n white\" went to the \"procession\" in Washington the\n day before; says her cousin Jinny Taylor's family\n is ill; sends her money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her poor health, saying she has been\n diagnosed as having a diseased heart; says she is\n staying with her sister Aggie who just got\n married; news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Nina's visit with her friends and her\n trip to the \"Bear's Den\"; writes of the many\n parties there have been since Nina left; says she\n has not seen Nina' sisters since they got back\n from Capon; discusses their friendship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays her father still has not come home;\n describes a trip Nina and Rebecca made and the\n people they visited; writes of young men and\n friends who have come to visit Nina; news of\n friends and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses dresses; writes of a \"Mr. C.,\"\n assuring her mother that they are not romantically\n involved; says Mr. And Mrs. Stringfellow left them\n to the care of the housekeeper; gives news about\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that Uncle J. Powell does not think\n Lexington is a good place to open a school and\n Lynchburg would be better; discusses prices for\n boarding; says that her Father may have to look\n for a tutoring job for a family and then she will\n have to find work as close to him as possible;\n discusses sewing she has done; gives news about\n family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the remedies \"Mother\" has tried for\n her sore throat; describes Mrs. Wildman's receipt\n for asparagus; says \"Ma\" is experimenting on her\n throat and then will tell Minna how to treat\n hers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her daily schedule, including\n teaching for \"the girls\"; says the \"Captain\" and\n the girls included her in a visit to Mrs. Cooke's;\n describes the people she met there and the\n house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he spent Christmas at Uncle Frank's and\n Aunt Jane's; reports on what he has been\n doing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses whether Emily [?] will move to\n Fairlee [as a servant?]; asks if she will take\n someone from the \"Home for Fallen Women,\" if Emily\n declines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she went shopping for her and is sending\n her some articles; discusses fashions; says her\n Aunt Ann is still unwell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells her to take of herself while she is sick;\n discusses whether she should come home; tells of\n people there that are sick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Mary's furniture and which of it she\n can use; discusses Frank [?]'s health; says Mrs.\n Hammond has died after being very ill; discusses\n health of friends and family; gives news of what\n her family is doing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of safe arrival of Maud's baby daughter\n and her appearance; sends greetings to Becca,\n Nina, and herself.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on letter writing and\n spelling.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvises her not to work too hard; discusses\n board prices in Albemarle, where Mr. Powell is\n teaching; discusses hair styles; encloses a sample\n of material of Rebecca's berage [?]; writes of the\n crowded conditions in Mrs. Sharpe's [?] home;\n mentions reading.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends this note with a letter she is\n forwarding; hopes she is enjoying her visit; says\n she is feeling better.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses dresses and asks what else she will\n need for the summer; sends her a poem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConsoles her in her time of \"troubles\"; says\n she has heard from their mother that she \"bear[s]\n them bravely\"; urges her to take an interest in\n life and to try to be happy again.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a dress that Minnie is making;\n discusses other dresses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a walk he took from North Hampton to\n East Hampton; discusses Thanksgiving vacation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks her to send socks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells about her dolls; mentions some Powell\n relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for the donation for the restoration\n of a church on Fairfax St., near Selina's Aunt\n Rebecca's home; mentions a celebration for the\n laying of the corner stone of the District;\n describes a light hose that the government gave\n the Mount Vernon Chapter D.A.R.; mentions more\n historic work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses religious matters; lists social\n events.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes duties and responsibilities of\n husband and wife; describes the state of marriage;\n pronounces the couple as husband and wife; states\n Benediction.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned as written by Laura [?]; added note in\n different handwriting states \"written by Minna\n when eight y[ea]rs of age.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of his appointment as Commander of the\n Continental Army, and his reluctance to accept the\n position due to hopes of a more peaceful solution and\n reluctance in leaving his family; gives information\n as to other Congressional decisions, such as the\n striking of 2 million dollars in Continental currency\n to pay troops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn answer to a previous letter, he feels that the\n only principle that will affect them [the British?]\n is fear, and that treating them cavalierly will make\n them despair of their undertaking. [Statement on\n verso: Copy is in handwriting of Rebecca C. Powell of\n Alexandria].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes to spend remainder of his life in \"rural\n amusements\"; prediction of what a great city\n Washington, D.C. will become, \"though not as large as\n London,\" and description of how Alexandria,\n [Virginia] has grown; feels that if the United States\n can steer clear of European politics, it could become\n \"one of the greatest and happiest nations in the\n world.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses how he saved the papers of the\n Revolutionary Government by taking them to Leesburg,\n [Virginia] before the British burned the District of\n Columbia [in the War of 1812]. These papers included\n the Declaration of Independence, the journals of\n Congress, letter of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"General George Washington\"\u003eGen[eral]\n [George] Washington,\u003c/abbr\u003eletters of Gen[eral]\n Greene and papers of the State Department.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMainly letters written from Illinois to Charles L.\n Powell dealing with land transactions. Also includes\n land certificates and letters to Lloyd Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the transfer of 100 acres of land in\n St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, [Virginia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned on front by R. E. Lee and on verso by \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Mary Custis Lee\"\u003eM[ary] C[ustis]\n Lee,\u003c/abbr\u003eLexington, [Virginia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned on front and back by \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Mary Custis Lee\"\u003eM[ary] C[ustis]\n Lee\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes detailed descriptions of battles and\n movements of armies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBook includes a biographical sketch of Col. Leven\n Powell by Maj[o]r Burr Powell [son]: a description of\n the battle at Manassas Junction on July 21, 1861 in a\n letter from Dr. Hunter McGuire, Surgeon of Jackson's\n Brigade, to his Mother (C'y); Civil War Journal (May\n 1 - May 27); list of names: [dead?] under Civil War\n battles; Civil War Journal December 18, 1862-March\n 28, 1863; Leven Powell, Hampton to Sally [Sarah\n Powell], January 27, 1776 (Cy).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes recipes and how to dye cloth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes visiting, baptismal and confirmation\n lists, and marriages performed, accounts and\n prayers.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Letters and papers of Charles Leven Powell, his wife Selina\n (Lloyd) Powell and children of Loudoun County, Virginia;\n Henry, Illinois; Winchester, Virginia; and Alexandria,\n Virginia. There are also included papers of Charles Leven\n Powell's father, Cuthbert Powell. Prominent correspondents\n include Johns Hopkins, Eleanor Agnes Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, George\n Washington Custis Lee, Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee, Hunter\n Holmes McGuire and James Monroe.","Letters concern Robert Young Conrad, Hunter Holmes McGuire,\n civilian affairs during the Civil War, the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren\n Raid, freedmen, Reconstruction, and the education of women.\n Many letters are written by women. In addition, there are a\n number of letters from and concerning members of the Dupuy\n family of Prince Edward County, Winchester, Virginia including\n Robert Young Conrad (president of the Virginia Secession\n Convention) and his son Holmes Conrad (U. S. Congressman).","Including Cy of DS, 8 April 1786, a statement\n by J. Nicholson that the witnesses Joshua Lamb and\n John Lamb (both Quakers) and Joseph Greenwood\n affirmed and swore that this was the last will and\n testament of Thomas Hepborn.","Reports on the status of the ship the \n Rising Sun ; says\n she will dispose of her cargo as soon as possible;\n says the ship was detained by the British [War of\n 1812], but given up.","Signed by \n W[illia]m\n Hodgson and \n Tho[ma]s Van Le,\n Jr.","Her daughter [?] Nancy, had a healthy baby boy\n who is nursing well; Nancy is staying with her\n now, and her husband Mr. Wallach, spends almost\n every night there also; is concerned that Nancy\n will live a hard life because of her husband's\n financial situation; on the other hand, her\n daughter Catherine [?] will be \"free from the\n trials attended on a state of poverty,\" being\n married to \n [Cuthbert]\n Powell, who owns a large farm in Loudoun\n County; much Simms family news; mentions Mrs.\n Trist's grandson, Nicholas Trist.","Signed by B. Cottinger.","Fatherly letter giving his opinion of a certain\n young lady and marriage, as well as general\n advice.","Discussion of his engagement to this daughter\n [Selina], and the seriousness of the matter,\n especially in concerning finances; tells of his\n poor financial state as related to a dowry, or the\n lack thereof, for his daughter; gives his approval\n of the \"alliance,\" but hopes they will delay the\n marriage for some time.","Has given great consideration to his claim\n against the French government, and has turned the\n case over to Stephen Pleasanton, who is the\n auditor for the Dept. of State, and who is now\n handling all claims; since Mr. Pleasanton is a\n personal friend, and he [James Monroe] is greatly\n interested in his [Burr Powell] case, he knows he\n will get an answer soon; will also be returning\n the agriculture pamphlet.","Sends extract of Mr. Pleasanton's reply\n concerning the claim against the French\n government, and asks that he reply with the\n necessary information; will also do anything he\n can to help.","Further discussion of his claim against the\n French government, and dealings with Stephen\n Pleasanton and Issac Coxe Barnett.","More instructions about the claim being made\n against the French government.","Further discussion and explanation of the case\n involving \n [Burr] Powell and\n his claim against the French government.","Continued information concerning Powell's claim\n against the French government.","The new court system has kept him extremely\n busy; social life has slowed down; the fashion\n these days to relieve boredom is to ride\n horseback; expresses concern for his own colt in\n the country; inquires after Br. Nelson and his\n medical career; also asks about a large, gay party\n at South River; recommends books for good reading\n including \n Schegel's History of\n Literature .","Has received the results of his claim from Mr.\n Pleasanton, and regrets the outcome, which he\n disagrees with; does not feel anyone is to\n blame.","Asks her to come visit over Christmas;\n describes the social events in Arlington; mentions\n her cousin George Calvert; says the big event is\n the fair for the benefit of orphans.","Describes a walk she took and the surrounding\n countryside, including the wildflowers and\n startling a herd of deer; have had many visitors,\n including a very graceful lady who is said to have\n been \"addressed\" by Mr. Van Buren, a \"jolly\n goodnatured ... commodore and some of the ugliest\n officers,\" and Mrs. Porter and her scholars; tells\n of books she has read, including \n Tales of a\n Grandfather , \n The Sorcerer , and \n The Talisman ;\n loving memories and looking forward to their next\n meeting.","Have just returned from a visit to her\n grandmother's and her cousin, Ann Marshall; they\n all are saddened by the death of Mr. Fitzhugh;\n describes the country from South to West River,\n where she had visited, and comments on meeting a\n lovely girl, Bella Carter; mentions the jealousy\n of another male [suitor?], Seldon Page; mentions\n Mary Custis.","Sends his best wishes for her new life with\n [Charles L.] Powell; will be able to attend the\n wedding as well as \"Brother Nelson\"; is uncommonly\n warm; is sending a bonnet for her and a small\n diamond breast-pin for Father by the steamboat\n Franklin, commanded by Amr. Nevitt; describes the\n long ribbons attached to the bonnet, which are for\n going once all the way around the bonnet before\n knotting them by the ear, not for tying a bow\n under the chin; also includes a diagram of how to\n tie them in the current fashion; admits to having\n been helped in choosing the bonnet by Miss Olivia\n Donaldson.","Discusses events in Washington D.C.; says she\n went to \"the President's\" on New Year's day;\n discusses Mr. Marshall's sermons; mentions books\n she is reading; asks Selina to come visit her.","Says her health is improving; encourages her to\n ask her for help when she needs it; discusses the\n articles she is sending her including a lemon\n tree, curtains, a mattress; discusses how these\n things will get to her; gives news about the\n children; Bec, Nanny, Frank, and Fred.","His mother-in-law has told him of the wonderful\n news of the birth of another daughter [Hattie],\n and that both mother and baby are safe; will be up\n to visit in about a week; comments on balancing\n the sexes in the family, and that he has \"no\n notion of supplying my brother's and sister's\n children with wives\"...\"we shall hate to transport\n them [his daughters] to the wilds of the west\";\n all is well at home, a new hen house is being\n built, but the garden is too wet to work; is\n lonely but is visiting neighbors; family news;\n religious sentiments expressed about her, their\n new daughter, and their family.","Gives account of his trip to Wheeling,\n including a sweet good-bye from daughter Rebecca;\n was not able to locate Robert Gray or [?]\n Throckmorton at Harper's Ferry, but later met them\n at Point of Rocks; detailed description of a\n railroad and train cars; tells poignant story of a\n dog on the train searching for his master.","Has had many family visitors since his\n departure and family news; there is a measles\n outbreak at \"Llangollen,\" and all of the negroes\n have it; she had her teeth filed by Dr.\n Overfield[?]; a fire in Upperville destroyed\n Robert Armistead's new store and the adjoining\n saddle shop; they have had a beautiful snowfall,\n covering all of the blossom-filled trees, which\n melted quickly, doing no harm to the fruit; had a\n letter from brother John, who advises that he\n [Charles L. Powell] \"go directly to Texas\"; loving\n stories about their daughter's activities.","Had a bad thunderstorm the day she left;\n inquires about her trip and her relatives; details\n of children's activities; has let Becca sleep with\n him.","Their father will be taking a trip West this\n spring, accompanied by cousin William; family\n information; social life in Leesburg very quiet;\n misses her and her family.","Details of his trip from Alexandria; spent the\n night with relatives; warns her about catching a\n cold on a windy day; tells of conversations with\n their young son.","Private financial matters; tells of his busy\n schedule as a representative from Virginia. to the\n U.S. legislature; gives his negative opinion\n concerning a [bank?] bill introduced by \n [Henry] Clay, which\n he feels the President would veto; \n [Daniel]\n Webster shares his opinion; life insurance\n inquiry.","Will not be home when expected because the\n House [of Representatives] is not going to adjourn\n until Monday; the Congress received their second\n veto from President Tyler regarding the Bank Bill;\n describes an assault made by \n Sen. [Henry A.]\n Wise upon \n Sen. [Edward]\n Stanly in Congress.","Asking about her visit to Washington and the\n Chamber of National Institute; speaks of floods,\n bad weather, but comfortable where he is, because\n of Margaret's[?] kindness; describes lifestyle and\n \"humorous remarks of Charles Lamb\", sexual\n relationship with her.","Wishing thumb to heal; speaks of cattle and\n other animals at \"Llangollen\" that he misses; asks\n about children; saw Ann[?] mentions Virginia\n Taylor's visit; will visit wife before harvest;\n reference to brother, Leven, and his wife, and\n Sarah[?].","Hustle and excitement of the House of\n Representatives; hoping to adjourn on Monday the\n twenty-second, but difficulties cause many night\n meetings; political discussion about Tariff\n Question and Tuck bill.","Discusses her story at \"the Springs;\" tells\n about the politics the company there discussed;\n gives her own view of these issues; gives news\n about family and friends; hopes that Congress will\n soon adjourn so that he can come home.","Compares episode of thief robbing hen house to\n thieves in Washington trying to rob \"public\n treasures\"; wants to buy books for her; tells how\n he wishes to be with her and the rest of his\n family.","Writes of the bad weather and that they are\n able to get out very little; says Mr. Powell went\n to the Inauguration on horseback; tells what books\n the family members are reading; mentions the issue\n of white servants; discusses Rebecca's feelings of\n becoming a young lady; says that they could not\n get the house they wanted for next year; mentions\n Mr. Powell's feelings of frustration for not being\n able to better provide for them; gives more news\n about the Inauguration; news of family and\n friends.","Daughter, Harriet, left with Uncle William to\n spend holidays with them; daughter, Minna, had a\n birthday party, inviting Aunt Mary's children and\n Eskridges; much family news; death of Maria\n Lee.","Discusses her religious feelings; discusses her\n traveling plans; describes her relationship with\n each of her relatives where she is staying; says\n she is staying with Fan and helping her with her\n wedding.","Discusses the housekeeping and how Rebecca is\n taking care of the house while she is away;\n discusses the health of family members; tells how\n they are altering last year's dresses; says\n \"Mother\" is quite weak and \"Father\" is very\n dependent on her; gives news of Brother Nelson and\n Jeanie (sister?); gives travel plans of family;\n says Mr. Powell has gotten six teeth put in and\n looks much younger.","Describes their arrival home with her brother\n Nelson; gives news of \"little Nan\"[?]; asks about\n Rebecca and Minna's trip; tells her to be happy\n and to follow God; says Charlie is doing well in\n school.","Much family news; mentions Laura's[?]\n wedding.","Tells what she did during her visit to Locust\n Hill; tells what is going on in town; gives news\n of family and friends. Including news from ALS\n from \"Mother\" \n S[elina]\n Powell to Rebecca Powell telling of her many\n activities.","Discusses Jesus and how one must search for and\n do things that please Him; asks that she watch her\n sister, Minna, closely so that she will not\n overexert herself; Ariana[?] had a baby boy;\n describes son, Charlie, and daughter Nina's,\n reactions to reading school and learning; much\n family news.","Speaks of John's[?] carriage and velocipede\n that once was Minna Lloyd's, describing how she\n rode the vehicle; describes what a Holly tree is;\n (has genealogical information about \n M[inna]\n Powell, Lloyd Powell, and Charlie Powell in\n a different hand, which appears to have been added\n later.)","Gloucester\n C[our]t House, Virginia. Speaks of her\n \"companion in Matilda Lee[?]; received visit from\n Nannie Guy and Maria Harrison; describes\n celebration in honour of General Taylor's\n election; describes Mrs. Janney's travels; town\n gossip and family news.","Much family news; speaks of going to Locust\n Hill; inquires and tells about adventures of many\n townspeople; obliged to Mrs. Tabb for taking care\n of her and other daughter, Minna.","Speaks of Cousin Lucy's[?] party; describes\n Christmas scene around her house and gifts that\n the children received; describes Cousin Elizabeth\n Janney and compares to Cousin Harriet; much family\n news.","Discusses who has come to visit her; describes\n Cousin Lee's wife, Maria, and their wedding; asks\n about her Christmas; describes the book marks she\n made for Christmas presents; asks how Minna is\n doing.","Speaks of snow and bad weather; notes that\n daughters, Rebecca and Minna, have been gone\n for almost three months; Fanny (Powell) Gordon\n is going to visit Fredericksburg; mentions a\n letter from Jeannie[?] who found General Jones,\n in Washington, quite \"agreeable and handsome\";\n Cuthbert Powell is much better, and he speaks\n of going to Gloucester to join a Mr. Hale; Nina\n is afraid of everything; much family news;\n mentions hiring of a slave, Margaret.","Rebecca's description of her Uncle Tabb's\n [Dr. John Prosser Tabb] house seems far in\n advance of Old-Virginian architectural styles;\n speaks of death of Mrs. Douglas Gordon.","Speaks of dancing as a family as a \"social\n amusement,\" but says that it does offend some\n \"in the religious world\"; says that one must\n respect the public opinion of the community\n where one lives; have had severe weather;\n family news. \n Including ANS from Hatty Powell,\n Leesburg, [Virginia], to \n Min[na]\n Powell, Gloucester\n C[ourt] House, for letter and\n \"glove-knots\" and sending love to \n Aunt\n ReBec[ca] and \n Uncle [John]\n Prosser . 1 page.","Her brother, Charlie, and sister, Nina, have\n sore throats, and her father has a bad cold;\n snowy weather; Hatty went with Aunt Ellen to\n Selma and Raspberry Plain; Mr. Armistead Rust\n is to be married before March 4; much family\n news.","Reports on the snow storms they have had;\n mentions the coming wedding of Armistead Rust\n and Lilly Lawrence; tells how he likes working\n at the store; describes one of their customers;\n describes the house they may rent next spring. \n Including ALS from \n S[elina]\n Powell, Leesburg, [Virginia], to \n Rebecca\n [Powell], [Gloucester, Virginia]. Says\n she is glad to hear Minna's health is\n improving; gives news of family; says her\n brother Nelson soon sails for California to dig\n gold, and may not be back for five years;\n reports on how he expects to live; says that\n there are measles and mumps in town. 1\n page.","Maris's[?] father announced as candidate for\n re-election; General Rust's family going to New\n York to attend a wedding; father is renting\n Carper's house; bad weather and snow causing\n many colds and illnesses; Mrs. Eskridge's\n father died; father may go to the\n \"Inauguration\"; much family news.","Saw \n \n [Representative John S.] Pendleton at the\n House\n [of Representatives] in Washington,\n [D.C.]; Pendleton wants a senate appointment;\n he will not go to Leesburg because he does not\n want to \"meddle with party movements\"; mentions\n \"County Repeal of the dog law.\"","Mother and Father are both sick; \"brother\"\n has gone to inauguration; describes how to make\n eggnog, and gives her opinion of it; describes\n riding horses to the cliff and tells of\n adventures. \n Including AL from [Harriet Powell],\n Leesburg, [Virginia], to \"Sister,\" [Rebecca\n Powell], [Gloucester, Virginia], 27 Febuary\n [February] 2849, incomplete letter concerning\n outbreak of the mumps and family and town news.\n 1 page.","Father suffering from piles; mumps are still\n prevailing; do not have parties during Lent;\n much family news.","Speaks of gossips saying that Mr. Benedict\n is having an affair with Mrs. Henderson;\n describes procession in Washington, [D.C.] and\n the inauguration; much family news. \n Including ALS from \n S[elina]\n Powell, Leesburg, [Virginia], to \n [Re]Bec[aa]\n Powell, [Gloucester, Virginia], 26 March\n 1849, concerning family news and the time of\n year. 1 page.","Expresses joy that Minna's health is till\n improving; says she is recovering from her\n cold; says Lloyd and Hattie have been ill as\n well; Discusses the issue of Rebecca's\n upsetting her Aunt Rebecca by being late for a\n meal; says her Aunt is easily vexed in \"her\n condition\"; gives news of friends and family;\n describes their new servant Robert. \n Including ALS from \n C[harles] S.\n Powell, to \n [Re]Bec[ca]\n [Powell], n.p., n.d., concerning Uncle\n Prosser's desire to put Minna on \"short\n allowance,\" and Minna's consumption of\n beef.","Describes their move to another house which\n she says is comfortable but small; hopes that\n the Gloucester air is getting rid of her cold;\n says their father is busy with court dealings;\n says many in the area have mumps including\n Hattie; says that Hattie is getting a tooth\n plugged; says she does not want Lloyd to leave\n to live so far away; discusses mesmerism\n (hypnotism).","Speaks of her bad health; her husband is\n busy preparing for court; mentions a party at\n Exeter; Mrs. Fontleroy had a girl so Mrs. Knox\n is a grandmother; much more family news and\n information.","Rebecca Powell will be coming home within a\n week or so; Fanny[?] is at Locust Hill with the\n mumps; much family news; \n Uncle William\n [Gray] persuaded Father to go to Gum\n Springs, [Virginia], until after the election;\n election day things seemed to be going against\n Father. \n Including ANS from Nina Powell, Leesburg,\n [Virginia], to \"Sister \n Minna\"\n [Powell], Gloucester Court House,\n Virginia, 26 April 1849, concerning family\n news. 1 page.","Describes Minna's cough and how they are\n treating it; tells her what clothes Lloyd and\n Charlie should wear if it gets colder; says she\n has been doing little except taking care of\n Minna; discusses new dresses for the winter and\n corsets; gives news of friends and relatives;\n discusses travel plans, to come home for the\n winter.","Discusses dresses, materials and costs;\n discusses bonnets; gives news of family; thanks\n her and Hattie for taking care of the household\n duties while she is away.","Says Minna is now well and that they are\n anxious to come home; gives news of Jeanie (her\n sister?), and Rebecca; gives news of \"Mother\"\n and \"Father\"; discusses books.","Says Mr. Powell had his \"likeness taken\" at\n the Daguerreotype rooms; says Minna's health\n continues to improve but that she may have one\n tonsil taken out; discusses the remedies she is\n taking; says she feels stronger also; gives\n news of friends; gives news of Rebecca, Jeanie,\n and \"sister\" Ann; discusses walking shoes.","Gives advice on her health and\n over-exertion; describes the illumination that\n took place in the neighborhood; tells of visits\n she has made; tells stories about Minna's\n sister, Nina; gives news of family and friends;\n says Hattie has lost her \"excess of fat\" and is\n walking three times a day.","Tells what each family member is doing;\n discusses bonnets; discusses appearance versus\n reality as concerning materialism; discusses\n the opportunities for her in Alexandria;\n discusses the role of children in the family;\n gives news of friends and family; mentions that\n \"brother\" John may move and that if they move\n to Illinois, they will be closer to him.","Says they got there a few days ago and that\n Mr. Powell, Mr. Grey(?), and \"brother Llew have\n gone to \"the sale of the negroes; discusses her\n visit in Alexandria with her grandparents;\n Discusses the bad weather in Leesburg and the\n bad condition of the roads; says their family\n must economize rigidly; says Mr. Powell found\n the law business in Alexandria too small, so\n they will not be moving there; expresses her\n disappointment at the outcome; gives news of\n family.","Reviews Christmas gifts received by\n everyone; describes a \"reading party\";\n describes Christmas decorations of the Church;\n Family news. \n Including ANS from \n S[elina]\n Powell, Leesburg, [Virginia], to \n [Re]Bec[ca]\n [Powell], n.p., 29 December 1849,\n concerning when daughter, Rebecca, is to return\n home. 1 page.","Tells of the recent social events of the area;\n describes the format of a reading party; says her\n mother-in-law could not make it to their home\n because of the snow; asks her how her mother is\n doing; says there is still small pox in the area;\n discusses how many servants she has and what each\n does; says that Rebecca's Uncle George took\n Cuthbert to an asylum in Baltimore and hopes he\n will be happier there then when he was \"out.\"","Gives news of Rebecca's Uncle Richard and Aunt\n Elizabeth who live in Illinois; says she plans to\n get a description of the Illinois life from them;\n gives news of Ellen[?] who is unwell and is going\n to a doctor in New York; discusses how Rebecca can\n get home; describes family activities; says they\n have been able to do little because of the rain\n and mud; says she lies on her back all day sewing\n while her children read to her.","Reading parties are the only way she can\n socialize; reports \n Maria\n [Grady's] death; reports about a big baptist\n meeting going on there headed by Mrs. Lucket; much\n town news. \n Including ALS from \n S[elina]\n P[owell], Leesburg, [Virginia], to Rebecca\n Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, 26 January 1850,\n concerning Rebecca Powell's trip home and \n Maria\n [Grady's] \"triumphant death.\" 1 page.","Speaks of terrible weather; boats of learning\n to spin [rolls of cotton on a spinning wheel];\n reports death of Rebecca Gray, Robert Gray's\n daughter; describes her daily routine; discusses\n Mary Grady. \n Including ALS from \"devoted mother,\" [Selina\n Powell], Leesburg, [Virginia], to \"Bec,\" Rebecca\n Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 1850,\n concerning bad weather, family news, and\n attendance to the convention. 1 page.","Says many in the family have been very sick for\n a couple of days and that she has had to nurse\n them; says Minna is now sick; and never had fully\n recovered from the chicken pox she had before;\n gives advice of how to be a good guest; advises\n her on her studies.","Says she has a toothache but must wait until\n May to get them pulled; describes a humorous\n reading party; says there was a case of small pox\n in the area and that many are being revaccinated. \n Including ALS from \"mother\" \n S[elina]\n Powell to \n Re[Bec]ca\n [Powell] . Discusses her travel plans home;\n fells her to follow her grandparents' advice;\n gives news of family.","Expresses joy that her younger siblings are\n recovering from the measles so well; reports on\n health of \"Grandma\" and \"Grandpa\" Lloyd; gives\n news of Aunt Rebecca, Jeanie, and Minnie; Tells\n what she had done each day.","Inquires about many weddings in Leesburg and\n about who will need new dresses; speaks of ball\n thrown by Maria Washington; other city news.","Gives general description of Henry and\n discusses the family's move there; discusses the\n house they will build; advises what they should\n bring; reports on the emigrants in the area;\n discusses their travel plans in detail; asks\n Charlie to bring Newfoundland puppies; gives news\n of family there.","Describes presents sent to grandchildren; tells\n of Christmas scene in Alexandria; wants\n granddaughters to meet a polite gentleman that\n impressed her. \n Including poem, 1852, by R. C. Powell,\n beginning \"'Ours the cross.' Yes it is ours,\"\n giving a religious viewpoint. 1 page.","Speaks of how she makes embroidery patterns\n and what colors are preferred; inquires about\n some of her friends; \n John Leven\n [Powell] says that Brooke[?] looks badly;\n aunt Fanny trying to match Brooks with Lucy\n Gordon; speaks of a Mr. Beverley breaking out\n around his face and \"bleeding profusely\".","Mr. Gordon[?] will be a delegate to the\n democratic convention in Richmond, [Virginia];\n much use of her eyes results in inflammation of\n her eyelids; \"Llangollen\" property is\n deteriorating; much town news and family news;\n mentions her Dower right.","Speaks of helping Frank and Lucy[?] with\n their new baby; describes female servants and\n her experiences with them; describes health of\n her daughters, Harriet, Rebecca, and Minna;\n reports of a few cases of \"cholera\"; reports of\n a good garden.","Gives a detailed report of Minna's health,\n expressing hope tat her headaches are\n definitely getting better; tells about people\n who have visited the family; mentions a\n desegregated school in \"abolition ground\";\n tells what her sisters have been doing since\n she left; discusses Rebecca's journey.","Mrs. Janney's baby died while she was ill; a\n Mr. Anderson, a Presbyterian Minister, says\n that his wife, Miss Harper, is a relative of\n Selina's (her father's Aunt); speaks of\n Fred's[?] wedding; tells of episode when she\n goes to visit a Mrs. Brown[?]; describes a\n visit they made to some neighbors; describes\n Mr. Lombard's house that is being built;\n reports on the food they are preparing and what\n is available to them; says the winter goods\n have still not come in; mentions sewing that\n her daughters are doing; news of family and\n friends.","Mentions Fanny's[?] wedding; family news;\n possibility that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon[?]\n might be elected to legislature; family does\n not wish Rebecca Powell to return home this\n winter.","Describes a visit they made to some new\n neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that\n is being built; reports on the food they are\n preparing and what is available to them; says\n the winter goods have still not come in;\n mentions sewing that her daughters are doing;\n news of family and friends.","Describes their busy preparations for\n winter; describes their daily routine; says she\n is glad to have Lucy and Fred stay with them;\n describes their Sunday school; reports on\n Scholastics (a servant) who is now reading\n well; news of family and friends; discusses\n dresses and styles; asks about Rebecca's Uncle\n Nelson; mentions that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon\n was elected; asks about Fan's[?] wedding and\n hopes she and William will be happy.","Speaks of his daughter's trip, whom she\n should visit, and money matters; hopes to soon\n reap the financial benefits of his store;\n mentions Bishop Whitehouse's determination to\n give the college broad foundations; much family\n news.","Much family news; sleet and bad weather;\n religious discussion and viewpoints; Lucy and\n John[?] have a daughter now.","Mr. Powell, \n [Charles] and\n Richard\n Lloyd] are busy with new business as\n \"Land Agents\"; town of Henry, [Illinois] now\n has a newspaper and a steam mill; hopes to have\n a railroad passing through soon; there is not a\n decent Church and she wishes to see one built; \n Lloyd\n [Powell], son of Selina, studies German\n because there are so many Germans in their town\n to do business with.","Sarcastically teases her sister about\n differences between lifestyles of \"Far West\"\n and the East; Uncle Fred [?] went to\n Springfield to see that railroad went from\n Peoria through Henry, [Illinois]; mentions\n problems with scarlet fever; family news.","Speaks of liquor laws and problems with\n drinking; describes lectures; such family and\n town news; mentions other religious\n lectures.","Expresses desire for daughter Rebecca to\n return home; Minna Powell still having problems\n with headaches; much family news; Fred[?] went\n to Chicago to see stockholders of the Peoria\n and Rock Island Railroad; asks for Rebecca to\n send asparagus seed and large lima beans;\n mentions Thackery's lectures, and gives her\n opinion about his books and religious\n teachings.","Much family news; \"land business\" will\n provide many opportunities for travel; Rebecca\n planning to go to Leesburg soon. \n Including ANS from \n C[harles] L.\n Powell, Henry, [Illinois], to \"darling,\"\n [Rebecca Powell], n.p., 11 March 1853, sending\n his daughter ten dollars and writing her as to\n how to handle her expenses and requesting her\n to bring home her Grandfather's papers. 2\n pages.","States that even though he just left\n yesterday, she wanted to put a letter in the\n books to be sent to him; comments on their\n inability to see each other even though he is\n only seven miles away.","Mentions his job as a traveling salesman and\n how he hopes to soon be \n Uncle\n Richard's [Lloyd] administration;\n resolved in town meeting to build the Railroad\n Peoria and Chicago.","Expresses her disappointment that she cannot\n see Rebecca before Rebecca returns to Henry,\n Illinois; describes the friendship between\n them; news of friends in Baltimore.","Tells of carriage accident involving Mr. and\n Mrs. Richard Dulaney, where their horses were\n scared by the Clifton Mill and threw Mrs.\n Dulaney; she and father attended Dr.\n Rutherford's lectures; emphasizes that ladies\n got to vote, as well as gentlemen, on whether\n they were satisfied with the lectures; new\n wharf boat has arrived.","Describes the towns of Rushville and\n Pittsfield; said he enjoyed Pittfield more, but\n that \n Uncle\n Rich[ar]d [Lloyd] sent him an assignment\n for Rushville; says he will be there about a\n month; asks about friends and family.","Rebecca has come home; Minna joined the\n church with her family; gives religious views;\n family news. \n Including ALS from \n Minna\n [Powell], Henry, [Illinois], to\n \"brother,\" n.p., 11 May 1853, referring to\n Rushville, as location of brother; tells of\n beautiful spring weather and describes scenery.\n 1 page.","Will soon be coming home; complains of sore\n throat and headaches; has had scarlet fever;\n family information.","Tells a story about \"Miss Jane\" - a mutual\n friend; says he and Dr. Winslow found her in\n her parlor with a man; says the servant did not\n want to let them in and that it was an\n uncomfortable situation. \n Including ALS written in margins from\n \"Cousin\" Jane, n.p. to \n Re[Becca]\n [Powell], n.p. concerning religious\n publication, an Episcopal convention. 4\n pages.","Expresses how much she misses him; discusses\n reading material.","Describes Aunt Ellen's [Powell Gray]\n recovery from an illness; much family news;\n describes wedding that she went to ; expresses\n romantic interest in a Dr. Claggett; includes\n printed poems.","Describes physical appearance of\n \"Llangollen\" as well as her feelings towards\n the place; reminisces about when family lived\n in Virginia. And tells about all of old\n friends; much family news also.","Tells her little sister Nina about old\n friends and family; gives details of things she\n has been doing. \n Including ALS from \"Hatty\" [Harriet\n Powell], \"Llangollen,\" [Virginia], to \"Mother,\"\n [Selina Powell], n.p., 10 October 1853.\n Concerning warmer clothes; advantages of\n \"flannel draws\" over a \"wadded petticoat.\" 1\n page.","Says she has been extremely ill and so have\n many in the area; says she has been traveling\n in order to improve her health; tells of her\n problems with Custis and his lessons; says\n Robert is still holding his office in\n Washington but wishes to leave; asks how she\n likes \"the West\" and if her husband is finding\n success; news of friends.","Reports Lucy's[?] death and grief everyone\n feels; Nelly[?] is to be baptized; other family\n news.","Tells of their Christmas and New Years\n celebrations. \n Also includes ALS from \"mother\" \n S[elina]\n Powell, to \n [Re]Bec[ca]\n [Powell] . Expresses job that Rebecca can\n be with her relatives in Baltimore; discusses\n the nature of receiving advice and making her\n own decisions concerning her travel plans.","Speaks of attending a party; mentions\n \"matching up\" procedures at party; family news;\n details Christmas gifts.","Mentions religious feelings; speaks of a\n railroad being built nearby; Virginia[?] had\n her annual get-together on December 26; of\n family members; mentions a friend's visit to\n the Crystal Palace[?]; Mrs. Augustine\n Washington had the first male child born at Mt.\n Vernon recently; much family news; mentions\n [Rear Admiral] Leven Minn Powell.","Mentions Brooks'[?] wedding; describes\n details of the wedding; much family news.","Tells of her day spent with Lizzie King and\n Jane Norris; describes a dinner given for a\n couple about to get married; news of other\n friends.","Mentions sicknesses of \n Nelson\n [Lloyd] and \n John [Lloyd] ;\n speaks of a Douglas Forrest who attends Yale\n College; has to take a boat to Washington,\n [D.C.]; gives price rates per acre of land at\n that time; gives prices for a lot of land.","Much family news about cousins Nannie and\n Fanny[?]; mentions \n Uncle Nelson's\n [Lloyd] recovery; travels by omnibus.","Much family news; describes her garden and\n its contents; Regina[?] was married; Mr.\n Livingston[?] requests influence of Charles L.\n Powell to obtain the Consulship of London\n through General Baercel[?]; mentions Mr.\n McFaddin as being the mayor of Henry.","Much family news; describes the scenery at\n Locust Hill; some of Uncle George's[?] children\n have chicken pox.","[Identified as much of note added in unknown\n handwriting, possibly that of Selina Lloyd\n Hepburn.]","Description of Minna's gravesite; tells what\n he's doing to improve its appearance.","Describes trip to Niagara Falls; describes\n places visited in New York and where he lives;\n describes his studies.","Describes courses he is studying at school;\n describes the first time he saw a man dive\n under water and the suit he wore below water;\n staying at a boarding house.","John Lloyd who died in 1854; estimated price\n value are given.","Describes study habits and classes; mentions\n prices of a ring and a clock; describes his\n financial situation.","Describes in detail her Quaker wedding on\n December 14, 1854 in which she married Frank[?];\n describes the festivities following the\n wedding.","Nina's Christmas gift from Charles arrived\n safely; mentions wedding of a fellow student;\n serenaded the couple with a \"horse fiddle\";\n describes his activities in his spelling class;\n mentions plans to return home in the spring.","Expresses religious beliefs; lists prices for\n renting his room.","Describes Charter Oak, an attraction in\n Hartford; describes his visit to an armory;\n staying with a Mr. Parsons and describes his\n family.","Discusses financial settlements he is making\n for his father concerning the house, lands,\n furniture; says Uncle Fred and Uncle Neb are\n leaving Henry and they are all \"disgusted\" with\n Henry and that he thinks his (father's) decision\n not to come back was wise; mentions the family\n move to Winchester, Virginia.","Describes their Christmas which was spent at\n Uncle Fred's and Aunt Lute's; describes a\n Christmas ball and a New Year's ball in detail;\n says he has had some problems with dyspepsia;\n asks about cousin Kate's wedding to a\n senator.","Reports on Aunt Lib and Uncle R[?]'s new\n son, Richard; says he rented out their house in\n Henry; says he has been away from \"home\" now\n for three months; and will not go to New\n Orleans, Mobile, and Augusta; describes how he\n decorated Minna's grave, and expresses hope\n that her resting place will soon be Virginia;\n asks about their school; sends money from a\n large profit he made selling land.","Describes his visit to Louisville where he\n visited cousins and went to many social events;\n says that the train ride from Kentucky was very\n rough traveling; says he will be in Vicksburg\n in a week and then will go to Wilmington, North\n Carolina; Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans; and\n Memphis, Tennessee; asks about family and\n friends.","Describes his stay in Vicksburg, and his\n visit with Mr. And Mrs. Eilbeck Mason and Miss\n Louisa Fox; says that he did not see Cousin\n John Russell while in New Orleans; discusses\n his travel plans; asks about Hatty's\n teaching.","Expresses joy that she is well from the\n influenza; says he has recently traveled to\n Portsmouth, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia,\n Alabama and Mississippi; says he will now go to\n Texas; discusses travel plans; asks her to pick\n out one of her friends for him; discusses\n Charlie's new job in St. Louis.","Describes St. Louis and the Virginia House\n Hotel; inquires about the new scholars the\n family has taken on; harasses Nina for not\n writing. \n Including ANS from \n C[harles] L.\n Powell, Saint Louis, [Missouri], to \n Nina\n [Powell], [Winchester, Virginia], \n 4 May\n [18]56 concerning his happiness about\n Nina joining the Church. 1 page.","Describes hard times in Illinois; intent to\n move back to Virginia when business picks up;\n family news.","Speaks of influenza and other illnesses\n prominent in the town; reports the death of Mr.\n Adies [?]; \n Ellen\n [Powell] is in Washington Infirmary;\n house is being renovated; family news.","Says he just returned from Henry; says\n Charlie is on his way to Henry to start his new\n job in Uncle Fred's store; describes Henry and\n the house they used to live in; reports that\n Uncle Fred is building a house; gives new of\n Scholastics and Monsieur Carlo; says he will go\n to Pennsylvania next and then visit them.","Reports that \n Lloyd\n [Powell] is on his way to Virginia;\n describes their yard and home in Henry; yellow\n fever is not a problem this year in Illinois;\n he went to a concert given by the Baleis.","Inquires about the \"weddings fair\";\n discusses his travels and the loneliness\n involved in his job; mentions his relief that\n the campaigns and elections are over; sends\n messages to friends at home.","Nina has begun studying Latin and learning\n how to draw; mentions the extension of the\n Chicago and Pern canal down to Henry; much\n family news.","Tells what each family member is doing;\n discusses religion and the duties of a\n Christian; gives news of friends who have\n joined the church; discusses Minna's grave;\n discusses letter writing; tells of recent\n marriages and engagements; gives her philosophy\n on why he should not begin to chew tobacco;\n news of family and friends.","Makes reference to Valentine's Day and\n Washington's Birthday; mentions last year's\n parade and the marching continentals; reports\n of bad rain storm that tore up the railroad\n track and caused problems with mud and\n flooding; much family news. \n Including ANS from \n C[harles]\n L. Powell, [Jr.], Henry, Illinois, to \n Nina\n [Powell], [Winchester, Virginia], 22\n February 1857, telling her to turn to their one\n friend for strength and advice [God?]. 1\n page.","Describes a storm which kept him in Henry,\n Illinois, unable to travel; gives recent travel\n plans, including a trip to Philadelphia by\n boat; gives news of friends and family in\n Henry; says many river towns are flooded.","Gives news of relatives in Alexandria; tells\n his travel plans; says he finds the women of\n Virginia far more appealing than those of South\n Carolina.","Uncle Fred[?] and Aunt Lucy[?] are leaving\n for Virginia; sending his mother his\n daguerreotype, a photograph; reports that Lloyd\n is in St. Louis; Bridget, a past boarder, had a\n little girl; much family news.","Describes the family vacation and\n adventures; describes the baths; mentions the\n parties they have attended; family news.","Family is on vacation; describes activities\n and scenery at Capon Springs; much family\n news.","Speaks about taking inventory at the store;\n much family news.","Says they just got back from Capon; asks her\n not to take nitrate of silver for her\n headaches; says they have all improved their\n health by the visit to Capon; says \"brother\"\n Nelson is now there hoping the springs will\n help him; says they did not get the house that\n they wanted to rent; gives news of friends;\n says Rebecca, Hatty, and Lloyd are there. \n Including ALS from \n C[harles L.]\n Powell to \n Nina [Powell] .\n Says that he misses her and wishes she could\n have been at Capon; asks about her\n headaches.","Describes his travels from Baltimore to\n Henry; mentions shortage of money due to bank\n failures; gives detailed news of the town,\n including improvements being made; news of\n Henry relatives; mentions that the bank\n failures will result in fewer land dealings and\n therefore, less work for him; asks about the\n young ladies of Winchester.","Inquires about Mr. Waler's[?] lectures; now\n attends the Methodist Church; reports of the\n adventures during hunting season; mentions the\n new idea of pavement sidewalks.","Describes a severe snowstorm and its effects\n on Henry; tells how he spent Thanksgiving day;\n describes their new cook with whom he is\n infatuated; mentions the death of Robert\n Conrad[?]; gives messages of friends in\n Winchester.","Reports of Nina getting her teeth\n straightened; describes method; reports that\n the number of scarlet fever cases is greatly\n reduced; she is very busy with the boarding\n school; tells of a fight between Charlie\n McCormick and a police officer; mentions Hunter\n Holmes McGuire; family news.","Discusses the death of Robert[?] and the\n reaction of the town; gives news of friends;\n sends her love to her mother and relatives;\n wants to know what Dr. Chase said about her\n teeth.","Writes about Nina's plans to go home; says\n she is concerned about her traveling when her\n teeth are in such a condition.","Refers to the general \"hard times\" everyone\n is experiencing; describes farm activities;\n much family news; describes how to make a\n mousetrap.","Describes midwest weather and the usual\n fall-like temperatures; says that they are all\n much healthier because of the mild weather;\n says ties are hard and the bank in Henry just\n closed, but that the town is continuing to\n improve; asks about Mrs. Powell's occupation,\n teaching; mentions the death of \n Rob[er]t\n Conrad and describes his character;\n messages to family members.","Reports of freezing temperatures of -15 F\n and snow in Henry; mentions of sleighing in the\n snow; reports story of a bank robbery.","Reports of \n Lloyd's\n [Powell] trip to St. Louis to try and\n find Charles a job; much family news; mentions\n a Mr. Lombard who plans to return to Henry and\n open a bank of issue.","Discusses who owes him letters from home;\n says he could not find a job for Charley\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.?] in St. Louis because\n of the poor economy; gives news of Randolph\n Powell, of St. Louis, and John Webb Powell, of\n Utah; says he will be home during the\n summer.","Mentions that she missed his birthday with a\n card but thought of him that day; expresses\n religious feelings and beliefs; family news;\n lists people recently confirmed in the Church;\n outbreak of typhus fever at the\n University[?].","Tells of his travels; describes Memphis,\n Tennessee; gives news of \"cousin\" \n Will[ia]m\n Powell who resides in Memphis; gives news\n of Mr. And Mrs. Mason, residing in Vicksburg;\n describes Leake County where he sold some of\n his Uncle Nelson's land; gives news of \"cousin\"\n john Wilson of New Orleans and of \"cousin\" John\n Chilton, who may send his daughter Sarah to\n school in Virginia; tells his travel plans,\n stating he will be in Virginia in a month;\n gives news to family and friends.","Describes scenery where he is; tells of a\n May party that some school girls had; describes\n his boat riding trip; family news; mentions\n arrival of Mr. Winn, the new Presbyterian\n minister.","Reports having been sick with a bad cold;\n much family news; Nina has problems with other\n schoolgirls because her parents operate the\n school; trying to plan Charlie's return home\n for the summer.","Asks about fourth of July entertainment; Mr.\n Winn gave an exceptional sermon; Uncle\n Richard[?] bought a piano and a side-saddle;\n family news.","Inquires about boarding students; inquires\n about vacations at \n \n Capon [Springs, West Virginia] ; tells of\n his success at duck hunting; family news;\n mentions \n [Stephen A.]\n Douglas.","Gives news of \n Uncle\n R[ichard]'s and Uncle Fred's families;\n says that Frank's baby is still ill; gives news\n of Hammond and Min[na]; comments that he will\n not see his family for another year; gives news\n of Charlie [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] and his\n employment possibilities; asks about Uncle Neb\n of Clark, [Virginia?].","Gives her opinion about chewing tobacco,\n smoking, and other bad habits; incorporates\n religious duty into her opinion; some family\n news.","Discusses his habit of chewing tobacco and\n how he should discipline himself to quit.","Discusses the weather; reports on Hammond;\n reports that Mr. Chandler of Henry is getting\n married in Boston; says they will stay at Mrs.\n Taber's for the winter; gives news of Charlie\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.]; comments on the\n involvement of women in politics in Henry; news\n of friends; comments on the decreased\n enrollment at the family school, saying they\n will at least have a lighter workload; mentions\n Stephen A. Douglas.","Expresses her disappointment in Charlie's\n having tasted tobacco; tells him that he is\n doing wrong to continue this habit; voices many\n religious views.","Reports that river is flooding the town;\n talks of Christmas holidays; family news.","A birthday letter for Nina's sixteenth\n birthday; describes the weather; much family\n news; Min[?] is the \"editress\" of the\n \"Minnehaha\"; tells of the affairs of a Miss\n Amanda[?].","Gives account of how he spends his days with\n emphasis on his Sunday activities; tried to\n quit chewing tobacco but couldn't; tells of\n episode where Uncle Richard[?] lost his saddle\n bags in the town of Bradford; river was frozen\n and people are ice skating; family news.","Tells where the girls boarding with them are\n going for Christmas; describes their Christmas\n plans; recollects their last Christmas with\n Minna; gives religious advice; sends her love\n to Lloyd.","Would love for her to stay with him;\n mentions a sister Hannah.","Reports that \n Lloyd\n [Powell] and Uncle Richard[?] have gone\n to Memphis, [Tennessee]; tells of the building\n of a road for $10,000; describes a surprise\n party he attended; mentions Valentine's Day and\n how many he has received; family news.","Reports that Uncle Richard and Frank are\n with him in Memphis, to see if they want to\n move there; says that he does not believe Uncle\n Richard will leave Illinois, but that Frank\n probably will; says that they tried to look up \n W[illia]m\n Powell but he had moved to Arkansas;\n discusses the possibilities of his parents\n establishing a school in the area, and the\n risks involved.","Gives news of Uncle Richard and Uncle Fred;\n says Uncle Fred and Frank will close their\n business and leave Henry; tells of a\n conversation with Bishop Otey of Memphis on the\n subject of establishing a girls school there;\n gives details of the proposal in case his\n father is interested; gives news of the private\n school situation in Arkansas; reports on his\n business dealings in Arkansas; discusses\n financial matters.","Gives news of Uncle Fred who has been ill;\n says that the women of the town are all\n inspecting the new spring goods brought in from\n Saint Louis; discusses his daily schedule; says\n Charlie [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] is in singing\n school; asks about Nina's walks and lectures on\n the benefits of exercise to health and\n appearance.","Describes spring in Illinois; inquires about\n relatives in Alexandria; comments on Uncle\n Nelson's helpless state; discusses the chances\n of recovering Uncle Nelson's lands in Arkansas;\n describes the area of Henry where the family\n used to live; comments that she now weights 108\n \" lbs., which is more than her daughters weigh;\n sends his love to Grand Ma Powell, Aunt Ann,\n and Uncle Neb.","A baby girl was born who is Nina's cousin\n [Uncle Richard's daughter?]; describes a\n fishing trip; mentions finding several Indian\n graves with skeletons and other items; tells\n story of a \"mad\" dog who bit many people.","Gives news of Illinois relatives; describes\n a trip that he and Uncle Richard took through\n Stark County, emphasizing the changes that have\n taken place in the last five years; comments on\n Charley's [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] development\n into a young man; reports that Uncle Richard\n will leave the land business on September 1st;\n discusses his involvement in the business and\n his desire to visit Virginia.","Expresses his relief that his brother\n Charles arrived safely in Virginia; comments on\n how scattered the family is at present;\n mentions Cousin Fanny Cochran's wedding in\n Middleburg, [Virginia]; discusses Mr. Hyde's\n trip in the \"aerial vessel\" Atlantic from St.\n Louis to New York, as reported in the\n \"Republican\"; reports that Frank has another\n son, Horatio Nelson; news of other Illinois\n relatives; describes the July 4\n festivities.","Discusses an unprofitable year for his\n business; discusses a business proposition made\n to his brother Charles and Harry and Benton\n Janney by Uncle Richard, concerning the opening\n of the store; gives news of Illinois relatives;\n comments that his Uncle Richard, who just\n turned 43, may begin to use his middle name\n again and become Richard H. Lloyd; comments on\n how, in the past twenty years, the Powell\n family has spread from \"New York to Salt Lake\n City, and from the 'Lakes' to the Gulf of\n Mexico.\"","Reports that Uncle Richard, \n Min[na] will stop at\n Fulton County to visit relatives; gives his\n opinion about Minna not returning to Winchester\n [Virginia] for school, stating that she has\n become too undisciplined and used to complete\n freedom in Illinois to be effectively taught in\n a school; describes Frank's son Horatio Nelson;\n comments on the family's health, saying that\n his father [Charles L. Powell] weights twenty\n pounds more than he does and his mother [Selina\n L. Powell] weighs only six pounds less, and\n also weighs more than any of her three brothers\n in Illinois; asks her if she is finished school\n and will make her debut.","Reports that Charley [Charles L. Powell,\n Jr.], \n Harry and \n Benton\n [Janney] have begun their business named\n \"H and TB Janney and Co.\"; asks about the\n boarding school and discusses the difficulties\n of running one; reports that Frank's family and\n Mrs. Hammond[?] are on their way to Memphis to\n live; reports that Uncle Fred is planning an\n extended visit to Virginia, and then will\n probably move to Memphis; says he and Uncle\n Richard dissolved their partnership and that\n Uncle Richard plans to move to Memphis as well;\n reports that crops are poor, so his business\n will be slow; plans to see them for\n Christmas.","Reports that there is a County Fair next\n week; describes in detail an incident of a\n burning well; expresses sorrow that the family\n school will be so small this year; reports that\n the 'W S Fair' in Chicago is now over.","Discussing fall and winter goods being\n stocked at \"Lloyd's Big Brick\" in Henry,\n Illinois.","Much family news; mentions marriage of Miss\n Hutchins, and deaths of 2 children of Mrs.\n Clara Ferguson; received invitation to wedding\n of \"Miss Mittie\"; gives his opinion of\n marriage.","A french teacher at the boarding school\n died; mentions excitement due to 'John'\n Browne's execution and that there are 26\n companies of soldiers at Charlestown, [West\n Virginia]; mentions growing discontent of\n slaves; describes how men have loaded pistols\n ready in their homes; tells how many people are\n being imprisoned; tells of other strains\n between North and South; some family news;\n mentions \n [Robert\n Young] Conrad.","Reports that Uncle Richard's baby has been\n christened \n Elizabeth\n Jenkins [Lloyd]; comments that this is\n the day that \n [John] Brown is\n to be executed; comments on the number of\n arrests in Virginia of strangers traveling\n through the state. \n Including newspaper clipping, n.d., of a\n poem about infants.","Discusses Professors Wise and LaMountain's\n attempt to establish daily balloon\n transportation from the \"western\" states to the\n East Coast; family news; says he is anxious for\n the family in Illinois to move southward;\n mentions the execution of \"Cook and his\n confederates\" [involved in John Brown's\n attempted insurrection] on December 16.","Invitation to a \"Leap Year\" party.","Mentions and encloses invitation to a \"Leap\n Year\" party; describes events at the party;\n describes weather and reports of a sleighing\n party; reports marriage of Mary Ann Hoyt,\n friend of the family. \n Including ANS from Maggie J. Richmond,\n Henry, [Illinois], to \n Charles\n [L.] Powell, [Jr.], [Henry, Illinois],\n [February 1860], inviting him to a \"Leap Year\"\n party.","Talks about Uncle Richard's[?] baby girl;\n gives report of Charles L. Powell and some\n family news.","Discusses \"spring fever\" concerning work;\n describes weather; speaks of Uncle Nelson's\n Lloyd death and how it should be a happy time;\n thanks his father for \n \"Alex[andria]\n Gazettes\" containing articles about the\n Whig convention; much family news.","Writes about her feelings during the time\n following her brother Nelson's death; recounts\n the last days she spent with Nelson Lloyd.","Talks about assessed value of some land or\n property and makes reference to Lloyd Brothers\n and Co.; speaks of crops and the effects of the\n weather; mentions how road being finished would\n provide trade with those on the other side of\n the river; township will vote on how to acquire\n additional funds to complete the road; mentions\n the whig convention and how they now represent\n such a small minority of people.","Talks of spring dresses and bonnets;\n mentions hearing address by William McDonald;\n discusses opening of a shoe and book\n manufactory; speaks of beating \"the Yankees\n with their own men\"; family news; religious\n advice; mentions use of telegraph.","Discusses agriculture and effects of weather\n on crops; talks of visiting New England and of\n dislike of their attitudes; expresses extreme\n negative opinion of Yankees.","Family news; mentions work at the store;\n discusses events around town. \n Including [poem?] written in Latin on\n both sides of envelope. Locks of hair also\n enclosed.","Discusses crops and agriculture; describes\n Illinois scenery; family news; inquires about\n trip to Capron [Springs]; mentions \"Uncle\n Richard's\" card selling tour.","Discusses Congressional race; mentions\n Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky and his visit to\n Illinois; talks about rise in crime; family\n news.","Discusses confusion about having joined the\n church; religious discussion; some family and\n neighborhood news.","Inquires about trip to New England; mentions\n \"Alexandria Sentinel\"; family news.","Discusses climate and busy season of\n Christmas; debates issue of [Civil War] and\n effects; gives religious advice; family news; \n [Robert\n Young] Conrad .","Discusses problems due to political and\n financial situation of the country; talks about\n boils on his hand; family news; mentions\n kindness of Mayor Turner.","Nina's eighteenth birthday; discusses the\n weather; talks about sleighing and skating;\n mentions \" \n Pickwick\n Papers \"; describes hunting interest;\n makes reference to several literary works.","Talks of trade being slow; election of a Mr.\n McFadden as \"Justice of the Peace\"; mentions\n sleighing and the weather; describes hayride in\n snow and people he went with.","Discusses his indebtedness to his father and\n his financial situation.","Discusses political situation and \"imminent\n danger of civil war\"; comments on government\n involvement and troops in a war; mentions\n social life.","Discusses the imminent war and that it will\n be the third one in her lifetime; talks about\n effects of a war from past experience; family\n news. \n Including ANS from \"Grandmother,\"\n Catharine Powell, Belvue, [Virginia?], to \n Rebecca\n [Powell], [Winchester, Virginia], 20\n January 1861, inquiring about being able to\n paint for her. 1 page.","Describes his dog and its habits and\n actions; talks about a fight at a warehouse;\n family news.","Discusses pros, cons, and possibilities of a\n war; talks about being able to cross\n North/South Line if comes to Virginia;\n describes weather; mentions indoor winter\n activities; refers to marriage and courting\n habits; family news.","Briefly discusses the Navy; describes\n wedding of Nelie Hall and a Mr. Kellogg; family\n news.","Information concerning troop movements\n around Harper's Ferry; mentions a Col. Bowen,\n superintendent Barbour, and a Col. Moore.","Discusses explosion of armory at Harper's\n Ferry; speaks of united southern forces;\n mentions involvement of friends including\n Powell Grady; Powell and Holmes Conrad; family\n news.","Suffering from inflammation of eyes;\n discusses possibility of Illinois and Virginia\n residents being separated during the war;\n Virginia's succession from the Union; Democrats\n opposition to the war with the South; talks\n about surrender of Fort Sumter; confusion about\n whether to leave or stay in Henry; some family\n news.","Discusses \n Col[onel]\n Robert Lee and movement of troops;\n mentions Georgetown Heights, Alexandria\n Heights, and the Valley counties; some family\n news; mentions Rockingham Rifles.","Blockade established at the mouth of the\n Ohio; southern trade suspended; some family\n news; inquires about situation in Virginia\n concerning the war.","Discusses a proclamation of Lincoln;\n politics and effects of the \n [Civil] War ;\n dominance of Lincoln's party in Louisville,\n [Kentucky]; some family news.","Orders to stop mail from Virginia.; \n \n Alex[andri]a occupied by North; Fairfax\n cavalry taken prisoner; family news.","Wars effects on postal service; family\n news.","Thanks her for package of food and lists\n contents; speaks of newspaper \n Richmond\n Dispatch as a rare luxury; describes\n camp life; enemy is at Williamsport,\n [Maryland].","Discusses camp life and its required\n adjustment; mentions accidental shooting of two\n men as their only pessimistic experience so\n far; gives account of battles reported in the \n Balt[im]o[re] Sun\n [Baltimore Sun] ; majority of men in\n army are under 21; describes how soldiers try\n to get food from surrounding farmers and their\n families.","Discusses uniforms, saying that they are\n everywhere, and that a \"John Brown\" has\n increased the \"military spirit\" in Virginia;\n asks about Lloyd; discusses books he has read\n and that she recommends; describes their daily\n schedule and when she has time to read;\n discusses food in season; news of family and\n friends.","Prepares for battle; states that he is ready\n to do his duty for his country; mentions that\n the Continentals lost two men in the engagement\n the day before.","Regrets that he cannot keep their date for\n the afternoon due to Army business.","Mentions her husband's attack of dysentery;\n much family news; gives news of friends and\n family; hopes war will soon be over so that the\n family can all be together; expresses religious\n feelings; wishes that they could write more\n freely; tells him to send his letters to E. J.\n Lee in Maryland who will forward them South to\n them. \n Including AN, from [Selina (Lloyd)\n Powell], Winchester, [Virginia], to \"Charlie,\"\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.], n.p., relating more\n family news. 1 page. 22 July [1861].","Asks for specific items of clothing to be\n sent because he does not know when he can\n return home; refers to Haresack[?] and asks\n that she make him a smaller one.","Includes description of L. Powell.","Description of how Lloyd Powell was shot in\n battle [of Manassas]; details of his personal\n characteristics and attitudes.","Expresses sympathy in regard to Lloyd\n Powell's death; offers comforting words from\n the Bible. \n Including ALS, from Sue P. Lee,\n [Lexington, Virginia] to \n Nina\n [Powell], [Winchester, Virginia], 29 July\n 1861, offering condolences on the death of her\n brother, Lloyd Powell. 1 page.","Thanks Nina for her letter of sympathy\n concerning the death of her mother; gives news\n of her brothers and sisters; says that she has\n terminated her relations with cousin R.[?]\n because she could not marry a first cousin;\n discusses their friendship.","Complains of poor postal service; tells him\n of \n Lloyd's\n [Powell] death; remembers about Lloyd's\n characteristics and qualities; says that\n typhoid fever is spreading in the town; talks\n about her servants; family news; reports of \n Willie Lee\n [Chilton's] death, a second cousin;\n expresses religious view.","Love letter to her; proposes marriage to her\n and her guardian and asks for a reply.","Signed also by J. R. Bowen, \n J[ustice]\n [of the] P[eace], stating that \n Charles L.\n Powell, [Jr.] has taken necessary oaths\n to become Deputy Marshal. \n Including on verso ADS, from \n Brig[adie]r\n Gen[era]l James H. Carson, 24 October\n 1861, \n Charles L.\n Powell, [Jr.] permission to cross back\n and forth over enemy lines.","Thanks her for package she sent him;\n describes his situation and effects of the \n [Civil] War.","Thanks her for cap she sent him; his company\n is located at the \"Big Spring\" near Mr.\n Gray's.","States that Yankees were in Shepherdstown,\n [West Virginia] a few nights ago; family news;\n sends condolences on loss of her brother [Lloyd\n Powell].","Sympathizes upon loss of Nina's brother,\n Lloyd Powell; relates her story of when her\n father died; expresses indebtedness to Nina's\n mother [Selina (Lloyd) Powell]; mentions\n sickness prevalent in Winchester, [Virginia];\n discusses her brother's [Bob Lucas] experiences\n as a soldier; Charles L. Powell, Sr., has\n accepted position in Richmond; news of spending\n summer at Col. LaRue's in Clarke to escape the\n Yankees.","Thanks her for a cap she made and sent to\n him; expecting to go to camp soon; some family\n news.","Tells of explosion that a Mr. Hubard caused\n trying to perfect something like \"Greek fire\"\n to sell to the government, similar to a powder\n to use in shells; describes condition of Mr.\n Hubard, his subsequent operations and\n death.","Wanted to give her news from Winchester,\n [Virginia], but \"the spy\" had to burn his\n information for fear it would fall into Enemy\n hands; tells stories of houses being searched\n by soldiers; news of friends and relatives;\n decorated with \"Confederate States of America\"\n seal.","Trying to catch up with \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's troops; describes camp life and\n strategy concerning the Yankees.","Possibility of Yankees taking Richmond;\n discusses importance of trust in God during\n battles; inquires about Robert Lee.","General information on troop movements;\n mentions Battle of Williamsburg.","Describes being a member of Jackson's Army;\n mentions \"Rockbridge Artillery\" being full;\n family news. Decorated with \"Liberty and Union\"\n seal.","[Stonewall]\n Jackson captured two entire enemy\n regiments; enemy took part of Central Railroad;\n troop movements.","Family news; disappointment about not being\n able to be with \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson in his last fight.","Discusses the family's living arrangements;\n thanks her for finding a home for her to stay\n in, but feels it would be less imposing if she\n stayed where Nina is teaching in Prince Edward\n County; hopes that they can all live together\n soon; rejoices over Jackson's victory in\n retaking the \"old town\"; says that the Garlands\n have been very kind during her stay with them;\n discusses her traveling plans.","Death of friends, Willie Gray and Marshall\n Barton; death of various others in war\n including \n [Turner] Asby ;\n talks of having made herself a sun-bonnet; news\n of family and friends.","Speaks of getting a job as a clerk in Major\n Vaun's office; information about \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's victories; reports Colonel\n Ashby's death.","Reviews routine activities; much family and\n friend news; discusses \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's troops.","Everyone feeling ill and weighing less;\n Family news; possible fighting in Richmond,\n [Virginia]; \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson is at Hanover Junction,\n [Virginia]; problem with fleas.","He cannot get into the Rockbridge Artillery;\n she is staying with a Col. and Mrs. Tucker;\n battle of Richmond has begun; family news.","Got position as a clerk in the Quarter\n Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin\n of [Selina (Lloyd) Powell]; \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's army passed through\n Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of\n deserters from both sides wandering in\n mountains west of Winchester, [Virginia]; South\n won battle in Richmond, [Virginia].","Fighting around Richmond, [Virginia]; \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's Army arrived to help; describes\n strategies and events of war.","Details about progress of the war; much\n family news.","Personal experience in Army. \n Including NCl of a poem by Jno. R.\n Thompson, entitled \"Ashby\" from a Richmond,\n [Virginia] newspaper dated 13 June 1862, about\n the war. 1 page. \n Verso bears Becca [Rebecca Powell] to\n Selina (Lloyd) Powell. 1 page. ALS.","Makes reference to \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's Army and his efforts in\n Richmond, [Virginia]; relates events of war and\n involvement of friends and relatives; family\n news.","Discusses people she knows who have been\n wounded or killed in the war; refers to battles\n at Richmond and Chickahominy, [Virginia];\n family news.","Expresses disappointment that her parents\n didn't get to visit her; complains of \"M's\"\n temper; gives list of supplies that she has\n purchased or ordered.","Preparing to go to Gordonsville to join\n Braxton's Battery; family news.","Has joined Braxton's Artillery; give details\n of battles and accounts of those wounded and\n killed.","Describes battle between his Battery and the\n Yankees; describes Capt. Braxton.","He has jaundice; personal account of stay in\n Richmond; discusses salary; accounts of the\n war.","Charles L. Powell, Jr. was killed; [added to\n letter later] her husband is still yellow with\n jaundice; saw the \n President\n [Davis] and his wife; family news.","Explains events of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s\n death near Warrenton Springs, [Virginia];\n includes sketch of battlegrounds.","Town gossip; tells story of a Dr. Conrad's\n arrest and ordeal; family news.","Talks of our troops making it into Maryland;\n family news; prevalence of typhoid fever;\n discusses southern attitudes about the Civil\n War, and northerners.","Religious account and explanation of Charles\n L. Powell, Jr.'s death.","Informs her of \"Charley's [Charles L.\n Powell, Jr.] death; encloses a copy of Capt.\n Carter M. Braxton's report of the events\n leading to Charles L. Powell's death.","Offers sympathy for the loss of his son,\n Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes the death of\n their sister \n Ellen [Powell\n Gray] ; reports on the welfare of Ellen's\n family - Mr. [William Gray], Kate and Arthur;\n news of family. \n Including ALS from \"Mother\" [Selina L.\n Powell], n.p. to [Hattie Powell], n.p.\n Discusses the state of their belongings [in\n their former house in Winchester] and what will\n be sold through cousin \n Sarah [Powell\n Conrad] ; says if they do not intend to\n return, then it should all be sold. 1 page.","Thanks her for her sympathy upon death of\n Rebecca's brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.;\n expresses religious views; family news.","Responds to news of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s\n death; family news; reports on her own\n health.","Includes description of Charles L. Powell\n and the battle.","Much family and town news; mentions that\n army is located near her in Winchester,\n [Virginia].","Gives her daily routine schedule; involved\n in knitting for the soldiers; doesn't seem to\n think Yankees will approach Richmond,\n [Virginia]; remembers her son \"Charley\"\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] often.","Discusses their friendship and situation of\n the Civil War.","Expresses sympathy for the death of her\n brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes in\n detail the death of her mother, Ellen Powell\n Gray and reveals her feelings concerning it;\n gives news of their Powell relatives.","Discusses daily routine; problem with\n typhoid fever; family news.","Much family news.","Comments on incidents of typhoid fever;\n family news; discusses her minister and baptism\n of a baby.","Describes circumstances of her daughter\n Annie's sickness and death; offers sympathy for\n death of Charles L. Powell, Jr.; family news;\n including recital of Fenella's funeral rites;\n \"Earth to Earth, Dust to Dust...\".","Discusses business matters in Winchester\n that she is taking care of for Charles L.\n Powell; discusses the ear and the situation in\n Winchester; sends him some books, stating that\n the Yankees carried off the rest of them;\n reports of a proposed armistice.","Describes sickness causing a delirious state\n for a few days; family news; knitting as a\n popular pastime; discusses weather; Yankees\n still have Gloucester Point as a fort; soldiers\n suffering from \"rot\" that kills them.","Discusses \n [John]\n Milton's works; family news; Longstreet's\n Corps has occupied many points near Culpeper\n Court House. \n Including ANS from Nina Powell, Kenmuir,\n [Louisa County, Virginia] to \"sister,\" [either\n Hattie or Rebecca Powell], n.p., \n 5 November\n [18]62, reporting family news. 1 page. \n Also including ANS from \n S[elina]\n P[owell], Kenmuir, [Louisa County,\n Virginia]. Expresses grief over Annie Lee's\n death; asks about Robert E. Lee; prevalence of\n typhoid fever; describes weather and landscape;\n Yankees did not disturb Charles L. Powell,\n Jr.'s grave; family news. 2 pages. ALS.","Sends this letter with a letter from Hunter,\n her brother; comments that Hattie has now been\n gone from Winchester eight months; says life\n ins find when Confederate soldiers are in\n Winchester, but that it is miserable when the\n Yankees come; says General Jackson has visited\n them and has his headquarters on the road to\n Front Royal; says he gave her his photograph\n and se will send a copy; writes that they are\n working very hard because the few servants in\n town are cooking for the soldiers; lists people\n who will leave town if the Yankees return; says\n Cousin Betty look unwell because she works so\n hard in the hospitals ; writes that they only\n have 500 sick beds in the hospitals; mentions\n the destruction by Yankees in other counties;\n fears they will soon suffer.","Sends thanks for present he received because\n [it] will be useful during the winter;\n expresses desire for peace in the country.","Much family news; expresses concern that the\n southern army is suffering from a lack of\n clothes and the elements.","Expresses her feelings of loneliness, as she\n lives among strangers; expresses other worries\n of disease and of the war; discusses problems\n with diphtheria in the neighborhood; comments\n on the shortage of men in the neighborhood, in\n particular healthy, attractive ones; discusses\n the hardships of Uncle Prosser and \n Aunt\n [Re]Bec[ca] whose former servants burnt\n much of their property; news of friends and\n family.","Discusses the condition of Charles L.\n Powell's estate and what business has been\n transacted; lists what articles from their home\n have been sold, commenting that most people in\n Winchester are not buying things because they\n are leaving to journey \"up the Valley\"; reports\n that 4000 men are guarding Winchester, that\n some tobacco has been burned, and that\n preparation for evacuation is underway;\n describes Yankee attacks in Charlestown;\n comments on the effect of the fear of attack on\n everyone in the town; gives news of\n friends.","Comments on problems with influenza; refers\n to a Capt. Duff and his defense of Leesburg,\n [Virginia]; gives news of town since troops\n have arrived; family news.","Makes references to the Clarke Cav[al]ry and\n a Capt. Carter; possessions have been pillaged\n and towns have been ruined; has to quit farming\n because of war.","Wishes Nina a Happy Birthday; refers to God\n and task to enter his Kingdom; mentions a\n friend who died from diphtheria; discusses \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's opposition to the \"enemy\"\n [Yankees] at Port Royal, [Virginia]; family\n news.","Discusses everyone's fear of diphtheria;\n much family news.","Makes references to \n Gen. [Robert\n E.] Lee's victories; much family\n news.","Expresses the difficulty of losing so many\n brave men in the \n [Civil] war.","Reminisces about their last Christmas\n together; discusses the servants and their\n ability to be dangerous.","Expresses desire for peace and to return to\n Winchester, [Virginia]; much town and family\n news; sorry they can't spend Christmas\n together.","She has been ill with a cough and cold;\n family news.","Inquires about a John Tabb; tells activities\n of \n Kate\n [Gordon] who is staying with them;\n mentions a bombazine [fine twilled silk\n fabric]; people looking for teaching positions;\n family news.","Much town and family news.","Problems with smallpox; much family news;\n mentions Judge Lee's[?] suicide.","Her husband, Charles L. Powell, Sr., is\n still looking for a teaching job; recommends\n reading as a worthwhile hobby.","Describes how her family spent Christmas;\n thanks her for the cap she made for her brother\n Rob; discusses the sadness of Hattie's\n Christmas; discusses friendship; reports that\n she heard from Mary[?] who is living behind\n Yankee lines in King George.","Mentions a Col. Tucker[?]; talks about her\n personal health; refers to the \"conscript act\";\n gives impressions of deaths resulting from the \n [Civil] War and\n ideas of a forthcoming peace; family news.","Family news; refers to robbery of all\n servants; tells stories of confrontations with\n the enemy and experiences while at war;\n discusses food he has to eat; mentions has\n heard news of Grandma's death; mentions William\n Edmonson Jones.","Much family news; discusses her pay for\n tutorial services.","Mentions their father's new employment in\n Greenville; news of family and friends.","Family news; describes some of daily\n activities. \n Including ANS from N. C. E.[?], n.p., to\n Nina Powell, n.p., post 13 March 1863, giving\n neighborhood news.","Comments on Cavalry's victory in Culpepper\n [sic], [Virginia]; describes poverty situation\n in Winchester, [Virginia], as result of \n [Civil] War ;\n discusses situations in Romney, West Virginia;\n much family news.","Found a teaching job in Powhatan; describes\n location and plans to build a house.","Comments on his activities in the Army;\n refers to \"the Picketts\"; tells of damage and\n destruction in Winchester, [Virginia], as a\n result of Yankee invasion.","Comments on experiences in Army; expresses\n sadness that young men can't receive education\n during the war; family news; states that Tip[?]\n Powell and Frank Grady were captured in\n Loudoun, [Virginia].","Discusses clothes; family news; says they\n will visit \n Shirley\n [Plantation] soon; says Mary[?] must\n remain within the Yankee lines because the only\n way to leave is to walk eighteen miles at\n night, carrying baggage; mentions Robert E.\n Lee, George Washington, and Custis Lee.","Mentions interest in soldiers, especially\n the South Carolina gentlemen; talks about\n sources of entertainment; family news.","Describes his house and surroundings; family\n news.","Mentions \"taking bitters (a tea) made of\n sarsaparilla root\" for strength and to purify\n her blood; expresses hopes for war to soon be\n over; Yankees now have Fauquier under their\n control; family news; refers to receiving news\n through the Enquirer.","Discusses when the family members will see\n each other; gives news of Powell relatives at\n Locust Hill; says that goods cannot be sent to\n them from Locust Hill [Leesburg, Virginia]\n because of a blockade; inquires about the\n fighting in Fredericksburg.","Talks about General Stuart's decision to\n review his Division; refers to great loss at\n Battle of Chancellorsville in the death of \n \n Gen[era]l [\"Stonewall\"] Jackson ;\n describes events of war near Rowlesburg, [West\n Virginia]; comments on his troops various\n attacks on different Railroads; gives details\n about other battles.","Much family news; comments on how quickly\n her chickens are dying.","Discusses fighting [in the Civil War] and\n loss of servants; family news and sick and\n wounded from Battle of Gettysburg.","Comments on war, pestilence and famine;\n discusses the \n [Civil] War .","States that Nina Powell has been recommended\n to him to take care of his children as well as\n tutoring them; requests response to his\n offer.","Discusses pillaging by the Yankees; comments\n on men who have given their lives for the\n southern cause; much family news.","Comments on scarcity of various staples;\n offers her $300 to come and teach his\n children.","Discusses \"keeping house\" and how much it\n costs to do so; family news; comments on the\n Battle of Manassas. \n Including AN from [?], n.p. to \n Hatty [sic]\n [Powell], n.p., n.d., discussing delivery\n of enclosed note to \n Custis [Lee] . 1\n page.","Attempts to appease Nina's apprehensions\n about coming to Hanover County if the enemy is\n there; wants her to begin working the first of\n October.","Offer to substitute himself [for William\n Henry Fitzhugh Lee as a Northern prisoner of\n War].","Much family news; questions Nina about her\n \"beaux\" and his courting ways; discusses\n education.","Refers to burning her previous letter in\n case of a fight whence it could become public;\n relates news of troops; family news; discusses\n fight from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan\n [Rivers].","Much family news.","Much family news; stats that a man named\n Taylor Johns has fallen in love with Nina\n Powell; discusses situation at the\n Stringfellow's, where Nina now lives.","Discusses in detail his new teaching\n position; family information.","Gives cotton prices as $3.75 a yard;\n discusses Battle at Manassas; much family\n news.","Comments on her husband's new position in\n Albemarle; much family news; mentions some\n events in reference to the Civil War.","Says she saw her father [Charles L. Powell,\n Sr.] on his way to move into Cousin R's[?];\n describes her trip to Charlottesville;\n expresses satisfaction that her mother is able\n to stay with Uncle Fred and Lute; reports she\n has eleven scholars.","Family news; discusses her job as a teacher;\n discusses \"preserving with molasses\"; expresses\n anger and confusion about Nina's beaux David\n [?].","Discusses his teaching position.","Much family news.","Gives opinion on attitudes of young people;\n family news; expresses interest in\n religion.","Discusses plans for Christmas, including\n costs involved and where they can stay;\n discusses death of [Cousin?] Temple Grady and\n its effect on other relatives; discusses\n teaching and their role in the war effort.","Refers to a battle at Chattanooga,\n [Tennessee]; and [General] Longstreet;\n discusses cotton and its discount price of $18\n a bale; comments on young gentlemen who have\n come to visit her; other town and family\n news.","Thanks Hattie for her kind gift of The\n Bible; gives details of present experience as a\n soldier in the \n [Civil] War ;\n expresses sadness for those who died in the\n battle.","Mentions a Carrie Hobson's death resulting\n from a \"perforation of the bowels,\" (typhoid\n fever); family and town news; mentions Temple\n Grady's [brother of C. Powell Grady?] death;\n refers to having some corsets made.","Much family news.","Family news; expresses concern about\n \"national affairs\"; discusses religious point\n of view.","Much family news; discusses General Bragg\n and his great ability as a leader.","Much family news; states that he met Mr.\n Seddon, Secretary of War and they discussed \n [Judah]\n Benjamin ; gives some views of what is\n happening with the \n [Civil] War .","Mentions [General] Longstreet's retreat from\n Knoxville, [Tennessee]; comments on giving Nina\n some linen for \"sleeves or sleeve bands\",\n family news; discusses harvesting of crops;\n comments on threats that \"Yanks\" are\n making.","Discusses insufficiency of cotton crops;\n mentions that her son is on a war vessel, in\n the ocean, \"larger than the \n Florida and the \n Alabama .\"","Refers to travel by carriage; discusses\n mailing \"bleached cotton\"; family news.","Mentions story where Yankees come into towns\n and arrest southerners; refers to\n daguerreotypes; writes a poem/prayer to God\n about grief he and others have experienced.","Wishes Nina a Merry Christmas since she\n (Nina) will be together with her parents;\n family news.","Discusses the inclement weather; states that\n she had butter and tea for celebration on\n Christmas morning; gives price of calico as 6\n dollars per yard.","Comments on her friends spending New Year's\n Eve at the President's; mentions walking to the\n University\n [of Virginia] in Charlottesville,\n [Virginia]; family news; refers to cotton vs.\n bleached cotton; discusses typhoid fever;\n comments on subject of religion.","Much family news; expresses hopes for an end\n to the \n [Civil] War ;\n mentions a book \"Home Influency\" that deals\n with raising children.","Mentions losing her heart to a Lieutenant\n Blackford; much family news.","Mentions having forgotten Nina's birthday\n and becoming more absentminded; states that\n demonstrating affection ins public is not good\n practice; gives advice and opinion on men and\n courting; has put \"vie dollars in gold and $25\n in Virginia. Bank notes\"; and discusses school\n teaching; much family news.","Has been suffering from sickness similar to\n typhoid fever; mentions that many servants have\n the measles; states that the key to her watch\n is worn out and she cannot wind it.","Offers advice about teaching; has seen [John\n C. Pemberton]; family news.","Discusses her illness [typhoid fever?];\n describes her Christmas diversions.","Comments on how he misses having the women\n in his family at home; family news; discuses\n some aspects of the \n [Civil] War ;\n mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Much family news; expresses hope that the \n [Civil] War will\n soon end; expresses grief of her Mother's\n death.","Expresses concern about Hattie Powell's\n sickness; much family news and town gossip;\n mentions some of the types of food they've been\n eating; talks about \"yanks\" and their\n disruptiveness; mentions Robert Young\n Conrad.","Gives Nina advice on how to terminate her\n engagement with [John Dupuy]; writes of the\n death of Hunter McGuire's sister, May; says she\n now has twelve scholars; news of family and\n friends; discusses books and mentions Robert\n Young Conrad.","Says she has been busy knitting gloves,\n sewing, teaching, nursing, and being sick; says\n she is nearly \"well and fat\" again; says that\n her hair has not started to come back yet, but\n that when it does, she has been told to shave\n it; asks who Nina's friend Lizzie is; describes\n people she has met; reports where troops are;\n discusses ways she is trying to get cotton.","Advises Minnie not to be grieved about their\n mother's death; some family news.","Article in which Jefferson Davis praises the\n Confederate soldiers for their \"devotion and\n self-sacrifice,\" and assures them of their\n capabilities against the declining enemy; also\n includes a commentary about Davis' speech,\n stating that the present spirit of the South\n has never been paralleled in history.","Congratulates Nina on her engagement to \n [John J.]\n Dupuy ; discusses their friendship; news\n of family and friends.","Much family news.","Mentions a girl's death from diphtheria;\n refers to traveling by train; discusses\n blockade of the Potomac River; comments on\n greenbacks and their value; refers to the\n Yankee Congress; general Civil War news.","Gives consent for him to marry Nina after\n listing the pros and cons of the situation.","Much town news and family news; refers to\n knitting as a pastime; states that her hair has\n not begun to \"come out yet\".","Discusses her new beau; much family and town\n news; refers to events of the \n [Civil] War and\n the Powhatan troop.","Says that her employer, Mrs. Stringfellow,\n has offered to allow her two weeks for Easter;\n asks permission to come home; gives detailed\n plans on how she could get there cheaply; says\n the \"troop\" will return before Easter; asks if\n her father is coming home for the holiday.","Discusses selection of a minister; comments\n on her knitting for the soldiers; town gossip\n and family news.","Discusses sale of a draft on New York for\n $625.","Thanks her for gloves she knitted and set to\n him.","Comments on her sister's problem with\n inflammatory rheumatism; much town and family\n news; tells stories of soldiers who have\n returned home; comments on lack of patriotism\n in the country; mentions readying.","Tells of a shopping trip she took to\n Charlottesville, and the people she saw;\n describes a visit to see their father at Cousin\n R. Nowland's; discusses the new tax law, the\n \"panic,\" and the new monetary issue; news of\n friends and family; mentions reading.","Makes reference to needing a straw-splitter;\n discusses financial situation; comments on\n Nina's engagement to \"Brother \n John\"\n [Dupuy?] .","Mentions interruption of communications due\n to Yankee Raid; states that he sat near \n Gen. [Robert\n E.] Lee and Mr. Edmund Lee on a train car\n and talked with them; describes conversation;\n discusses the events of the \n [Civil]\n War [including Lee's near capture by\n Custis' divisionary raid through Albemarle\n County, during the Kilpatrick - Dahlgren Raid\n on Richmond]; mentions Holmes Conrad.","Much town news; discusses Yankees and their\n progression; comments on her attempts to hide\n her silver on her body in order to keep it from\n the Yankees.","Much family news; expresses religious\n views.","Much family news; discusses events of the \n [Civil] War ;\n including raid by Custis on Albemarle; mentions\n Homes Conrad.","Much family news.","Discusses the weather; much town and family\n news.","Says her Easter plans have been cancelled\n because of the snow storm; mentions how close\n she (Nina) has been to the Yankees; says she\n feels much better and now weights 114 pounds;\n reports on fatal measles in the area; reports\n on how she has spent her time with Captain\n Morgan.","Sends her a letter from Kate[?].","Discusses buying and selling cotton;\n comments on college opportunities; family\n news.","Much family news and town gossip; comments\n on gold lace on the coats of those who make\n rank of Captain.","Much family news; refers to Nina's\n grandmother's [Anne Harriotte (Lee) Lloyd]\n death; discusses Yankees and their progress;\n mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Comments on reading as a pastime and\n mentions [?] Cooper's novels; much family news;\n refers to Yankees taking hostages; mentions\n Robert Young Conrad.","Describes her daily schedule; reports how\n their Aunt Jeanie Lloyd and \n Aunt\n [Re]Bec[ca] are doing in relation to the\n war; describes social visits; mentions an Aunt\n Nannie; news of family and friends.","Discusses weather and its effects on gardens\n and crops; comments on Yankees and news about\n the \n [Civil] War ;\n much family news.","Much family news; comments on news of the \n [Civil] War .","Gives detailed description of fighting near\n Beaver Dam, [Virginia], as told to her by some\n of the soldiers; mentions visit by Gen. Stuart;\n describes other events of the war from personal\n point of view.","Much family news; discusses struggle on the\n Rapidan [River]; tells of other \n [Civil]\n War news.","Discusses general battle news; expresses\n concern about struggle in Hanover County,\n Virginia.","Discusses events of the war; comments on\n actions of Yankees.","Comments on armies being at Hanover Junction\n and expresses her concern and fears; refers to\n burning of Powhatan depot by Yankees. \n Including AN from [Selina (Lloyd) Powell,\n Charlotte County, Virginia], to Nina Powell,\n [Verdon, Hanover County, Virginia], 24 May,\n 1864, correcting some spelling errors. 1\n page.","Expresses relief that the Yankees did not\n come through the area where Nina is; says that\n her father wants her [Nina] to leave soon\n because of the danger; says things are so\n scarce in Charlotte that there would not be\n enough to feed her; expresses relief that Nina\n is not living between the two railroads; says\n the news they get about the war is encouraging,\n but she thinks the conflict will be a long one;\n discusses plans to get the family together.","Refers to battle of Vicksburg; tells of\n other developments of the \n [Civil] War .","Refers to a cousin, Mrs. Randolph Tucker\n whose house is at the corner of Grace and Adams\n street in Richmond; much family news.","Asks about Nina's daily schedule and when\n she says prayers; expresses sorrow that\n Hattie's teaching position near Nina did not\n work out; tells her she must be self-reliant;\n says she is waiting to find out if she can join\n Mr. Powell; discusses the fashions of hats;\n sends her respects to Mr. Stringfellow.","Much town and family news.","Describes her social schedule; encourages\n her to pursue a relationship with Willie\n Booker; news of family.","Recounts all he has been doing for the past\n two years (has been in charge of a prison.","Asks Nina to change her mind and work for\n them another year; claims they are safe from\n the Yankees and that the war will soon be over;\n praises her teaching of their three girls.","Discusses Yankees' burning of houses in\n Richmond; gives views on death; much family\n news.","Comments on typhoid fever; family news.","Much Family news. mentions not being able to\n find a nail-brush in the city and forgot india\n ribbon; comments on Yankees treating people\n badly; refers to buying lip-glue at Randolph's\n Book Store; discusses her, Nina's, new\n house.","Describes Mr. Powell's teaching position\n with the Scott family; says he is trying to\n find a place near him for her to stay; says\n there was a Yankee raid near where he is\n staying; discusses where friends who are\n soldiers are stationed; mentions families who\n are looking for wounded soldiers to employ as\n teachers.","Much family and town news.","Comments on symptoms of the \"fever\";\n expresses religious beliefs concerning deaths\n resulting from battles; much family news and\n town news.","Much family news; discusses teacher's\n pay.","Much family and town news; inquires about\n her new home in Richmond, Virginia.","Discusses one of Nina's pupils and how Nina\n should act towards the family that is employing\n her; mentions arrangements to exchange a pair\n of shoes; reports on friends and family;\n reports on \"her Willie,\" and where he is\n stationed; mentions soldiers for whom she has\n knitted gloves.","Discusses the suitability of Mr. Starke's\n teaching offer for her mother.","Chides Nina for not writing her; asks if she\n is spending all her time with Willie Dupuy] who\n has a wounded shoulder; reports on what she has\n done socially; asks her to get some cartridges\n for her pistol when she buys some for her own\n gun; says Minna Booker is to be married\n November fourth; discusses sewing.","Complains about difficulties in the teaching\n profession; family news.","Describes her situation at the Garrett's,\n teaching Lizzie and others; emphasizes the\n importance of letter writing now that they are\n apart; discusses Mr. Irving's[?] failing\n health; says Lizzie has diphtheria; describes\n social events; discusses Nina's problems with\n teaching Blanche; reports on friends who have\n been wounded or killed in the war; asks bout\n Cousin Mary Lee and Cousin Emily.","Reports that her brother Rob has been\n wounded and may have to have his leg amputated;\n says her brother Jimmie is in Charleston where\n there is much yellow fever; says they work all\n day without rest; more family news.","Gives advice on how Nina should manage one\n of her pupils; reports on what she is doing;\n discusses clothes; mentions Minna's\n wedding.","Gives reasons why she hasn't written of\n late; describes her brother's episode of being\n shot in the hand and its effects; comments on\n amount of men that are off at war and those who\n remain are \"quaking\"; much family news;\n expresses hope that God will get them through\n \"these difficulties.\"","Describes her social activities; discusses\n balancing work with pleasure; news of family\n and friends.","Asks about her \"new home\" in Richmond and\n her \"new occupation\" with Mrs. Paleski;\n describes Minna's wedding; says the weather was\n so bad that no one could go home, so the\n reception lasted all night; reports what she\n has done socially; describes in detail a dress\n she just made.","Expresses joy that Nina and their mother can\n live close to each other; reports on her social\n activities; discusses plans for Christmas;\n mentions how well the Confederate Cavalry is\n doing; discusses friends that are soldiers, and\n which of them she has knitted gloves for.","Describes a preacher, Mr. McGill, who is\n visiting; describes social events; discusses\n clothes she is making; questions Junius\n Powell's decision to go to Bermuda instead of\n joining the army; mentions Harry Harrison [Mrs.\n Huge's brother] who came home after a prisoner\n at Fort Delaware.","Discusses how her home was destroyed;\n details experiences with the Yankees; comments\n on incarceration of many Southerners in\n northern prisons and their suffering; family\n news.","Describes her trip to Charlottesville and\n the people she visited, including cousin Gert;\n mentions Sally's[?] death; says she must soon\n accept an offer for teaching from Mr. Frank\n Cabell; discusses depreciation of money;\n mentions a cousin Ann and a cousin Laura;\n reports that Tip Powell was taken prisoner.","Discusses the bad weather and muddy roads,\n says she has not heard from Custis Lee, for\n whom she made gloves; discusses clothes;\n discusses Christmas plans; tells Nina to\n \"change her dress\" whenever she desires, since\n she will always mourn inside; says she and\n Rebecca will change theirs in the spring;\n discusses the problems Winchester is having\n with the Yankees; mentions Minna's wedding.","Discusses a prospective teaching job for her\n and his plan for her.","Much family news; begs her to spend\n Christmas with them.","Expresses happiness that her mother and\n father will finally be able to live together\n again; comments on Nina Powell's loss of hair;\n refers to suffering Loudoun County, due to\n Yankees; family news; describes how a friend\n spends time trying to find hiding places for\n her possessions.","Describes a \"homespun\" dress that she has;\n family news; describes weather; tells her to go\n to a Christmas get-together where she can met\n many people, including Robert E. Lee, Custis\n Lee, and perhaps \"our beloved President\"\n [Jefferson Davis]; later mentions rumors that\n President Davis may be dead.","Mentions pastime crocheting a cap; comments\n on delay of mail; discusses ordering some\n supplies from her sister; refers to troop\n movement on \"the Danville road\"; family\n news.","Describes social activities; urges Nina to\n spend Christmas in Richmond with Cousin Emily;\n discusses cotton and where to buy it. \n Including fragment of ALS from \"cousin\"\n Laurence B. Taylor, to [?], n.p., n.d., stating\n that he hopes they will see much of each other\n in \n Albemarle\n [County] .","Discusses the difficulties of sending mail;\n inquires about their mother's health; news of\n friends and the war.","Thanks her for the gauntlets, testament, and\n book of psalms that she sent him.","Tells what she did during Christmas\n holidays; discusses her job as a teacher as\n well as who and what subjects she teaches;\n family and town news.","Comments on Robert E. Lee's thoughts that\n the South is in danger; discusses her knitting\n and whom she has made gloves for; states how\n she doesn't understand men; family news.","Discusses the possibility of Nina being\n engaged to Willie Dupuy; says she would like to\n know him better before she can consent; would\n like for her to make the final decision\n herself; says their engagement would last\n indefinitely because they are both poor and\n Willie was \"disabled\" from the war; asks her to\n consider these issues.","Responds to her requesting permission to be\n engaged to \n Mr. [William]\n Dupuy[?] ; gives feelings about entire\n situation; refers to evacuation of Richmond,\n [Virginia].","Family news; asks her to send her stamps and\n black glazed cotton and to look for\n strawsplitters; describes episode of being\n thrown from horse.","Discusses how busy she is making gloves;\n mentions Nina's engagement/involvement with a\n \"brave, Christian soldier\".","Discusses possibility of Nina moving to\n Norwood if Richmond is given up.","Much family news; discusses the bond between\n two who love each other.","Expresses happiness about Nina's now\n official engagement to Mr. [William] Dupuy;\n other family news.","Discusses Nina's engagement and her fiance's\n [William Dupuy] financial status and\n personality.","Gives advice on how to express feelings of\n love to her fiance, in her correspondence.","Gives her advice about her situation with\n Mr. D[upuy]; tells her to make up her own mind\n and to be sure of his character and their love;\n advises that if she is certain that she wants\n to be engaged to him, then not to hold back her\n feelings and to show her trust; gives more\n advice.","Much family news; expresses her approval of\n William Dupuy as Nina's fiance. \n Including Cy of L, 10 February 1865, from\n [William Dupuy], n.p. to \"Sir\" [Charles L.\n Powell, Sr.], n.p., discussing his and Nina's\n relationship and betrothal. 4 pages.","Gives advise on Nina's relationship with a\n young man [Willie Dupuy?]; says that if they\n ever get married they would always be poor;\n discusses what he will want in a wife;\n discusses Nina's fear that her ways are not\n elegant enough for him because he was brought\n up in higher society; reveals her philosophy on\n how to act in society, how to view oneself, and\n how to act towards men to keep them\n interested.","Comments on attempts to regain some of their\n family possessions; discusses the break-up of\n Nina Powell's engagement; mentions Hattie\n Powell's arrival in Goochland, [Virginia],\n family news.","Discusses Nina's problem with an employer,\n Mrs. Powell, and suggests other families she\n could work for; says she can spend $350.00 on\n material for summer clothing; discusses the\n plight of the South; reveals her feelings about\n Nina's engagement; describes a visit to Norwood\n where her parents are working for Mr. Cabell;\n reports that cousin Lizzie Powell, fourth\n daughter of Uncle Llew, is to be married; news\n of family and friends; mentions teaching.","Discusses materials for sewing dresses;\n expresses her anger at how Mrs. Powell (an\n employer) treated Nina; discusses her neighbors\n where she is teaching, saying none are suitable\n for Nina to live with and teach for; gives news\n of friends and family; says they have a soldier\n staying there; mentions teaching. \n Including newspaper clipping advertising\n for teachers.","Thanks her for presents she sent him;\n expresses hope of seeing her again soon.","Much family news; discusses Yankees.","Says Mr. Philip Cabell is stopping by\n \"Bremo\" on his way to Richmond, so she is\n taking this opportunity to send a letter;\n discusses opportunities for her to work with\n other families and how she should set this up;\n wishes she could come to see them but says it\n is impossible because the canal is \"broken up,\"\n the roads are bad, and the Yankees destroyed\n the carriage; hopes that she is comfortable at\n Gen[eral] Cocke's; hopes that he doesn't mind\n her being there since he is a wealthy man.\n Letter is continued on a small slip of paper -\n advises on the different uses of \"shall\" and\n \"will\" in writing letters.","Expresses relief that she is safe after\n traveling through dangerous area; says that\n their Mother and Father had some trouble when\n traveling, and that they lost some clothes;\n discusses an offer to teach in Keysville,\n Charlotte County; reports battle action in the\n area; asks what she thinks about her giving her\n silver cup to \"the government\"; mentions the\n death of their Aunt Ann's baby, Fannie.","Mentions sending carpet bags to her parents\n filled with necessary items she could spare;\n comments on Yankees being on southside of the\n James [River], [Virginia] and dreading a\n raid.","Send the key to her bonnet box; mentions a\n cousin Kate Noland and an Aunt Bettie Conrad;\n news of family and friends.","Discusses surrender of Confederates in\n detail; expresses religious beliefs about\n result of the \n [Civil] War ;\n describes battle in Richmond, [Virginia].","Comments on prohibition from traveling\n North; mentions recognition by France and the\n French position; gives religious opinions;\n describes some of the remnants left by\n Yankees.","Reports news of post-war events since Hattie\n receives no news in the country; expresses the\n sentiments and anxieties of those in an\n occupied city, discusses [Robert E. Lee and his\n sons]; reports rumors about Booth, Jefferson\n Davis, and the surrender of the army of \n [Joseph E.]\n Johns[t]on to \n [William T.]\n Sherman ; discusses the sacrifices of the\n last four years and where it has led.","Describes the people with whom she is\n staying; expresses joy that she feels\n comfortable in Richmond; says she hears rumors\n about whether Richmond will be given up or not;\n tells her to come to them if there is any\n danger; news about friends.","Describes a battle at Fort Jackson that she\n was able to witness from her cousin's house;\n says Hunter [?] is the medical doctor of\n Ewell's Corps; mentions lack of provisions;\n says she had to work very hard last winter.","Refers to \"free negroes\" and the fall of\n Richmond; tells stories of robbers in various\n neighborhoods; discusses difficulty to have\n faith in God where there is so much suffering;\n also refers to bands of negro robbers and\n describes their actions.","Much family news; expresses sorrow and grief\n about living through these times.","Much family news; comments on problems with\n servants; refers to death of Lincoln and\n memorial service for him.","Reports that Mr. Cabell bought a horse from\n a Mississippi soldier; reports that a Yankee\n soldier came to the house asking for brandy;\n says that she and Fan [?] are closing school\n for the summer; says she will soon come to\n Norwood to visit them.","Discusses health, says she has rheumatism;\n says they will stay in Richmond until July;\n tells their options of where to go; considers\n the cost of the Civil War; discusses the\n condition of President Davis, prisoner at Fort\n Monroe; says the Yankee officers are being\n kinder to Richmonders; says Pierrepont has just\n arrived in Richmond.","Reports she is staying with relatives but\n that it is so crowded, she will leave soon;\n says the house has been burned down, so they\n are living in log cabins; tells that she will\n soon go to Canada to visit her brother Horace;\n discusses where Nina could set up a school in\n that neighborhood.","Tells of her religious belief about the \n [Civil] War and\n how she prays daily; discusses subject of white\n vs. black labor; much family new; comments on\n cruel treatment of \"our\" President [Jefferson\n Davis]; refers to a Dr. Hoge who denies trying\n to begin a colony in Brazil.","Expresses difficulty in accepting downfall\n of Confederacy; family news; discusses Nina's\n engagement to Willie Dupuy.","Much family news.","Poem entitled \n The Bachelor's\n Consolation written by \"Goodman A.\n Bachelor.\"","Much family news; comments on Nina's\n engagement; discusses situation with Negroes;\n comments on elections and how soldiers were put\n into many of the civil offices; plans for\n jousting tournament.","Discusses the family's moving to a new house\n and how they all can be reunited once\n again.","Discusses where they may move; says the\n Yankees have possession of her home in\n Arlington; says the situation in Richmond is\n better since Pierrepont [Pierpont] arrived;\n gives news about family; mentions Robert E. Lee\n (1843-1914) and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee.","Discusses Nannie's [?] wedding; says their\n father will need her [Nina] home for the\n opening of school; tells how she has been\n spending her time; discusses the school;\n reports that Mary [?] is there; expresses fear\n for her Aunt Mary because of the threats of\n Negro uprisings in southern Virginia; asks if\n everything is going well between Nannie and\n Willie B[ooker].","Discusses the continuing uncertainties of\n where their family will live; says she will\n return to work at Mr. Cabell's because she\n cannot depend on family plans; describes her\n visit to Greenwood.","Discusses a horse riding [jousting]\n tournament and social event that followed; much\n family news.","Reports travel plans; lists social events;\n news of friends; says she will begin at Mr.\n Cabell's in two weeks.","Says that she just realized that it is her\n 56th birthday; discusses some issues on\n etiquette; says that she is glad that she is\n pleased with her new house; has heard that the\n Yankees are advancing on Charlottesville; says\n Gloucester is having problems with the Yankees,\n so she will not return there; expresses\n disappointment that Mr. Powell did not secure a\n certain job that would have allowed them all to\n live together; says that the Redds and the\n Bookers have been very kind to her and do not\n want her to leave; writes that the Dupuy's son\n [Willie?] has bullet wounds in both thighs and\n in the foot.","Much family news.","Describes a boat trip she took with Sallie\n [?] to Norwood; gives news of Mr. William\n Cabell; discusses literature; news of friends\n and family.","Says Hunter has a small (medical) practice;\n gives news about what her other brothers[?] are\n doing; says Willie is doing well despite the\n time he spent in prison; tells how he was\n marched by their home last winter by the\n Yankees and taken to prison; tells how their\n house was used as a hospital, her family was\n put under arrest, and they were forced to live\n with the Yankees for six months; expresses her\n hatred of the Yankees; discusses how the last\n four years have changed her; tells how Gert [?]\n was working in the hospitals and on the battle\n field, caught a disease and has been bedridden\n for the last thirteen months; says she was very\n weak last winter because of the hard work and\n anxiety; says she could no longer work in the\n hospitals because of how the sights of war\n affected her.","Much family news; comments on the meeting of\n Congress and its result on the restoration of\n southern property.","Writes about Presbyterian Conference she is\n attending; gives town and family news.","Gives history of a family, telling which\n troop each son is in; comments on the scarcity\n of paper, which is why she is writing on the\n back of a letter written to her by her mother. \n Including on back: \n S[elina\n Powell], Charlotte\n C[ourt] H[ouse], [Virginia], to\n \"daughter\" [Hattie Powell], n.p. Asks her about\n her fever and if it is interfering with her\n teaching; says Mr. Powell visited her for a\n week; says she will stay in Charlotte all\n winter; mentions death of Carry Hobson. 1 page.\n ALS.","Sends her a pair of slippers which she made\n the best she could with the materials\n available; says she wanted to do something for\n her during \"these war times\"; says her father\n is not home yet; gives list of things Rebecca\n needs.","Discusses the importance of having nice\n handwriting; describes Kate's [?] studies;\n grieves over how many have lost their homes and\n hopes that her daughter could have a couple\n years holiday (from teaching); says those who\n must have employment are happiest; writes of\n family and friends; discusses her Uncle G's [?]\n method of teaching. \n Incomplete (first part missing).\n Including attached insert saying that Mr. H.\n [?] declined her father's services.","Describes the scene when the Yankees came\n into the home of Dr. Robert Baldwin; says Dr.\n Baldwin was kicked out of town because he\n refused to pay a servant; describes how the\n town has changed since the Yankees have taken\n over; mentions a man named Milroy who seems to\n be their leader; gives news of family members\n many of whom has been sick; describes a puppy\n he has gotten; describes a battle in which many\n Yankees were taken as prisoners; says Milroy\n has escaped and has gone to Washington; says\n all of her furniture is not sold and that they\n cannot try to sell it while the Yankees are\n here; discusses Dr. Daniel Conrad's\n practice.","Asks what Jeanie [?] will do all summer;\n says she has heard that all the carriage horses\n in Gloucester have been carried off; says she\n will go to Powhatan to join her husband who is\n working for Mr. Michaux; says the Yankees are\n in Shepherdstown but that the Confederates have\n Winchester.","Speaks of the last four years, the\n excitement and the trials; discusses \"the\n college\" that Robert is involving with;\n discusses the difficulty of finding good help;\n describes their house, saying it is handsome to\n \"confederate eyes\"; expresses sadness that her\n home is still used by the Yankees; discusses\n Alexandria.","Comments on the postal problems and hopes\n she has been receiving her letters; gives news\n of the Bookers; writes of her anxiety over how\n she [Nina] is and discusses her travel plans to\n Prince Edward; discusses where the Yankees are\n stationed; writes of the family's plans for the\n summer.","Sends her cotton for stockings; comments on\n postal problems; discusses the safety of\n Richmond; discusses sewing and fashions; news\n of family and friends.","Discusses the dilemma of Southerns taking\n the \"oath\" with the Northerners so that they\n can protect their property.","Reports that Captain Watkins and Willie\n Dupuy have been wounded; says she does not know\n which battle they were in; news of friends;\n says she has heard from Mr. Powell recently;\n discusses dresses.","Says that she sent socks to Willie [?] who\n is in the army; mentions the death of \n James\n M[coughty?].","Describes how to make Mrs. Sharpe's [?] hat;\n describes Lute's hat; says she will get two or\n three hundred dollars in Northern money from an\n Uncle William.","Discusses teaching; describes trip to\n Charlottesville and adventurous train ride;\n mentions Sandy Pendleton's [?] wedding;\n discusses Trip's [?] health.","Sends Rebecca a picture of Robert E. Lee,\n taken during the war (picture is dated 20\n January 1866); writes of Lexington where they\n have just moved; gives news of family.","Describes her social activities; gives\n teaching position that Hattie is considering;\n reports that Yankees are being strict in their\n town.","Discusses poor mail service; describes\n Alexandria as dull town with spirit of\n despondency, town may be forced into the\n District of Columbia; describes visit of Henry\n Hallowell [?]; much family and town news.","Discusses crocheting, books they have read;\n much family news and gossip.","Discusses family news; speaks of financial\n situation of buying a house in Baltimore;\n discusses problems of retrieving household\n items (portraits, furniture, etc.) and where to\n put them.","Discusses details of retrieving family\n possessions from the Office of Confiscation;\n includes list of objects missing.","Describes her trip and her stay with Cousin\n Lee; tells of relatives and other people she\n has seen; will continue traveling.","Discusses daily life and schedule; family\n news.","Describes her trip to Dr. Wights' and tells\n of the people she met there; discusses dresses;\n asks about the family.","Description of the political happenings in\n Washington D.C.: the disputes between President\n Johnson and the \"Radicals\", Mr. Johnson's veto\n message, the South's need to have\n representation in Congress; tells his view of\n these happenings; discusses attempts to\n retrieve articles from the confiscation office;\n family news.","Tells of difficulty she has dealing with\n hard life of times, \"Yankee\" rule, and free\n Negroes; much news about friends in the\n neighborhood.","Describes dinner at New Market and the\n people she saw there; describes conditions of\n roads, outlawing carriage rides; much news of\n family and friends.","Tells of people she has seen or heard\n from.","Discusses family news and news of friends;\n talks of sewing projects.","Gives an account of her \"Easter excursion,\"\n reporting what she did and whom she met; says\n Mrs. Atkins has no servants, so she will have\n to clean her own room.","Describes events of neighborhood; tells news\n of friends; tells of religious happenings, Mr.\n Wharey's [?] reform in the church, and her\n religious sentiments; writes of her gloomy\n feelings about the South, her distrust of the\n Yankees, and her rebellious feels toward them;\n congratulates Nina on having her own\n \"home.\"","Tells of stay in Cumberland with her \"sister\n and brother\"; tells of problems in retrieving\n household items lost in war; \n Douglas'\n [Forrest?] [her husband?] law practice is\n improving.","Asks Nina to welcome her friend, Mr. Henry\n T[heodore] Wight, who brings the letter, and\n make his stay in Alexandria pleasant.","Tries to convince Nina to take a trip next\n summer; describes new bonnet styles; describes\n her friend \n [Henry]\n Theodore Wight who will be taking a trip\n to Alexandria; discusses clothes.","Gives her view on the family taking in\n boarders, saying children would be easier for\n their mother to handle; asks about the\n \"Council\"; reports on what she has done\n socially; discusses the dresses she has made;\n says that yesterday the people of Richmond\n decorated the Confederate soldiers' graves;\n says she wishes she had gone; says Mrs. Adkins\n did not go, but sent flowers to Richmond. \n Written on ALS from J. Walker, Dover [?],\n to \n Hattie\n [Powell], Rolling Views, n.d. Sends her\n flowers and asks her to come to visit him. 1\n page.","Describes her visit to Richmond, people she\n visited, and how many commented on how well she\n looked compared to last winter; describes\n clothes she is making.","Asks her to send ribbon for a dress she will\n wear to a day-long affair at Norwood; news of\n friends.","Discusses their plans to go to Prince Edward\n County; discusses what clothes she has and what\n she may need; news of family and friends.","Explains why she cannot attend the gathering\n at Mr. Redd's that night; says she must listen\n to her head and not her heart so that she may\n get well; says she is tired of feeling ill and\n weak.","Invites Nina and Hattie Powell to come stay\n with them; says she feels better and is very\n excited to see them.","Expresses her joy that she arrived home\n safely, and her regret that her mother [Selina\n Powell] has taken ill; describes a [jousting]\n tournament among young boys or \"knights,\" in\n which the girls were honored as Queens and\n Maids of Honor; news about family and\n friends.","Gives her condolences for her uncle's death\n and her mother's illness; tells her of Nancy's\n [Lettie's sister] engagement and tells Nina not\n to leave her to marry a man; much news of\n family and friends.","Thanks Nina for her letter congratulating\n her and Willie Booker on their engagement; news\n about her fiance; tells her adventures of\n keeping the house while her mother was gone;\n news of family and friends.","Writes that her father is looking for board\n for her [Selina] and until then she will stay\n in Charlotte; recommends that Nina not write to\n men unless she is engaged to him or unless he\n is an old family friend; news of family and\n friends.","Discusses how far they are apart but thinks\n it is best that she (her mother) stay at Uncle\n Fred's; says she will stay at school for\n Christmas; writes of family and friends; tells\n that her health is very good and that she\n weights 106 pounds; discusses her school duties\n and her sewing.","Describes the parties she has had at her\n home recently; speaks of the engagement between\n Willie Booker and Nancy [her sister], and Lou\n Edmunds and Captain Hill; news of family and\n friends.","Tells how she and her friends have been\n together for three weeks now, staying at\n different homes; wishes Nina could be there;\n news of courting, engagements and weddings;\n tells Nina that she will not become an old\n maid; much news about family and friends;\n discusses Reading Societies and books read.","Tells of courtings, engagements and\n weddings; tells of Christmas plans; discusses\n the struggle in the Christian life to be\n pure.","Describes Christmas holidays; discusses the\n Christian struggle for purity; says she is\n having more headaches; discusses poor financial\n situation with no patrons paying for her\n teachings.","Describes the changes taking place: their\n Uncle Joe has died and she, Lavalette and her\n mother have moved to Falkland to take care of\n his children; she and Lavalette will teach the\n children; Lavalette is feeling worse; her\n brother and sister May will take care of\n Linden; news of engagements, weddings, family\n and friends.","Describes her new home and her new schedule;\n news about family and friends.","Tells about her fiance's [Willie Booker]\n work in [Medical School]; describes reactions\n to the Territorial Bill and to \n Gen[eral]\n Scofield[s] ; wonders if Lavalette will\n keep her promise to become an old maid; says\n the weather is so bad that they will not be\n able to go to Church for a month because of the\n roads; says she is trying to guess when\n weddings will be by who is making their wedding\n clothes.","Describes her teaching job with her sister\n Nancy; describes her students; tells how\n spirits have been low since the passage of the\n Territorial Bill, says their district is\n commanded by Gen[eral] Schofield; describes the\n \"demoralizing\" incident of one of the county\n men running off with a Negro girl and marrying\n her; news of family and friends.","Sends this letter through a friend and asks\n Rebecca to mail a package to Washington, D.C.\n for her; may have some frames sent to her,\n which could then be sent to them by steamboat\n to Richmond and canal boat to Lexington; says\n Mildred is in Richmond; Rob and Fitzhugh may go\n to Jennie's[?] wedding.","Describes the commencement exercises that\n she and Lavalette attended at Hampden Sydney;\n describes the fashions she saw there; says the\n scrub worm is seriously damaging the tobacco\n crop; describes their summer bonnets bought in\n Richmond.","Says that Nancy [her sister] has been ill;\n says that she, Nancy and their mother will take\n a trip North for their health; says she dreads\n to be among the Yankees; tells that Lou Booker\n has typhoid fever and so her wedding must be\n postponed; discusses the advantages and\n disadvantages of being an old maid and whether\n they will be one.","Gives news of gentlemen who are courting\n her; says that John Smith has been visiting her\n every other night; tells Nina that it is\n becoming serious and that she better come home\n soon or she will be gone; gives advice on the\n gentlemen that Nina is seeing.","Describes their stay in Danville; tells that\n her engagement with Willie Booker has been\n terminated; discusses their plans of where to\n live next year; news of family and friends;\n discusses fair.","Thanks Hattie for her announcement of her\n \"change of condition\" [marriage or\n engagement?]; gives her best wishes for her\n health and happiness.","Discusses which furniture and portraits she\n would like to be sent to her.","Discusses details of sending furniture from\n Alexandria to Lexington and of having portraits\n framed and sent. \n Includes notes to Selina and Nina.\n Including Xcy.","Discusses her transactions to acquire more\n furnishings for their home; news about family\n and friends.","Asks about her interactions with Mr. D[?];\n says Nina's happiness is the only bright spot\n in their lives; says she hasn't been to church\n much; says she has seen a lot of Willie S.[?];\n regrets that she can't say everything she would\n like to, because the letter must go through so\n many hands; writes of the broken Southern\n spirit; asks if there are any \"situations\" near\n them that she could take; says that she cannot\n write much because it works her \"into such a\n state\".","Tells of their new life at Linden, helping to\n take care of \"Sis\" May's children; comments on\n Nina's sister Hattie's marriage; discusses\n religion; describes a trip to Richmond; news about\n family and friends.","Recommends that she or Rebecca go with her to\n visit friends in Prince Edward County; tells her\n that since \n Mrs.\n B[ooker's] house was used as headquarters\n for them during the war, they must make a pleasure\n visit to her since the war is over.","Thanks Nina for sending her the objects\n repossessed from the war; comments on their\n sentimental value; gives news about Baltimore's\n social events and her husband Douglas' work.","Tells what family has done since she left for\n her trip; says everyone is feeling remarkably well\n on account of the warm weather; tells her to enjoy\n her visit with Lizza and Aggie [?].","Tells what each person in household is doing\n that evening: Mamma, Papa, Lute[?], Lewis[?],\n Fan[?]; says she visited Hattie who is feeling\n well \"under the circumstances\"; news about\n neighborhood.","Describes the health of each family member;\n says Mr. Powell had dyspepsia for which she gives\n him a raw onion; says Hattie is the same and\n cannot leave her room; gives news of friends;\n discusses a fire at Lee's [?] house; hopes she is\n enjoying her visit with Lizzie and Aggie.","Gives news about family and neighborhood; says\n that Cousin Lee's house burned; writes that Bob \n [Robert]\n Powell is now a doctor; news about her\n school.","Discusses news of neighborhood and people who\n have come to visit her; tells Nina to enjoy her\n stay with Lizzie and Agnes [?]; says she is still\n flat on her back but hopes to be better in a few\n weeks.","Regrets that he could not make the picnic that\n Nina planned; says that he had to pick up Josie\n [?] that day, who traveled flat on her back; says\n that he saw \"Cousin Rebecca\" in town.","Tells how she had been preserving many foods\n last summer because of the possible food shortage\n during the coming winter; describes her stay with\n \"Sis\" May in Farmville; describes the situation of\n the churches and Sunday school in her area; news\n about family and friends; one of Nina's students,\n Emma Henry, is getting married.","Apologizes to Nina for not calling on her\n while she was in Baltimore; expresses her job\n in their friendship.","Writes of their sorrow at the death of Hugh\n [Holmes McGuire] (brother of cousin); whose\n wife just had a child; asks Rebecca to come\n visit, since the war is over; gives news about\n who owns the Powell's old home; tells what each\n of her relatives is doing; gives news about\n friends; discusses the death of her aunt who\n never recovered after the Yankees burnt her\n house down; mentions how many soldiers cannot\n find employment. [Hugh Holmes McGuire MW battle\n of High Bridge.]","Discusses Magie's wedding [her niece]; says\n she has been alone in the evenings since Nina\n left her; describes her friends who have called\n during the day.","Apologizes for not writing; describes her\n schedule to taking care of a family of ten\n people; gives news about her gentlemen\n friends.","Extends sympathies to Nina and her family in\n the death of her sister, Hattie Powell Smoot,\n who died in childbirth; offers comfort through\n religion.","Offers her sympathy for the death of her\n daughter Hattie; discusses Hattie's character;\n mentions how Hattie has been looking forward to\n the time of childbirth.","Gives her sympathy for the death of Selina's\n daughter Hattie; speaks of her husband Robert,\n saying she thinks he may never be entirely well\n again; gives news of family.","Tells of her mourning for her cousin\n Hattie's death; offers her sympathies; gives\n news of family.","Offer her sympathies for Hattie's death;\n describes her stay in her Uncle Phil's home in\n the mountains; says she will return home to\n Alexandria in the Fall.","Describes the mountain inn and how they\n spend their time; says the mountain air is\n helping their mother's health.","Expresses her joy that Nina is engaged;\n discusses Nina's mother's health; says she is\n confined to bed and in much pain; says the\n treatment causes much suffering and that she is\n anxious to leave for home.","Says she is glad Nina gets a chance to enjoy\n herself, and visit with her cousin Lizzie,\n without worrying about daily duties; says her\n Aunt Lute is taking good care of her.","Gives a report on everyone's health; says\n she is feeling better; gives news of friends\n and family; hopes that she is enjoying her stay\n with \"cousin\" Lizzie.","Discusses grief and religion; teases Nina\n about her engagement [to Sewell Hepburn]; tells\n her to enjoy her stay and to get well soon;\n news about Alexandria.","News of friends and family; describes the\n trouble of giving a party for a couple to be\n married, and wonders why people have marriages\n in such poor times.","Pleads with her to visit them for\n Christmas.","Reports that they have been trying both the\n \"Alleghany Springs\" and the \"Yellow Sulfur\"\n springs; says the water has helped her health;\n describes the social life at the springs.","Inquires about her friends in Alexandria;\n asks if Mrs. Cassius Lee has information on\n household goods stolen from her.","Tells of her and Nancy's stay in Danville;\n discusses Nina's wedding; says her brother\n Abner will be in the Legislature until it\n adjourns; news about family and friends. \n Envelope included with list of bridal\n attendants on the back.","Discusses her daily schedule; describes a\n sewing machine that she bought; discusses\n Nina's wedding; news about family and\n friends.","Expresses her job in hearing Nina is\n engaged; reports that she has heard Mr. Hepburn\n described as \"intellectual\" and \"pious\"; says\n Capt[ain]. Grady sends his love; sends her a\n gift.","Regrets that she cannot come to Nina's\n wedding; hopes that Nina will be happy living\n in the parsonage; news about family and\n friends.","Apologizes that she cannot be there for the\n wedding; sends her money to buy a wedding\n present; tells that she had to refuse a\n gentleman who revealed his feelings for her;\n wishes her happiness in her new life.","Note accompanying a wedding present, wishing\n Nina happiness.","Gives a report on her health, saying she is\n much stronger; tells what remedies she is\n taking; says they have given most of her\n wedding cake away; says that everyone thinks\n her wedding was beautiful; gives her philosophy\n on marriage and its importance; tells her how\n lucky she is to have found such a \"good man.\" \n Including ALS from \n R[ebecca] C.\n P[owell] to Nina giving a report on their\n mother's health.","Describes how she spent her Easter vacation;\n describes the events that took place after\n Nina's wedding; describes a visit to\n Georgetown.","Reports she is feeling better but that\n Rebecca has neuralgia from a bad tooth; tells\n Nina that she should call her husband \"Mr.\n Hepburn\"; says it is Nellie's wedding day;\n advises her to obey her husband now that she is\n no longer there to control her.","Gives news about home and tells Nina that\n they miss her greatly; says the relationship\n between herself and John [?] is growing\n stronger; hopes that she is enjoying her stay\n in the country with her husband.","Discusses their mother's health, noting\n improvements; expresses eagerness to visit her\n in her own home; asks about Sewell.","Discusses her arrangements to come see them;\n says she is feeling better but she is still\n weak; tells her to ask for what she needs just\n like when she lived at home; gives news of\n family and friends.","Writes to tee her that her health has\n improved since she left home; gives a report on\n her health and what she has done there [at a\n resort?]; says her father will be home\n soon.","Includes description of S. Powell.","Thanks him for the letter of sympathy\n concerning his wife, Selina Powell; gives a\n detailed description of her death and a tribute\n to her life.","Offers her sympathy in the loss of her\n mother; says that her mother [Selina Powell]\n was one of her earliest friends.","Entreats them to warn his wife Lizzie\n against a woman named Mrs. Hubard who he is\n convinced is seeking their ruin.","Tells of friends' illnesses and other\n afflictions; discusses preachers; says she will\n wait to buy cotton until the price goes down. \n Including incomplete AL (written on top\n of) of 8 January 1864 from [?] Danville,\n Virginia, to \"sister.\" Says she would like to\n visit her and also to see her whole family but\n that she cannot leave because of her duties;\n says she can only leave on \"official\n business.\"","Describes their summer in the North; describes\n the Grand Jubilee held in Boston; describes\n Newport, [Maine] and the historical sites there;\n discusses Nina's life in the parsonage; gives news\n about family and friends back home.","Says she is very happy to return from the\n North, though she was treated kindly there and it\n did improve her health; says many people at home\n are ill with an influenza that follows the Horse\n Disease; much news about family and friends.","Asks Nina how her little boy is; reveals that\n she thought she would be getting married this\n fall, but that the gentleman, Dr. Cole, has been\n suffering from an illness; news about family and\n friends.","Expresses hope that she will visit them in\n Maryland soon, and bring her child; comments on\n Nina's settling in Waterford, Loudon County; news\n of family and friends.","Describes the baby Sewell's features; tells how\n the family is adjusting to new baby.","Discusses tuition for Mildred.","Reports news of her school; discusses the bonds\n that their father sold, and his financial\n situation.","Reports that they are taking of \n Uncle\n Lev[en], including paying for his board with\n Sallie Withers, and giving him clothes; expresses\n disappointment that other relatives are not\n helping him; says Uncle Lev had a drinking problem\n at one time and his wife will not see him.","Describes the town of Blacksburg, and the\n College [Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State\n University]; describes her new baby; says that\n when the College is on vacation, her husband must\n travel far to find a congregation; news about\n relatives.","Tells Nina their plans to visit her; says they\n will travel through Baltimore and then by boat\n across the Chesapeake Bay.","Sends a check for Mildred's tuition.","Hopes that Mr. Hepburn has recovered from his\n fall and hopes he will stick to taming men's\n spirits rather than taming men's horses; much news\n about family and friends.","Gives news about family and friends; says that\n they will visit her in a few weeks.","Sends Nina a fur cape and muff; congratulates\n Nina on her pregnancy and hopes she feels well;\n sends a present for the coming baby; asks Nina for\n her preferred style of dress so that she can make\n her some.","Tells of the death of her father-in-law and the\n effects it has had on the family.","Tells of birth of another boy and that Nina is\n doing fine; says they have not named it because he\n wanted a girl; tells story of how his errand boy\n spilled into the well some fish he was cleaning\n and how he [Sewell] had to go down and fish them\n out.","Gives advice on how to take care of oneself\n after childbirth; thinks that she should have more\n than one servant; says that she is having some\n dresses made for her; news about family and\n friends.","Gives news of friends in Alexandria; mentions\n Centennial celebrations; says her school is doing\n well, with 21 scholars; mentions that Robert\n Powell has a new daughter.","Tells of his stay at Selma in Leesburg where he\n visited relatives; tells of weddings in\n Leesburg.","Says she is glad the children are recovering\n from their illness; says Nina must take tonic and\n Lager Beer herself to say well; recommends ways to\n rid the house of the illness; describes a visit to\n Baltimore to see an art exhibit.","Wishes he had a mountain house where his\n grandchildren could go, especially to recuperate;\n discusses controversy between two Churches, St.\n Stephens and Grace Church, in the neighborhood\n where he is; says they both want Mr. Jackson from\n Charleston, South Carolina, to be their\n minister.","Gives a long description of her boarders and\n her school; gives news about neighborhood, friends\n and family.","Teases him about his \"Destitute condition,\"\n having to take care of himself while Nina is in\n Baltimore; scolds him for not taking good care of\n himself and says she does not want Nina to become\n a widow; tells of a surprise visit by Mrs. Beck of\n his parish to visit one of her students, Hallie;\n discusses past election and Hancock's defeat.","Is happy that she is enjoying her travels in\n the North so much; thanks her for her detailed\n descriptions which allow him to see the places\n through his \"mental vision\"; discusses his routes\n home; says he will be home soon with two boys\n [grandsons].","Discusses her travels in the North; tells of\n his grandsons' (Charles and Sewell) visit to\n Alexandria; discusses news at home.","Discusses the town of Bethlehem; says her Uncle\n William is visiting him; discusses his health;\n tells news of neighborhood.","Says that her \"Scotts Nephew\" has arrived and\n has settled in a room; says he may go to \n Orange\n [County, Virginia?] soon.","Describes a visit by her cousins Kate Powell\n and Carrie; gives a long and detailed description\n of Carrie, her immediate family and her\n experiences.","Discusses Ellen's tuition; says they are\n pleased with her education; says that their move\n to Richmond means that they will have to find\n another teacher.","Describes his journey to Nina's; describes an\n account between Bishop Randolph and Meta Stuart on\n the train concerning Amelie Rives; gives a\n description of each of his grandchildren.","Hopes that she and Mrs. Wailes are steadily\n improving their health while at the springs; tells\n her of the death of Mrs. Braxton and the prospects\n of Ingleside; gives news of grandchildren and\n neighborhood.","Expresses joy that her health is improving;\n tells of the death of General Wickham and how it\n affected the area; gives news of family and\n neighborhood.","Describes the school; says he may join the\n Blackford Society; tells about a grammar exam.","Describes the taking of an arithmetic exam\n which exempted him from taking any more; says he\n got some demerits; tells about football and how he\n is playing well.","Tells about his schedule and about his exams;\n says he had tea with Mr. Hooffs; discusses\n demerits.","Says he cannot teach this week because his nose\n is going to be operated on; says his mother and\n Sewell will occupy the children until then; says\n Sewell will go back to school soon; discusses the\n structure of his classes and asks her advice.","Discusses the nature of geometry and gives\n advice on how to learn it.","Says he has been ill; discusses activities at\n school and grades.","Thanks her for the invitation to come visit\n while they are in Yorktown; says his two boys will\n come by sailing a canoe to Yorktown.","Says they are all home for a week holiday;\n describes how they all got home; says Richard Cook\n came home with Selina; describes a real old timey\n Virginia country dance; says Selina likes\n Alexandria and the new home; describes what each\n person in the family has been doing; gives a\n description of the College of William and Mary;\n says he has overloaded himself with schoolwork\n this year; tells how the Alumni are reorganizing\n the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity; gives a description\n of the fraternity; mentions the burning of St.\n Paul's Church in Hanover; thanks her for the\n presents she sent.","Discusses examination schedule and work load;\n questions validity of mid-term examinations;\n praises the College for its level of academia;\n praises Dr. Hall, a professor of English; says\n that main event at the College now is the contest\n between societies for the society medals; says he\n is in the Phoenix society and may debate for it;\n says he took a trip to New Kent to see his \"girl\"\n and to visit friends; discusses the Daughter of\n the Revolution and the Organization of the\n descendants of the Cincinatti; says he saw Cousin\n Laura and her husband Mr. Roberts, a preacher, who\n are in Williamsburg.","Discusses the new house which he is anxious to\n get home to see; says he and Charles will not\n finish exams until the end of June; discusses the\n social events of the \"final week\"; discusses his\n exams; discusses Selina' academic progress; says\n one must experience College life to understand the\n strength of its temptations.","Says he has spent much time with Nanna Powell\n McCormick, a cousin; describes her and what they\n have done together; says he is in love with her;\n discusses love and cupid; describes a card club he\n belongs to, and a German club.","Hopes that she doesn't feel isolated from his\n immediate family; says that their \"great mutual\n loss\" has brought them all closer together; asks\n about her plans for the future; says he went to\n York to see Charles; discusses his housing at\n College; talks of recent fires in Richmond and\n Baltimore; speaks of his cousins and some girls\n that he has met.","Discusses their family's genealogy; mentions\n Nicholas Lloyd, John Lloyd, and Sarah Lloyd.","Discusses the Presbyterian drive in Alexandria\n to save the old church; discusses church events;\n expresses joy to hear of Nina's marriage; mentions\n the fact that her [Selina's] father is over eighty\n years old.","Describes a house nearby; writes about her\n relatives that are staying there; asks her to come\n visit. \n Including ALS from \n S[elina]\n Powell, n.p. to \n Nina [Powell] .\n Asks Nina to write Lizzie about the house, if it\n can be rented, and who they should talk to.","Wishes her a Merry Christmas; tells what family\n members are making for presents; asks about her\n trip to Alexandria and the people she has seen;\n discusses the propriety of accepting a book for a\n gentleman; tells her to be happy and not to think\n too much.","Discusses offers she has had for teaching,\n saying she will take the offer closest to where\n Mr. Powell teaches; advises her to get her teeth\n fixed; discusses styles; gives advice on how to\n motivate one of her students; says he will not go\n to Gloucester because of the recent \"outrages\"\n there; says she has a \"horror of drunken\n negroes.\"","Advises her to come home after her visit with\n Lizzie Watkins; gives a report on the health of\n family and friends; says almost \"all black and\n white\" went to the \"procession\" in Washington the\n day before; says her cousin Jinny Taylor's family\n is ill; sends her money.","Discusses her poor health, saying she has been\n diagnosed as having a diseased heart; says she is\n staying with her sister Aggie who just got\n married; news of family.","Discusses Nina's visit with her friends and her\n trip to the \"Bear's Den\"; writes of the many\n parties there have been since Nina left; says she\n has not seen Nina' sisters since they got back\n from Capon; discusses their friendship.","Says her father still has not come home;\n describes a trip Nina and Rebecca made and the\n people they visited; writes of young men and\n friends who have come to visit Nina; news of\n friends and family.","Discusses dresses; writes of a \"Mr. C.,\"\n assuring her mother that they are not romantically\n involved; says Mr. And Mrs. Stringfellow left them\n to the care of the housekeeper; gives news about\n friends.","Says that Uncle J. Powell does not think\n Lexington is a good place to open a school and\n Lynchburg would be better; discusses prices for\n boarding; says that her Father may have to look\n for a tutoring job for a family and then she will\n have to find work as close to him as possible;\n discusses sewing she has done; gives news about\n family and friends.","Discusses the remedies \"Mother\" has tried for\n her sore throat; describes Mrs. Wildman's receipt\n for asparagus; says \"Ma\" is experimenting on her\n throat and then will tell Minna how to treat\n hers.","Describes her daily schedule, including\n teaching for \"the girls\"; says the \"Captain\" and\n the girls included her in a visit to Mrs. Cooke's;\n describes the people she met there and the\n house.","Says he spent Christmas at Uncle Frank's and\n Aunt Jane's; reports on what he has been\n doing.","Discusses whether Emily [?] will move to\n Fairlee [as a servant?]; asks if she will take\n someone from the \"Home for Fallen Women,\" if Emily\n declines.","Says she went shopping for her and is sending\n her some articles; discusses fashions; says her\n Aunt Ann is still unwell.","Tells her to take of herself while she is sick;\n discusses whether she should come home; tells of\n people there that are sick.","Discusses Mary's furniture and which of it she\n can use; discusses Frank [?]'s health; says Mrs.\n Hammond has died after being very ill; discusses\n health of friends and family; gives news of what\n her family is doing.","Tells of safe arrival of Maud's baby daughter\n and her appearance; sends greetings to Becca,\n Nina, and herself.","Gives advice on letter writing and\n spelling.","Advises her not to work too hard; discusses\n board prices in Albemarle, where Mr. Powell is\n teaching; discusses hair styles; encloses a sample\n of material of Rebecca's berage [?]; writes of the\n crowded conditions in Mrs. Sharpe's [?] home;\n mentions reading.","Sends this note with a letter she is\n forwarding; hopes she is enjoying her visit; says\n she is feeling better.","Discusses dresses and asks what else she will\n need for the summer; sends her a poem.","Consoles her in her time of \"troubles\"; says\n she has heard from their mother that she \"bear[s]\n them bravely\"; urges her to take an interest in\n life and to try to be happy again.","Describes a dress that Minnie is making;\n discusses other dresses.","News of family and friends.","Describes a walk he took from North Hampton to\n East Hampton; discusses Thanksgiving vacation.","Asks her to send socks.","Tells about her dolls; mentions some Powell\n relatives.","Thanks her for the donation for the restoration\n of a church on Fairfax St., near Selina's Aunt\n Rebecca's home; mentions a celebration for the\n laying of the corner stone of the District;\n describes a light hose that the government gave\n the Mount Vernon Chapter D.A.R.; mentions more\n historic work.","Discusses religious matters; lists social\n events.","Describes duties and responsibilities of\n husband and wife; describes the state of marriage;\n pronounces the couple as husband and wife; states\n Benediction.","Signed as written by Laura [?]; added note in\n different handwriting states \"written by Minna\n when eight y[ea]rs of age.\"","Tells of his appointment as Commander of the\n Continental Army, and his reluctance to accept the\n position due to hopes of a more peaceful solution and\n reluctance in leaving his family; gives information\n as to other Congressional decisions, such as the\n striking of 2 million dollars in Continental currency\n to pay troops.","In answer to a previous letter, he feels that the\n only principle that will affect them [the British?]\n is fear, and that treating them cavalierly will make\n them despair of their undertaking. [Statement on\n verso: Copy is in handwriting of Rebecca C. Powell of\n Alexandria].","Wishes to spend remainder of his life in \"rural\n amusements\"; prediction of what a great city\n Washington, D.C. will become, \"though not as large as\n London,\" and description of how Alexandria,\n [Virginia] has grown; feels that if the United States\n can steer clear of European politics, it could become\n \"one of the greatest and happiest nations in the\n world.\"","Discusses how he saved the papers of the\n Revolutionary Government by taking them to Leesburg,\n [Virginia] before the British burned the District of\n Columbia [in the War of 1812]. These papers included\n the Declaration of Independence, the journals of\n Congress, letter of \n Gen[eral]\n [George] Washington, letters of Gen[eral]\n Greene and papers of the State Department.","Mainly letters written from Illinois to Charles L.\n Powell dealing with land transactions. Also includes\n land certificates and letters to Lloyd Powell.","Concerning the transfer of 100 acres of land in\n St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, [Virginia].","Signed on front by R. E. Lee and on verso by \n M[ary] C[ustis]\n Lee, Lexington, [Virginia].","Signed on front and back by \n M[ary] C[ustis]\n Lee .","Includes detailed descriptions of battles and\n movements of armies.","Book includes a biographical sketch of Col. Leven\n Powell by Maj[o]r Burr Powell [son]: a description of\n the battle at Manassas Junction on July 21, 1861 in a\n letter from Dr. Hunter McGuire, Surgeon of Jackson's\n Brigade, to his Mother (C'y); Civil War Journal (May\n 1 - May 27); list of names: [dead?] under Civil War\n battles; Civil War Journal December 18, 1862-March\n 28, 1863; Leven Powell, Hampton to Sally [Sarah\n Powell], January 27, 1776 (Cy).","Also includes recipes and how to dye cloth.","Includes visiting, baptismal and confirmation\n lists, and marriages performed, accounts and\n prayers."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTabb-Powell Family Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n \u003cunittitle\u003eTabb-Powell Papers, \n \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1797-1894.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e1,847 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection Number: Mss. 65 T14\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003cabstract\u003eGeographic interest includes; Alexandria,\n Leesburg, Winchester, and central Virginia; and Henry\n [Marshall County] Illinois.\u003c/abstract\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Material"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Tabb-Powell Family Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n Tabb-Powell Papers, \n 1797-1894. 1,847 items. Collection Number: Mss. 65 T14 Geographic interest includes; Alexandria,\n Leesburg, Winchester, and central Virginia; and Henry\n [Marshall County] Illinois."],"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\"\u003eLetters and papers of the Powell\n family which originated in Loudoun County, Virginia, but\n subsequently lived in Henry [Marshall County], Illinois;\n Winchester, Virginia; and Alexandria, Virginia. This family of\n school teachers was dislocated and separated during the Civil\n War and lived in various locations in the state until\n re-uniting in Alexandria.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Letters and papers of the Powell\n family which originated in Loudoun County, Virginia, but\n subsequently lived in Henry [Marshall County], Illinois;\n Winchester, Virginia; and Alexandria, Virginia. This family of\n school teachers was dislocated and separated during the Civil\n War and lived in various locations in the state until\n re-uniting in Alexandria."],"names_ssim":["Powell Family,","Dupuy family.","Johns Hopkins,","Agnes Lee,","Fitzhugh Lee,","George Washington Custis Lee,","Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee,","Hunter Holmes McGuire,","James Monroe.","Graydon, Katharine\n Virginia.","Hopkins, Frank Snowden.","Wahrsager, Kay Fierman.","Conrad, Robert Young,\n 1805-1875.","Hopkins, Johns,\n 1795-1873.","Lee, Agnes,\n 1841-1873.","Lee, Fitzhugh,\n 1835-1905.","Lee, George Washington\n Custis, 1832-1913.","Lee, Mary Anna Randolph\n Custis, 1806- 1873.","Lee, Robert E. (Robert\n Edward), 1807-1870.","McGuire, Hunter Holmes,\n 1835-1900.","Monroe, James,\n 1758-1831."],"famname_ssim":["Powell Family,","Dupuy family."],"persname_ssim":["Johns Hopkins,","Agnes Lee,","Fitzhugh Lee,","George Washington Custis Lee,","Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee,","Hunter Holmes McGuire,","James Monroe.","Graydon, Katharine\n Virginia.","Hopkins, Frank Snowden.","Wahrsager, Kay Fierman.","Conrad, Robert Young,\n 1805-1875.","Hopkins, Johns,\n 1795-1873.","Lee, Agnes,\n 1841-1873.","Lee, Fitzhugh,\n 1835-1905.","Lee, George Washington\n Custis, 1832-1913.","Lee, Mary Anna Randolph\n Custis, 1806- 1873.","Lee, Robert E. (Robert\n Edward), 1807-1870.","McGuire, Hunter Holmes,\n 1835-1900.","Monroe, James,\n 1758-1831."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":742,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T15:04:40.226Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_viw00085","ead_ssi":"viw_viw00085","_root_":"viw_viw00085","_nest_parent_":"viw_viw00085","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/wm/viw00085.xml","title_ssm":["Powell Famiy Papers, \n \n 1775-1927."],"title_tesim":["Powell Famiy Papers, \n \n 1775-1927."],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 65 P875"],"text":["Mss. 65 P875","Powell Famiy Papers, \n \n 1775-1927.","Women--United\n States--History- -19th century.","Freedmen--Virginia.","African\n Americans--Virginia--History--19th century.","\n Reconstruction--Virginia.","Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid,\n 1864.","United States- -History--\n Civil War, 1861-1865.","682 items and 2 manuscript\n volumes.","Collection is open to all researchers.","Organization This collection is organized into 5 series. Series 1\n contains papers of the Powell Family; Series 2 contains\n copies of historical letters; Series 3 contains legal\n papers; Series 4 contains cartes de visites; and Series 5\n contains diaries, record books, and other miscellaneous\n volumes.","This collection is organized into 5 series. Series 1\n contains papers of the Powell Family; Series 2 contains\n copies of historical letters; Series 3 contains legal\n papers; Series 4 contains cartes de visites; and Series 5\n contains diaries, record books, and other miscellaneous\n volumes.","Arrangement This collection is primarily arranged chronologically by\n date.","This collection is primarily arranged chronologically by\n date.","Graydon, Katharine\n Virginia. Those Who Are Compelled To Be\n Employed: Women, Work, and Education In The Powell Family\n of Virginia. 1992. Master's Thesis, Swem Library, College of William\n and Mary. \n Call Number: LD6051 .W5m Hist., 1992, G73 \n ","Hopkins, Frank Snowden. The Powell and Lloyd Families\n of Virginia. 1988. Manuscript and Rare Books Department, Swem\n Library, College of William and Mary. \n Collection Number: 1889.55 \n ","Wahrsager, Kay Fierman. Network: A Sturdy of the Civil\n War South Through An Analysis of Letters Written By The\n Powell Family of Winchester, Virginia, 1861-1865. 1990. Honors Thesis, Swem Library, College of William\n and Mary. \n Call Number: LD6051 .W5m Hist., 1990, W3 \n ","The central figures in this collection are Cuthbert Powell\n (1775-1849), his son, Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896),\n Charles Leven Powell's wife, Selina (Lloyd) Powell (d. 1871),\n and their children.","Cuthbert Powell Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849) was born in Middleburg,\n Loudoun County, Virginia to parents Leven Powell (1737-1810)\n and Sarah (Harrison) Powell. He was one of eleven children.\n Cuthbert made his fortune alongside his brother, Leven Powell,\n Jr. (1772-1807), as a merchant and ship owner. He retired to\n \"Llangollen,\" Loudoun County, Virginia in 1812 after a decline\n in business. Later he was elected to serve in both houses of\n the Virginia General Assembly; the Virginia State Senate in\n 1829 and the Virginia House of Delegates in 1840. In 1788,\n Cuthbert married Catherine Simms, daughter of Col. Charles\n Simms. The couple had ten children including; Anne Maria\n Powell (1800-1885), who married 1st cousin Dr. William Levin\n Powell; Dr. Llewellen Powell (1802-1870), who married cousin\n Sarah Elizabeth Harrison; Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896),\n who married Selina Lloyd; Mary Emily Powell (b.1807), who\n married cousin Cuthbert Powell and later Rev. George Adie;\n Ellen Douglas Powell (1813- 1862) who married Judge William H.\n Gray; Cuthbert Harrison Powell (1814-1897); and Jane Simms\n (Fanny) Powell, who married Wellington Gordon.","Charles Leven Powell and Family Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896) married Selina Lloyd\n (d. 1871) in 1830. The couple had six children, including;\n Rebecca Powell (1831-1921), Harriet Lee \"Hattie\" (Powell)\n Smoot (1833-1870), Lloyd Powell (1834-1861), Charles Leven\n Powell, Jr. (1835-1862), Minna Powell (1837-1854), and Selina\n \"Nina\" (Powell) Hepburn (1842-1918). Harriet Lee \"Hattie\"\n (Powell) Smoot (1833-1870) married Rector Smoot. In 1871,\n Selina \"Nina\" (Powell) Hepburn (1842-1918) married Sewell\n Stavely Hepbron. At some point, the last name Hepbron was\n changed to Hepburn.","Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896) graduated from Yale\n College in 1825. After unsuccessful attempts at starting a law\n practice in Alexandria, Virginia, he was able to support his\n family as a teacher. Still hoping to advance his law career,\n the family moved to Henry, Illinois in 1850. After the death\n of their daughter, Minna Powell (1837-1854), the family\n returned to Virginia leaving the two sons behind. The parents\n opened a girls boarding school in Winschester, Virginia, but\n at the start of the Civil War in 1861 were forced to shut\n down. Lloyd Powell (1834-1861) returned to Virginia to enlist\n in the war and was killed at the 1st Battle of Bull Run, 21\n July 1861. Following his death, Charles Leven Powell, Jr.\n (1835-1862) returned to Virginia to enlist and was killed in a\n skirmish in August 1862. The rest of the family scattered\n across the state to live with various relatives until the end\n of the war. The family reassembled in Alexandria, Virginia and\n opened another school for girls called the \"Arlington\n Institute.\" The teachers on staff include Charles Leven Powell\n (1804-1896), his wife and his three remaining daughters. This\n school supported the family for 30 years until its closure in\n 1894.","Leven Powell Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary;\n include the correspondence of Leven Powell (1737-1810), who\n was the father of Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849). Leven Powell\n served in the American Revolution, Virginia House of\n Delegates and U. S. House of Representatives. \n Leven Powell Papers, \n 1774-\n 1806. 93 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 P87","Letters and papers of Charles Leven Powell, his wife Selina\n (Lloyd) Powell and children of Loudoun County, Virginia;\n Henry, Illinois; Winchester, Virginia; and Alexandria,\n Virginia. There are also included papers of Charles Leven\n Powell's father, Cuthbert Powell. Prominent correspondents\n include Johns Hopkins, Eleanor Agnes Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, George\n Washington Custis Lee, Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee, Hunter\n Holmes McGuire and James Monroe.","Letters concern Robert Young Conrad, Hunter Holmes McGuire,\n civilian affairs during the Civil War, the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren\n Raid, freedmen, Reconstruction, and the education of women.\n Many letters are written by women. In addition, there are a\n number of letters from and concerning members of the Dupuy\n family of Prince Edward County, Winchester, Virginia including\n Robert Young Conrad (president of the Virginia Secession\n Convention) and his son Holmes Conrad (U. S. Congressman).","Including Cy of DS, 8 April 1786, a statement\n by J. Nicholson that the witnesses Joshua Lamb and\n John Lamb (both Quakers) and Joseph Greenwood\n affirmed and swore that this was the last will and\n testament of Thomas Hepborn.","Reports on the status of the ship the \n Rising Sun ; says\n she will dispose of her cargo as soon as possible;\n says the ship was detained by the British [War of\n 1812], but given up.","Signed by \n W[illia]m\n Hodgson and \n Tho[ma]s Van Le,\n Jr.","Her daughter [?] Nancy, had a healthy baby boy\n who is nursing well; Nancy is staying with her\n now, and her husband Mr. Wallach, spends almost\n every night there also; is concerned that Nancy\n will live a hard life because of her husband's\n financial situation; on the other hand, her\n daughter Catherine [?] will be \"free from the\n trials attended on a state of poverty,\" being\n married to \n [Cuthbert]\n Powell, who owns a large farm in Loudoun\n County; much Simms family news; mentions Mrs.\n Trist's grandson, Nicholas Trist.","Signed by B. Cottinger.","Fatherly letter giving his opinion of a certain\n young lady and marriage, as well as general\n advice.","Discussion of his engagement to this daughter\n [Selina], and the seriousness of the matter,\n especially in concerning finances; tells of his\n poor financial state as related to a dowry, or the\n lack thereof, for his daughter; gives his approval\n of the \"alliance,\" but hopes they will delay the\n marriage for some time.","Has given great consideration to his claim\n against the French government, and has turned the\n case over to Stephen Pleasanton, who is the\n auditor for the Dept. of State, and who is now\n handling all claims; since Mr. Pleasanton is a\n personal friend, and he [James Monroe] is greatly\n interested in his [Burr Powell] case, he knows he\n will get an answer soon; will also be returning\n the agriculture pamphlet.","Sends extract of Mr. Pleasanton's reply\n concerning the claim against the French\n government, and asks that he reply with the\n necessary information; will also do anything he\n can to help.","Further discussion of his claim against the\n French government, and dealings with Stephen\n Pleasanton and Issac Coxe Barnett.","More instructions about the claim being made\n against the French government.","Further discussion and explanation of the case\n involving \n [Burr] Powell and\n his claim against the French government.","Continued information concerning Powell's claim\n against the French government.","The new court system has kept him extremely\n busy; social life has slowed down; the fashion\n these days to relieve boredom is to ride\n horseback; expresses concern for his own colt in\n the country; inquires after Br. Nelson and his\n medical career; also asks about a large, gay party\n at South River; recommends books for good reading\n including \n Schegel's History of\n Literature .","Has received the results of his claim from Mr.\n Pleasanton, and regrets the outcome, which he\n disagrees with; does not feel anyone is to\n blame.","Asks her to come visit over Christmas;\n describes the social events in Arlington; mentions\n her cousin George Calvert; says the big event is\n the fair for the benefit of orphans.","Describes a walk she took and the surrounding\n countryside, including the wildflowers and\n startling a herd of deer; have had many visitors,\n including a very graceful lady who is said to have\n been \"addressed\" by Mr. Van Buren, a \"jolly\n goodnatured ... commodore and some of the ugliest\n officers,\" and Mrs. Porter and her scholars; tells\n of books she has read, including \n Tales of a\n Grandfather , \n The Sorcerer , and \n The Talisman ;\n loving memories and looking forward to their next\n meeting.","Have just returned from a visit to her\n grandmother's and her cousin, Ann Marshall; they\n all are saddened by the death of Mr. Fitzhugh;\n describes the country from South to West River,\n where she had visited, and comments on meeting a\n lovely girl, Bella Carter; mentions the jealousy\n of another male [suitor?], Seldon Page; mentions\n Mary Custis.","Sends his best wishes for her new life with\n [Charles L.] Powell; will be able to attend the\n wedding as well as \"Brother Nelson\"; is uncommonly\n warm; is sending a bonnet for her and a small\n diamond breast-pin for Father by the steamboat\n Franklin, commanded by Amr. Nevitt; describes the\n long ribbons attached to the bonnet, which are for\n going once all the way around the bonnet before\n knotting them by the ear, not for tying a bow\n under the chin; also includes a diagram of how to\n tie them in the current fashion; admits to having\n been helped in choosing the bonnet by Miss Olivia\n Donaldson.","Discusses events in Washington D.C.; says she\n went to \"the President's\" on New Year's day;\n discusses Mr. Marshall's sermons; mentions books\n she is reading; asks Selina to come visit her.","Says her health is improving; encourages her to\n ask her for help when she needs it; discusses the\n articles she is sending her including a lemon\n tree, curtains, a mattress; discusses how these\n things will get to her; gives news about the\n children; Bec, Nanny, Frank, and Fred.","His mother-in-law has told him of the wonderful\n news of the birth of another daughter [Hattie],\n and that both mother and baby are safe; will be up\n to visit in about a week; comments on balancing\n the sexes in the family, and that he has \"no\n notion of supplying my brother's and sister's\n children with wives\"...\"we shall hate to transport\n them [his daughters] to the wilds of the west\";\n all is well at home, a new hen house is being\n built, but the garden is too wet to work; is\n lonely but is visiting neighbors; family news;\n religious sentiments expressed about her, their\n new daughter, and their family.","Gives account of his trip to Wheeling,\n including a sweet good-bye from daughter Rebecca;\n was not able to locate Robert Gray or [?]\n Throckmorton at Harper's Ferry, but later met them\n at Point of Rocks; detailed description of a\n railroad and train cars; tells poignant story of a\n dog on the train searching for his master.","Has had many family visitors since his\n departure and family news; there is a measles\n outbreak at \"Llangollen,\" and all of the negroes\n have it; she had her teeth filed by Dr.\n Overfield[?]; a fire in Upperville destroyed\n Robert Armistead's new store and the adjoining\n saddle shop; they have had a beautiful snowfall,\n covering all of the blossom-filled trees, which\n melted quickly, doing no harm to the fruit; had a\n letter from brother John, who advises that he\n [Charles L. Powell] \"go directly to Texas\"; loving\n stories about their daughter's activities.","Had a bad thunderstorm the day she left;\n inquires about her trip and her relatives; details\n of children's activities; has let Becca sleep with\n him.","Their father will be taking a trip West this\n spring, accompanied by cousin William; family\n information; social life in Leesburg very quiet;\n misses her and her family.","Details of his trip from Alexandria; spent the\n night with relatives; warns her about catching a\n cold on a windy day; tells of conversations with\n their young son.","Private financial matters; tells of his busy\n schedule as a representative from Virginia. to the\n U.S. legislature; gives his negative opinion\n concerning a [bank?] bill introduced by \n [Henry] Clay, which\n he feels the President would veto; \n [Daniel]\n Webster shares his opinion; life insurance\n inquiry.","Will not be home when expected because the\n House [of Representatives] is not going to adjourn\n until Monday; the Congress received their second\n veto from President Tyler regarding the Bank Bill;\n describes an assault made by \n Sen. [Henry A.]\n Wise upon \n Sen. [Edward]\n Stanly in Congress.","Asking about her visit to Washington and the\n Chamber of National Institute; speaks of floods,\n bad weather, but comfortable where he is, because\n of Margaret's[?] kindness; describes lifestyle and\n \"humorous remarks of Charles Lamb\", sexual\n relationship with her.","Wishing thumb to heal; speaks of cattle and\n other animals at \"Llangollen\" that he misses; asks\n about children; saw Ann[?] mentions Virginia\n Taylor's visit; will visit wife before harvest;\n reference to brother, Leven, and his wife, and\n Sarah[?].","Hustle and excitement of the House of\n Representatives; hoping to adjourn on Monday the\n twenty-second, but difficulties cause many night\n meetings; political discussion about Tariff\n Question and Tuck bill.","Discusses her story at \"the Springs;\" tells\n about the politics the company there discussed;\n gives her own view of these issues; gives news\n about family and friends; hopes that Congress will\n soon adjourn so that he can come home.","Compares episode of thief robbing hen house to\n thieves in Washington trying to rob \"public\n treasures\"; wants to buy books for her; tells how\n he wishes to be with her and the rest of his\n family.","Writes of the bad weather and that they are\n able to get out very little; says Mr. Powell went\n to the Inauguration on horseback; tells what books\n the family members are reading; mentions the issue\n of white servants; discusses Rebecca's feelings of\n becoming a young lady; says that they could not\n get the house they wanted for next year; mentions\n Mr. Powell's feelings of frustration for not being\n able to better provide for them; gives more news\n about the Inauguration; news of family and\n friends.","Daughter, Harriet, left with Uncle William to\n spend holidays with them; daughter, Minna, had a\n birthday party, inviting Aunt Mary's children and\n Eskridges; much family news; death of Maria\n Lee.","Discusses her religious feelings; discusses her\n traveling plans; describes her relationship with\n each of her relatives where she is staying; says\n she is staying with Fan and helping her with her\n wedding.","Discusses the housekeeping and how Rebecca is\n taking care of the house while she is away;\n discusses the health of family members; tells how\n they are altering last year's dresses; says\n \"Mother\" is quite weak and \"Father\" is very\n dependent on her; gives news of Brother Nelson and\n Jeanie (sister?); gives travel plans of family;\n says Mr. Powell has gotten six teeth put in and\n looks much younger.","Describes their arrival home with her brother\n Nelson; gives news of \"little Nan\"[?]; asks about\n Rebecca and Minna's trip; tells her to be happy\n and to follow God; says Charlie is doing well in\n school.","Much family news; mentions Laura's[?]\n wedding.","Tells what she did during her visit to Locust\n Hill; tells what is going on in town; gives news\n of family and friends. Including news from ALS\n from \"Mother\" \n S[elina]\n Powell to Rebecca Powell telling of her many\n activities.","Discusses Jesus and how one must search for and\n do things that please Him; asks that she watch her\n sister, Minna, closely so that she will not\n overexert herself; Ariana[?] had a baby boy;\n describes son, Charlie, and daughter Nina's,\n reactions to reading school and learning; much\n family news.","Speaks of John's[?] carriage and velocipede\n that once was Minna Lloyd's, describing how she\n rode the vehicle; describes what a Holly tree is;\n (has genealogical information about \n M[inna]\n Powell, Lloyd Powell, and Charlie Powell in\n a different hand, which appears to have been added\n later.)","Gloucester\n C[our]t House, Virginia. Speaks of her\n \"companion in Matilda Lee[?]; received visit from\n Nannie Guy and Maria Harrison; describes\n celebration in honour of General Taylor's\n election; describes Mrs. Janney's travels; town\n gossip and family news.","Much family news; speaks of going to Locust\n Hill; inquires and tells about adventures of many\n townspeople; obliged to Mrs. Tabb for taking care\n of her and other daughter, Minna.","Speaks of Cousin Lucy's[?] party; describes\n Christmas scene around her house and gifts that\n the children received; describes Cousin Elizabeth\n Janney and compares to Cousin Harriet; much family\n news.","Discusses who has come to visit her; describes\n Cousin Lee's wife, Maria, and their wedding; asks\n about her Christmas; describes the book marks she\n made for Christmas presents; asks how Minna is\n doing.","Speaks of snow and bad weather; notes that\n daughters, Rebecca and Minna, have been gone\n for almost three months; Fanny (Powell) Gordon\n is going to visit Fredericksburg; mentions a\n letter from Jeannie[?] who found General Jones,\n in Washington, quite \"agreeable and handsome\";\n Cuthbert Powell is much better, and he speaks\n of going to Gloucester to join a Mr. Hale; Nina\n is afraid of everything; much family news;\n mentions hiring of a slave, Margaret.","Rebecca's description of her Uncle Tabb's\n [Dr. John Prosser Tabb] house seems far in\n advance of Old-Virginian architectural styles;\n speaks of death of Mrs. Douglas Gordon.","Speaks of dancing as a family as a \"social\n amusement,\" but says that it does offend some\n \"in the religious world\"; says that one must\n respect the public opinion of the community\n where one lives; have had severe weather;\n family news. \n Including ANS from Hatty Powell,\n Leesburg, [Virginia], to \n Min[na]\n Powell, Gloucester\n C[ourt] House, for letter and\n \"glove-knots\" and sending love to \n Aunt\n ReBec[ca] and \n Uncle [John]\n Prosser . 1 page.","Her brother, Charlie, and sister, Nina, have\n sore throats, and her father has a bad cold;\n snowy weather; Hatty went with Aunt Ellen to\n Selma and Raspberry Plain; Mr. Armistead Rust\n is to be married before March 4; much family\n news.","Reports on the snow storms they have had;\n mentions the coming wedding of Armistead Rust\n and Lilly Lawrence; tells how he likes working\n at the store; describes one of their customers;\n describes the house they may rent next spring. \n Including ALS from \n S[elina]\n Powell, Leesburg, [Virginia], to \n Rebecca\n [Powell], [Gloucester, Virginia]. Says\n she is glad to hear Minna's health is\n improving; gives news of family; says her\n brother Nelson soon sails for California to dig\n gold, and may not be back for five years;\n reports on how he expects to live; says that\n there are measles and mumps in town. 1\n page.","Maris's[?] father announced as candidate for\n re-election; General Rust's family going to New\n York to attend a wedding; father is renting\n Carper's house; bad weather and snow causing\n many colds and illnesses; Mrs. Eskridge's\n father died; father may go to the\n \"Inauguration\"; much family news.","Saw \n \n [Representative John S.] Pendleton at the\n House\n [of Representatives] in Washington,\n [D.C.]; Pendleton wants a senate appointment;\n he will not go to Leesburg because he does not\n want to \"meddle with party movements\"; mentions\n \"County Repeal of the dog law.\"","Mother and Father are both sick; \"brother\"\n has gone to inauguration; describes how to make\n eggnog, and gives her opinion of it; describes\n riding horses to the cliff and tells of\n adventures. \n Including AL from [Harriet Powell],\n Leesburg, [Virginia], to \"Sister,\" [Rebecca\n Powell], [Gloucester, Virginia], 27 Febuary\n [February] 2849, incomplete letter concerning\n outbreak of the mumps and family and town news.\n 1 page.","Father suffering from piles; mumps are still\n prevailing; do not have parties during Lent;\n much family news.","Speaks of gossips saying that Mr. Benedict\n is having an affair with Mrs. Henderson;\n describes procession in Washington, [D.C.] and\n the inauguration; much family news. \n Including ALS from \n S[elina]\n Powell, Leesburg, [Virginia], to \n [Re]Bec[aa]\n Powell, [Gloucester, Virginia], 26 March\n 1849, concerning family news and the time of\n year. 1 page.","Expresses joy that Minna's health is till\n improving; says she is recovering from her\n cold; says Lloyd and Hattie have been ill as\n well; Discusses the issue of Rebecca's\n upsetting her Aunt Rebecca by being late for a\n meal; says her Aunt is easily vexed in \"her\n condition\"; gives news of friends and family;\n describes their new servant Robert. \n Including ALS from \n C[harles] S.\n Powell, to \n [Re]Bec[ca]\n [Powell], n.p., n.d., concerning Uncle\n Prosser's desire to put Minna on \"short\n allowance,\" and Minna's consumption of\n beef.","Describes their move to another house which\n she says is comfortable but small; hopes that\n the Gloucester air is getting rid of her cold;\n says their father is busy with court dealings;\n says many in the area have mumps including\n Hattie; says that Hattie is getting a tooth\n plugged; says she does not want Lloyd to leave\n to live so far away; discusses mesmerism\n (hypnotism).","Speaks of her bad health; her husband is\n busy preparing for court; mentions a party at\n Exeter; Mrs. Fontleroy had a girl so Mrs. Knox\n is a grandmother; much more family news and\n information.","Rebecca Powell will be coming home within a\n week or so; Fanny[?] is at Locust Hill with the\n mumps; much family news; \n Uncle William\n [Gray] persuaded Father to go to Gum\n Springs, [Virginia], until after the election;\n election day things seemed to be going against\n Father. \n Including ANS from Nina Powell, Leesburg,\n [Virginia], to \"Sister \n Minna\"\n [Powell], Gloucester Court House,\n Virginia, 26 April 1849, concerning family\n news. 1 page.","Describes Minna's cough and how they are\n treating it; tells her what clothes Lloyd and\n Charlie should wear if it gets colder; says she\n has been doing little except taking care of\n Minna; discusses new dresses for the winter and\n corsets; gives news of friends and relatives;\n discusses travel plans, to come home for the\n winter.","Discusses dresses, materials and costs;\n discusses bonnets; gives news of family; thanks\n her and Hattie for taking care of the household\n duties while she is away.","Says Minna is now well and that they are\n anxious to come home; gives news of Jeanie (her\n sister?), and Rebecca; gives news of \"Mother\"\n and \"Father\"; discusses books.","Says Mr. Powell had his \"likeness taken\" at\n the Daguerreotype rooms; says Minna's health\n continues to improve but that she may have one\n tonsil taken out; discusses the remedies she is\n taking; says she feels stronger also; gives\n news of friends; gives news of Rebecca, Jeanie,\n and \"sister\" Ann; discusses walking shoes.","Gives advice on her health and\n over-exertion; describes the illumination that\n took place in the neighborhood; tells of visits\n she has made; tells stories about Minna's\n sister, Nina; gives news of family and friends;\n says Hattie has lost her \"excess of fat\" and is\n walking three times a day.","Tells what each family member is doing;\n discusses bonnets; discusses appearance versus\n reality as concerning materialism; discusses\n the opportunities for her in Alexandria;\n discusses the role of children in the family;\n gives news of friends and family; mentions that\n \"brother\" John may move and that if they move\n to Illinois, they will be closer to him.","Says they got there a few days ago and that\n Mr. Powell, Mr. Grey(?), and \"brother Llew have\n gone to \"the sale of the negroes; discusses her\n visit in Alexandria with her grandparents;\n Discusses the bad weather in Leesburg and the\n bad condition of the roads; says their family\n must economize rigidly; says Mr. Powell found\n the law business in Alexandria too small, so\n they will not be moving there; expresses her\n disappointment at the outcome; gives news of\n family.","Reviews Christmas gifts received by\n everyone; describes a \"reading party\";\n describes Christmas decorations of the Church;\n Family news. \n Including ANS from \n S[elina]\n Powell, Leesburg, [Virginia], to \n [Re]Bec[ca]\n [Powell], n.p., 29 December 1849,\n concerning when daughter, Rebecca, is to return\n home. 1 page.","Tells of the recent social events of the area;\n describes the format of a reading party; says her\n mother-in-law could not make it to their home\n because of the snow; asks her how her mother is\n doing; says there is still small pox in the area;\n discusses how many servants she has and what each\n does; says that Rebecca's Uncle George took\n Cuthbert to an asylum in Baltimore and hopes he\n will be happier there then when he was \"out.\"","Gives news of Rebecca's Uncle Richard and Aunt\n Elizabeth who live in Illinois; says she plans to\n get a description of the Illinois life from them;\n gives news of Ellen[?] who is unwell and is going\n to a doctor in New York; discusses how Rebecca can\n get home; describes family activities; says they\n have been able to do little because of the rain\n and mud; says she lies on her back all day sewing\n while her children read to her.","Reading parties are the only way she can\n socialize; reports \n Maria\n [Grady's] death; reports about a big baptist\n meeting going on there headed by Mrs. Lucket; much\n town news. \n Including ALS from \n S[elina]\n P[owell], Leesburg, [Virginia], to Rebecca\n Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, 26 January 1850,\n concerning Rebecca Powell's trip home and \n Maria\n [Grady's] \"triumphant death.\" 1 page.","Speaks of terrible weather; boats of learning\n to spin [rolls of cotton on a spinning wheel];\n reports death of Rebecca Gray, Robert Gray's\n daughter; describes her daily routine; discusses\n Mary Grady. \n Including ALS from \"devoted mother,\" [Selina\n Powell], Leesburg, [Virginia], to \"Bec,\" Rebecca\n Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 1850,\n concerning bad weather, family news, and\n attendance to the convention. 1 page.","Says many in the family have been very sick for\n a couple of days and that she has had to nurse\n them; says Minna is now sick; and never had fully\n recovered from the chicken pox she had before;\n gives advice of how to be a good guest; advises\n her on her studies.","Says she has a toothache but must wait until\n May to get them pulled; describes a humorous\n reading party; says there was a case of small pox\n in the area and that many are being revaccinated. \n Including ALS from \"mother\" \n S[elina]\n Powell to \n Re[Bec]ca\n [Powell] . Discusses her travel plans home;\n fells her to follow her grandparents' advice;\n gives news of family.","Expresses joy that her younger siblings are\n recovering from the measles so well; reports on\n health of \"Grandma\" and \"Grandpa\" Lloyd; gives\n news of Aunt Rebecca, Jeanie, and Minnie; Tells\n what she had done each day.","Inquires about many weddings in Leesburg and\n about who will need new dresses; speaks of ball\n thrown by Maria Washington; other city news.","Gives general description of Henry and\n discusses the family's move there; discusses the\n house they will build; advises what they should\n bring; reports on the emigrants in the area;\n discusses their travel plans in detail; asks\n Charlie to bring Newfoundland puppies; gives news\n of family there.","Describes presents sent to grandchildren; tells\n of Christmas scene in Alexandria; wants\n granddaughters to meet a polite gentleman that\n impressed her. \n Including poem, 1852, by R. C. Powell,\n beginning \"'Ours the cross.' Yes it is ours,\"\n giving a religious viewpoint. 1 page.","Speaks of how she makes embroidery patterns\n and what colors are preferred; inquires about\n some of her friends; \n John Leven\n [Powell] says that Brooke[?] looks badly;\n aunt Fanny trying to match Brooks with Lucy\n Gordon; speaks of a Mr. Beverley breaking out\n around his face and \"bleeding profusely\".","Mr. Gordon[?] will be a delegate to the\n democratic convention in Richmond, [Virginia];\n much use of her eyes results in inflammation of\n her eyelids; \"Llangollen\" property is\n deteriorating; much town news and family news;\n mentions her Dower right.","Speaks of helping Frank and Lucy[?] with\n their new baby; describes female servants and\n her experiences with them; describes health of\n her daughters, Harriet, Rebecca, and Minna;\n reports of a few cases of \"cholera\"; reports of\n a good garden.","Gives a detailed report of Minna's health,\n expressing hope tat her headaches are\n definitely getting better; tells about people\n who have visited the family; mentions a\n desegregated school in \"abolition ground\";\n tells what her sisters have been doing since\n she left; discusses Rebecca's journey.","Mrs. Janney's baby died while she was ill; a\n Mr. Anderson, a Presbyterian Minister, says\n that his wife, Miss Harper, is a relative of\n Selina's (her father's Aunt); speaks of\n Fred's[?] wedding; tells of episode when she\n goes to visit a Mrs. Brown[?]; describes a\n visit they made to some neighbors; describes\n Mr. Lombard's house that is being built;\n reports on the food they are preparing and what\n is available to them; says the winter goods\n have still not come in; mentions sewing that\n her daughters are doing; news of family and\n friends.","Mentions Fanny's[?] wedding; family news;\n possibility that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon[?]\n might be elected to legislature; family does\n not wish Rebecca Powell to return home this\n winter.","Describes a visit they made to some new\n neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that\n is being built; reports on the food they are\n preparing and what is available to them; says\n the winter goods have still not come in;\n mentions sewing that her daughters are doing;\n news of family and friends.","Describes their busy preparations for\n winter; describes their daily routine; says she\n is glad to have Lucy and Fred stay with them;\n describes their Sunday school; reports on\n Scholastics (a servant) who is now reading\n well; news of family and friends; discusses\n dresses and styles; asks about Rebecca's Uncle\n Nelson; mentions that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon\n was elected; asks about Fan's[?] wedding and\n hopes she and William will be happy.","Speaks of his daughter's trip, whom she\n should visit, and money matters; hopes to soon\n reap the financial benefits of his store;\n mentions Bishop Whitehouse's determination to\n give the college broad foundations; much family\n news.","Much family news; sleet and bad weather;\n religious discussion and viewpoints; Lucy and\n John[?] have a daughter now.","Mr. Powell, \n [Charles] and\n Richard\n Lloyd] are busy with new business as\n \"Land Agents\"; town of Henry, [Illinois] now\n has a newspaper and a steam mill; hopes to have\n a railroad passing through soon; there is not a\n decent Church and she wishes to see one built; \n Lloyd\n [Powell], son of Selina, studies German\n because there are so many Germans in their town\n to do business with.","Sarcastically teases her sister about\n differences between lifestyles of \"Far West\"\n and the East; Uncle Fred [?] went to\n Springfield to see that railroad went from\n Peoria through Henry, [Illinois]; mentions\n problems with scarlet fever; family news.","Speaks of liquor laws and problems with\n drinking; describes lectures; such family and\n town news; mentions other religious\n lectures.","Expresses desire for daughter Rebecca to\n return home; Minna Powell still having problems\n with headaches; much family news; Fred[?] went\n to Chicago to see stockholders of the Peoria\n and Rock Island Railroad; asks for Rebecca to\n send asparagus seed and large lima beans;\n mentions Thackery's lectures, and gives her\n opinion about his books and religious\n teachings.","Much family news; \"land business\" will\n provide many opportunities for travel; Rebecca\n planning to go to Leesburg soon. \n Including ANS from \n C[harles] L.\n Powell, Henry, [Illinois], to \"darling,\"\n [Rebecca Powell], n.p., 11 March 1853, sending\n his daughter ten dollars and writing her as to\n how to handle her expenses and requesting her\n to bring home her Grandfather's papers. 2\n pages.","States that even though he just left\n yesterday, she wanted to put a letter in the\n books to be sent to him; comments on their\n inability to see each other even though he is\n only seven miles away.","Mentions his job as a traveling salesman and\n how he hopes to soon be \n Uncle\n Richard's [Lloyd] administration;\n resolved in town meeting to build the Railroad\n Peoria and Chicago.","Expresses her disappointment that she cannot\n see Rebecca before Rebecca returns to Henry,\n Illinois; describes the friendship between\n them; news of friends in Baltimore.","Tells of carriage accident involving Mr. and\n Mrs. Richard Dulaney, where their horses were\n scared by the Clifton Mill and threw Mrs.\n Dulaney; she and father attended Dr.\n Rutherford's lectures; emphasizes that ladies\n got to vote, as well as gentlemen, on whether\n they were satisfied with the lectures; new\n wharf boat has arrived.","Describes the towns of Rushville and\n Pittsfield; said he enjoyed Pittfield more, but\n that \n Uncle\n Rich[ar]d [Lloyd] sent him an assignment\n for Rushville; says he will be there about a\n month; asks about friends and family.","Rebecca has come home; Minna joined the\n church with her family; gives religious views;\n family news. \n Including ALS from \n Minna\n [Powell], Henry, [Illinois], to\n \"brother,\" n.p., 11 May 1853, referring to\n Rushville, as location of brother; tells of\n beautiful spring weather and describes scenery.\n 1 page.","Will soon be coming home; complains of sore\n throat and headaches; has had scarlet fever;\n family information.","Tells a story about \"Miss Jane\" - a mutual\n friend; says he and Dr. Winslow found her in\n her parlor with a man; says the servant did not\n want to let them in and that it was an\n uncomfortable situation. \n Including ALS written in margins from\n \"Cousin\" Jane, n.p. to \n Re[Becca]\n [Powell], n.p. concerning religious\n publication, an Episcopal convention. 4\n pages.","Expresses how much she misses him; discusses\n reading material.","Describes Aunt Ellen's [Powell Gray]\n recovery from an illness; much family news;\n describes wedding that she went to ; expresses\n romantic interest in a Dr. Claggett; includes\n printed poems.","Describes physical appearance of\n \"Llangollen\" as well as her feelings towards\n the place; reminisces about when family lived\n in Virginia. And tells about all of old\n friends; much family news also.","Tells her little sister Nina about old\n friends and family; gives details of things she\n has been doing. \n Including ALS from \"Hatty\" [Harriet\n Powell], \"Llangollen,\" [Virginia], to \"Mother,\"\n [Selina Powell], n.p., 10 October 1853.\n Concerning warmer clothes; advantages of\n \"flannel draws\" over a \"wadded petticoat.\" 1\n page.","Says she has been extremely ill and so have\n many in the area; says she has been traveling\n in order to improve her health; tells of her\n problems with Custis and his lessons; says\n Robert is still holding his office in\n Washington but wishes to leave; asks how she\n likes \"the West\" and if her husband is finding\n success; news of friends.","Reports Lucy's[?] death and grief everyone\n feels; Nelly[?] is to be baptized; other family\n news.","Tells of their Christmas and New Years\n celebrations. \n Also includes ALS from \"mother\" \n S[elina]\n Powell, to \n [Re]Bec[ca]\n [Powell] . Expresses job that Rebecca can\n be with her relatives in Baltimore; discusses\n the nature of receiving advice and making her\n own decisions concerning her travel plans.","Speaks of attending a party; mentions\n \"matching up\" procedures at party; family news;\n details Christmas gifts.","Mentions religious feelings; speaks of a\n railroad being built nearby; Virginia[?] had\n her annual get-together on December 26; of\n family members; mentions a friend's visit to\n the Crystal Palace[?]; Mrs. Augustine\n Washington had the first male child born at Mt.\n Vernon recently; much family news; mentions\n [Rear Admiral] Leven Minn Powell.","Mentions Brooks'[?] wedding; describes\n details of the wedding; much family news.","Tells of her day spent with Lizzie King and\n Jane Norris; describes a dinner given for a\n couple about to get married; news of other\n friends.","Mentions sicknesses of \n Nelson\n [Lloyd] and \n John [Lloyd] ;\n speaks of a Douglas Forrest who attends Yale\n College; has to take a boat to Washington,\n [D.C.]; gives price rates per acre of land at\n that time; gives prices for a lot of land.","Much family news about cousins Nannie and\n Fanny[?]; mentions \n Uncle Nelson's\n [Lloyd] recovery; travels by omnibus.","Much family news; describes her garden and\n its contents; Regina[?] was married; Mr.\n Livingston[?] requests influence of Charles L.\n Powell to obtain the Consulship of London\n through General Baercel[?]; mentions Mr.\n McFaddin as being the mayor of Henry.","Much family news; describes the scenery at\n Locust Hill; some of Uncle George's[?] children\n have chicken pox.","[Identified as much of note added in unknown\n handwriting, possibly that of Selina Lloyd\n Hepburn.]","Description of Minna's gravesite; tells what\n he's doing to improve its appearance.","Describes trip to Niagara Falls; describes\n places visited in New York and where he lives;\n describes his studies.","Describes courses he is studying at school;\n describes the first time he saw a man dive\n under water and the suit he wore below water;\n staying at a boarding house.","John Lloyd who died in 1854; estimated price\n value are given.","Describes study habits and classes; mentions\n prices of a ring and a clock; describes his\n financial situation.","Describes in detail her Quaker wedding on\n December 14, 1854 in which she married Frank[?];\n describes the festivities following the\n wedding.","Nina's Christmas gift from Charles arrived\n safely; mentions wedding of a fellow student;\n serenaded the couple with a \"horse fiddle\";\n describes his activities in his spelling class;\n mentions plans to return home in the spring.","Expresses religious beliefs; lists prices for\n renting his room.","Describes Charter Oak, an attraction in\n Hartford; describes his visit to an armory;\n staying with a Mr. Parsons and describes his\n family.","Discusses financial settlements he is making\n for his father concerning the house, lands,\n furniture; says Uncle Fred and Uncle Neb are\n leaving Henry and they are all \"disgusted\" with\n Henry and that he thinks his (father's) decision\n not to come back was wise; mentions the family\n move to Winchester, Virginia.","Describes their Christmas which was spent at\n Uncle Fred's and Aunt Lute's; describes a\n Christmas ball and a New Year's ball in detail;\n says he has had some problems with dyspepsia;\n asks about cousin Kate's wedding to a\n senator.","Reports on Aunt Lib and Uncle R[?]'s new\n son, Richard; says he rented out their house in\n Henry; says he has been away from \"home\" now\n for three months; and will not go to New\n Orleans, Mobile, and Augusta; describes how he\n decorated Minna's grave, and expresses hope\n that her resting place will soon be Virginia;\n asks about their school; sends money from a\n large profit he made selling land.","Describes his visit to Louisville where he\n visited cousins and went to many social events;\n says that the train ride from Kentucky was very\n rough traveling; says he will be in Vicksburg\n in a week and then will go to Wilmington, North\n Carolina; Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans; and\n Memphis, Tennessee; asks about family and\n friends.","Describes his stay in Vicksburg, and his\n visit with Mr. And Mrs. Eilbeck Mason and Miss\n Louisa Fox; says that he did not see Cousin\n John Russell while in New Orleans; discusses\n his travel plans; asks about Hatty's\n teaching.","Expresses joy that she is well from the\n influenza; says he has recently traveled to\n Portsmouth, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia,\n Alabama and Mississippi; says he will now go to\n Texas; discusses travel plans; asks her to pick\n out one of her friends for him; discusses\n Charlie's new job in St. Louis.","Describes St. Louis and the Virginia House\n Hotel; inquires about the new scholars the\n family has taken on; harasses Nina for not\n writing. \n Including ANS from \n C[harles] L.\n Powell, Saint Louis, [Missouri], to \n Nina\n [Powell], [Winchester, Virginia], \n 4 May\n [18]56 concerning his happiness about\n Nina joining the Church. 1 page.","Describes hard times in Illinois; intent to\n move back to Virginia when business picks up;\n family news.","Speaks of influenza and other illnesses\n prominent in the town; reports the death of Mr.\n Adies [?]; \n Ellen\n [Powell] is in Washington Infirmary;\n house is being renovated; family news.","Says he just returned from Henry; says\n Charlie is on his way to Henry to start his new\n job in Uncle Fred's store; describes Henry and\n the house they used to live in; reports that\n Uncle Fred is building a house; gives new of\n Scholastics and Monsieur Carlo; says he will go\n to Pennsylvania next and then visit them.","Reports that \n Lloyd\n [Powell] is on his way to Virginia;\n describes their yard and home in Henry; yellow\n fever is not a problem this year in Illinois;\n he went to a concert given by the Baleis.","Inquires about the \"weddings fair\";\n discusses his travels and the loneliness\n involved in his job; mentions his relief that\n the campaigns and elections are over; sends\n messages to friends at home.","Nina has begun studying Latin and learning\n how to draw; mentions the extension of the\n Chicago and Pern canal down to Henry; much\n family news.","Tells what each family member is doing;\n discusses religion and the duties of a\n Christian; gives news of friends who have\n joined the church; discusses Minna's grave;\n discusses letter writing; tells of recent\n marriages and engagements; gives her philosophy\n on why he should not begin to chew tobacco;\n news of family and friends.","Makes reference to Valentine's Day and\n Washington's Birthday; mentions last year's\n parade and the marching continentals; reports\n of bad rain storm that tore up the railroad\n track and caused problems with mud and\n flooding; much family news. \n Including ANS from \n C[harles]\n L. Powell, [Jr.], Henry, Illinois, to \n Nina\n [Powell], [Winchester, Virginia], 22\n February 1857, telling her to turn to their one\n friend for strength and advice [God?]. 1\n page.","Describes a storm which kept him in Henry,\n Illinois, unable to travel; gives recent travel\n plans, including a trip to Philadelphia by\n boat; gives news of friends and family in\n Henry; says many river towns are flooded.","Gives news of relatives in Alexandria; tells\n his travel plans; says he finds the women of\n Virginia far more appealing than those of South\n Carolina.","Uncle Fred[?] and Aunt Lucy[?] are leaving\n for Virginia; sending his mother his\n daguerreotype, a photograph; reports that Lloyd\n is in St. Louis; Bridget, a past boarder, had a\n little girl; much family news.","Describes the family vacation and\n adventures; describes the baths; mentions the\n parties they have attended; family news.","Family is on vacation; describes activities\n and scenery at Capon Springs; much family\n news.","Speaks about taking inventory at the store;\n much family news.","Says they just got back from Capon; asks her\n not to take nitrate of silver for her\n headaches; says they have all improved their\n health by the visit to Capon; says \"brother\"\n Nelson is now there hoping the springs will\n help him; says they did not get the house that\n they wanted to rent; gives news of friends;\n says Rebecca, Hatty, and Lloyd are there. \n Including ALS from \n C[harles L.]\n Powell to \n Nina [Powell] .\n Says that he misses her and wishes she could\n have been at Capon; asks about her\n headaches.","Describes his travels from Baltimore to\n Henry; mentions shortage of money due to bank\n failures; gives detailed news of the town,\n including improvements being made; news of\n Henry relatives; mentions that the bank\n failures will result in fewer land dealings and\n therefore, less work for him; asks about the\n young ladies of Winchester.","Inquires about Mr. Waler's[?] lectures; now\n attends the Methodist Church; reports of the\n adventures during hunting season; mentions the\n new idea of pavement sidewalks.","Describes a severe snowstorm and its effects\n on Henry; tells how he spent Thanksgiving day;\n describes their new cook with whom he is\n infatuated; mentions the death of Robert\n Conrad[?]; gives messages of friends in\n Winchester.","Reports of Nina getting her teeth\n straightened; describes method; reports that\n the number of scarlet fever cases is greatly\n reduced; she is very busy with the boarding\n school; tells of a fight between Charlie\n McCormick and a police officer; mentions Hunter\n Holmes McGuire; family news.","Discusses the death of Robert[?] and the\n reaction of the town; gives news of friends;\n sends her love to her mother and relatives;\n wants to know what Dr. Chase said about her\n teeth.","Writes about Nina's plans to go home; says\n she is concerned about her traveling when her\n teeth are in such a condition.","Refers to the general \"hard times\" everyone\n is experiencing; describes farm activities;\n much family news; describes how to make a\n mousetrap.","Describes midwest weather and the usual\n fall-like temperatures; says that they are all\n much healthier because of the mild weather;\n says ties are hard and the bank in Henry just\n closed, but that the town is continuing to\n improve; asks about Mrs. Powell's occupation,\n teaching; mentions the death of \n Rob[er]t\n Conrad and describes his character;\n messages to family members.","Reports of freezing temperatures of -15 F\n and snow in Henry; mentions of sleighing in the\n snow; reports story of a bank robbery.","Reports of \n Lloyd's\n [Powell] trip to St. Louis to try and\n find Charles a job; much family news; mentions\n a Mr. Lombard who plans to return to Henry and\n open a bank of issue.","Discusses who owes him letters from home;\n says he could not find a job for Charley\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.?] in St. Louis because\n of the poor economy; gives news of Randolph\n Powell, of St. Louis, and John Webb Powell, of\n Utah; says he will be home during the\n summer.","Mentions that she missed his birthday with a\n card but thought of him that day; expresses\n religious feelings and beliefs; family news;\n lists people recently confirmed in the Church;\n outbreak of typhus fever at the\n University[?].","Tells of his travels; describes Memphis,\n Tennessee; gives news of \"cousin\" \n Will[ia]m\n Powell who resides in Memphis; gives news\n of Mr. And Mrs. Mason, residing in Vicksburg;\n describes Leake County where he sold some of\n his Uncle Nelson's land; gives news of \"cousin\"\n john Wilson of New Orleans and of \"cousin\" John\n Chilton, who may send his daughter Sarah to\n school in Virginia; tells his travel plans,\n stating he will be in Virginia in a month;\n gives news to family and friends.","Describes scenery where he is; tells of a\n May party that some school girls had; describes\n his boat riding trip; family news; mentions\n arrival of Mr. Winn, the new Presbyterian\n minister.","Reports having been sick with a bad cold;\n much family news; Nina has problems with other\n schoolgirls because her parents operate the\n school; trying to plan Charlie's return home\n for the summer.","Asks about fourth of July entertainment; Mr.\n Winn gave an exceptional sermon; Uncle\n Richard[?] bought a piano and a side-saddle;\n family news.","Inquires about boarding students; inquires\n about vacations at \n \n Capon [Springs, West Virginia] ; tells of\n his success at duck hunting; family news;\n mentions \n [Stephen A.]\n Douglas.","Gives news of \n Uncle\n R[ichard]'s and Uncle Fred's families;\n says that Frank's baby is still ill; gives news\n of Hammond and Min[na]; comments that he will\n not see his family for another year; gives news\n of Charlie [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] and his\n employment possibilities; asks about Uncle Neb\n of Clark, [Virginia?].","Gives her opinion about chewing tobacco,\n smoking, and other bad habits; incorporates\n religious duty into her opinion; some family\n news.","Discusses his habit of chewing tobacco and\n how he should discipline himself to quit.","Discusses the weather; reports on Hammond;\n reports that Mr. Chandler of Henry is getting\n married in Boston; says they will stay at Mrs.\n Taber's for the winter; gives news of Charlie\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.]; comments on the\n involvement of women in politics in Henry; news\n of friends; comments on the decreased\n enrollment at the family school, saying they\n will at least have a lighter workload; mentions\n Stephen A. Douglas.","Expresses her disappointment in Charlie's\n having tasted tobacco; tells him that he is\n doing wrong to continue this habit; voices many\n religious views.","Reports that river is flooding the town;\n talks of Christmas holidays; family news.","A birthday letter for Nina's sixteenth\n birthday; describes the weather; much family\n news; Min[?] is the \"editress\" of the\n \"Minnehaha\"; tells of the affairs of a Miss\n Amanda[?].","Gives account of how he spends his days with\n emphasis on his Sunday activities; tried to\n quit chewing tobacco but couldn't; tells of\n episode where Uncle Richard[?] lost his saddle\n bags in the town of Bradford; river was frozen\n and people are ice skating; family news.","Tells where the girls boarding with them are\n going for Christmas; describes their Christmas\n plans; recollects their last Christmas with\n Minna; gives religious advice; sends her love\n to Lloyd.","Would love for her to stay with him;\n mentions a sister Hannah.","Reports that \n Lloyd\n [Powell] and Uncle Richard[?] have gone\n to Memphis, [Tennessee]; tells of the building\n of a road for $10,000; describes a surprise\n party he attended; mentions Valentine's Day and\n how many he has received; family news.","Reports that Uncle Richard and Frank are\n with him in Memphis, to see if they want to\n move there; says that he does not believe Uncle\n Richard will leave Illinois, but that Frank\n probably will; says that they tried to look up \n W[illia]m\n Powell but he had moved to Arkansas;\n discusses the possibilities of his parents\n establishing a school in the area, and the\n risks involved.","Gives news of Uncle Richard and Uncle Fred;\n says Uncle Fred and Frank will close their\n business and leave Henry; tells of a\n conversation with Bishop Otey of Memphis on the\n subject of establishing a girls school there;\n gives details of the proposal in case his\n father is interested; gives news of the private\n school situation in Arkansas; reports on his\n business dealings in Arkansas; discusses\n financial matters.","Gives news of Uncle Fred who has been ill;\n says that the women of the town are all\n inspecting the new spring goods brought in from\n Saint Louis; discusses his daily schedule; says\n Charlie [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] is in singing\n school; asks about Nina's walks and lectures on\n the benefits of exercise to health and\n appearance.","Describes spring in Illinois; inquires about\n relatives in Alexandria; comments on Uncle\n Nelson's helpless state; discusses the chances\n of recovering Uncle Nelson's lands in Arkansas;\n describes the area of Henry where the family\n used to live; comments that she now weights 108\n \" lbs., which is more than her daughters weigh;\n sends his love to Grand Ma Powell, Aunt Ann,\n and Uncle Neb.","A baby girl was born who is Nina's cousin\n [Uncle Richard's daughter?]; describes a\n fishing trip; mentions finding several Indian\n graves with skeletons and other items; tells\n story of a \"mad\" dog who bit many people.","Gives news of Illinois relatives; describes\n a trip that he and Uncle Richard took through\n Stark County, emphasizing the changes that have\n taken place in the last five years; comments on\n Charley's [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] development\n into a young man; reports that Uncle Richard\n will leave the land business on September 1st;\n discusses his involvement in the business and\n his desire to visit Virginia.","Expresses his relief that his brother\n Charles arrived safely in Virginia; comments on\n how scattered the family is at present;\n mentions Cousin Fanny Cochran's wedding in\n Middleburg, [Virginia]; discusses Mr. Hyde's\n trip in the \"aerial vessel\" Atlantic from St.\n Louis to New York, as reported in the\n \"Republican\"; reports that Frank has another\n son, Horatio Nelson; news of other Illinois\n relatives; describes the July 4\n festivities.","Discusses an unprofitable year for his\n business; discusses a business proposition made\n to his brother Charles and Harry and Benton\n Janney by Uncle Richard, concerning the opening\n of the store; gives news of Illinois relatives;\n comments that his Uncle Richard, who just\n turned 43, may begin to use his middle name\n again and become Richard H. Lloyd; comments on\n how, in the past twenty years, the Powell\n family has spread from \"New York to Salt Lake\n City, and from the 'Lakes' to the Gulf of\n Mexico.\"","Reports that Uncle Richard, \n Min[na] will stop at\n Fulton County to visit relatives; gives his\n opinion about Minna not returning to Winchester\n [Virginia] for school, stating that she has\n become too undisciplined and used to complete\n freedom in Illinois to be effectively taught in\n a school; describes Frank's son Horatio Nelson;\n comments on the family's health, saying that\n his father [Charles L. Powell] weights twenty\n pounds more than he does and his mother [Selina\n L. Powell] weighs only six pounds less, and\n also weighs more than any of her three brothers\n in Illinois; asks her if she is finished school\n and will make her debut.","Reports that Charley [Charles L. Powell,\n Jr.], \n Harry and \n Benton\n [Janney] have begun their business named\n \"H and TB Janney and Co.\"; asks about the\n boarding school and discusses the difficulties\n of running one; reports that Frank's family and\n Mrs. Hammond[?] are on their way to Memphis to\n live; reports that Uncle Fred is planning an\n extended visit to Virginia, and then will\n probably move to Memphis; says he and Uncle\n Richard dissolved their partnership and that\n Uncle Richard plans to move to Memphis as well;\n reports that crops are poor, so his business\n will be slow; plans to see them for\n Christmas.","Reports that there is a County Fair next\n week; describes in detail an incident of a\n burning well; expresses sorrow that the family\n school will be so small this year; reports that\n the 'W S Fair' in Chicago is now over.","Discussing fall and winter goods being\n stocked at \"Lloyd's Big Brick\" in Henry,\n Illinois.","Much family news; mentions marriage of Miss\n Hutchins, and deaths of 2 children of Mrs.\n Clara Ferguson; received invitation to wedding\n of \"Miss Mittie\"; gives his opinion of\n marriage.","A french teacher at the boarding school\n died; mentions excitement due to 'John'\n Browne's execution and that there are 26\n companies of soldiers at Charlestown, [West\n Virginia]; mentions growing discontent of\n slaves; describes how men have loaded pistols\n ready in their homes; tells how many people are\n being imprisoned; tells of other strains\n between North and South; some family news;\n mentions \n [Robert\n Young] Conrad.","Reports that Uncle Richard's baby has been\n christened \n Elizabeth\n Jenkins [Lloyd]; comments that this is\n the day that \n [John] Brown is\n to be executed; comments on the number of\n arrests in Virginia of strangers traveling\n through the state. \n Including newspaper clipping, n.d., of a\n poem about infants.","Discusses Professors Wise and LaMountain's\n attempt to establish daily balloon\n transportation from the \"western\" states to the\n East Coast; family news; says he is anxious for\n the family in Illinois to move southward;\n mentions the execution of \"Cook and his\n confederates\" [involved in John Brown's\n attempted insurrection] on December 16.","Invitation to a \"Leap Year\" party.","Mentions and encloses invitation to a \"Leap\n Year\" party; describes events at the party;\n describes weather and reports of a sleighing\n party; reports marriage of Mary Ann Hoyt,\n friend of the family. \n Including ANS from Maggie J. Richmond,\n Henry, [Illinois], to \n Charles\n [L.] Powell, [Jr.], [Henry, Illinois],\n [February 1860], inviting him to a \"Leap Year\"\n party.","Talks about Uncle Richard's[?] baby girl;\n gives report of Charles L. Powell and some\n family news.","Discusses \"spring fever\" concerning work;\n describes weather; speaks of Uncle Nelson's\n Lloyd death and how it should be a happy time;\n thanks his father for \n \"Alex[andria]\n Gazettes\" containing articles about the\n Whig convention; much family news.","Writes about her feelings during the time\n following her brother Nelson's death; recounts\n the last days she spent with Nelson Lloyd.","Talks about assessed value of some land or\n property and makes reference to Lloyd Brothers\n and Co.; speaks of crops and the effects of the\n weather; mentions how road being finished would\n provide trade with those on the other side of\n the river; township will vote on how to acquire\n additional funds to complete the road; mentions\n the whig convention and how they now represent\n such a small minority of people.","Talks of spring dresses and bonnets;\n mentions hearing address by William McDonald;\n discusses opening of a shoe and book\n manufactory; speaks of beating \"the Yankees\n with their own men\"; family news; religious\n advice; mentions use of telegraph.","Discusses agriculture and effects of weather\n on crops; talks of visiting New England and of\n dislike of their attitudes; expresses extreme\n negative opinion of Yankees.","Family news; mentions work at the store;\n discusses events around town. \n Including [poem?] written in Latin on\n both sides of envelope. Locks of hair also\n enclosed.","Discusses crops and agriculture; describes\n Illinois scenery; family news; inquires about\n trip to Capron [Springs]; mentions \"Uncle\n Richard's\" card selling tour.","Discusses Congressional race; mentions\n Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky and his visit to\n Illinois; talks about rise in crime; family\n news.","Discusses confusion about having joined the\n church; religious discussion; some family and\n neighborhood news.","Inquires about trip to New England; mentions\n \"Alexandria Sentinel\"; family news.","Discusses climate and busy season of\n Christmas; debates issue of [Civil War] and\n effects; gives religious advice; family news; \n [Robert\n Young] Conrad .","Discusses problems due to political and\n financial situation of the country; talks about\n boils on his hand; family news; mentions\n kindness of Mayor Turner.","Nina's eighteenth birthday; discusses the\n weather; talks about sleighing and skating;\n mentions \" \n Pickwick\n Papers \"; describes hunting interest;\n makes reference to several literary works.","Talks of trade being slow; election of a Mr.\n McFadden as \"Justice of the Peace\"; mentions\n sleighing and the weather; describes hayride in\n snow and people he went with.","Discusses his indebtedness to his father and\n his financial situation.","Discusses political situation and \"imminent\n danger of civil war\"; comments on government\n involvement and troops in a war; mentions\n social life.","Discusses the imminent war and that it will\n be the third one in her lifetime; talks about\n effects of a war from past experience; family\n news. \n Including ANS from \"Grandmother,\"\n Catharine Powell, Belvue, [Virginia?], to \n Rebecca\n [Powell], [Winchester, Virginia], 20\n January 1861, inquiring about being able to\n paint for her. 1 page.","Describes his dog and its habits and\n actions; talks about a fight at a warehouse;\n family news.","Discusses pros, cons, and possibilities of a\n war; talks about being able to cross\n North/South Line if comes to Virginia;\n describes weather; mentions indoor winter\n activities; refers to marriage and courting\n habits; family news.","Briefly discusses the Navy; describes\n wedding of Nelie Hall and a Mr. Kellogg; family\n news.","Information concerning troop movements\n around Harper's Ferry; mentions a Col. Bowen,\n superintendent Barbour, and a Col. Moore.","Discusses explosion of armory at Harper's\n Ferry; speaks of united southern forces;\n mentions involvement of friends including\n Powell Grady; Powell and Holmes Conrad; family\n news.","Suffering from inflammation of eyes;\n discusses possibility of Illinois and Virginia\n residents being separated during the war;\n Virginia's succession from the Union; Democrats\n opposition to the war with the South; talks\n about surrender of Fort Sumter; confusion about\n whether to leave or stay in Henry; some family\n news.","Discusses \n Col[onel]\n Robert Lee and movement of troops;\n mentions Georgetown Heights, Alexandria\n Heights, and the Valley counties; some family\n news; mentions Rockingham Rifles.","Blockade established at the mouth of the\n Ohio; southern trade suspended; some family\n news; inquires about situation in Virginia\n concerning the war.","Discusses a proclamation of Lincoln;\n politics and effects of the \n [Civil] War ;\n dominance of Lincoln's party in Louisville,\n [Kentucky]; some family news.","Orders to stop mail from Virginia.; \n \n Alex[andri]a occupied by North; Fairfax\n cavalry taken prisoner; family news.","Wars effects on postal service; family\n news.","Thanks her for package of food and lists\n contents; speaks of newspaper \n Richmond\n Dispatch as a rare luxury; describes\n camp life; enemy is at Williamsport,\n [Maryland].","Discusses camp life and its required\n adjustment; mentions accidental shooting of two\n men as their only pessimistic experience so\n far; gives account of battles reported in the \n Balt[im]o[re] Sun\n [Baltimore Sun] ; majority of men in\n army are under 21; describes how soldiers try\n to get food from surrounding farmers and their\n families.","Discusses uniforms, saying that they are\n everywhere, and that a \"John Brown\" has\n increased the \"military spirit\" in Virginia;\n asks about Lloyd; discusses books he has read\n and that she recommends; describes their daily\n schedule and when she has time to read;\n discusses food in season; news of family and\n friends.","Prepares for battle; states that he is ready\n to do his duty for his country; mentions that\n the Continentals lost two men in the engagement\n the day before.","Regrets that he cannot keep their date for\n the afternoon due to Army business.","Mentions her husband's attack of dysentery;\n much family news; gives news of friends and\n family; hopes war will soon be over so that the\n family can all be together; expresses religious\n feelings; wishes that they could write more\n freely; tells him to send his letters to E. J.\n Lee in Maryland who will forward them South to\n them. \n Including AN, from [Selina (Lloyd)\n Powell], Winchester, [Virginia], to \"Charlie,\"\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.], n.p., relating more\n family news. 1 page. 22 July [1861].","Asks for specific items of clothing to be\n sent because he does not know when he can\n return home; refers to Haresack[?] and asks\n that she make him a smaller one.","Includes description of L. Powell.","Description of how Lloyd Powell was shot in\n battle [of Manassas]; details of his personal\n characteristics and attitudes.","Expresses sympathy in regard to Lloyd\n Powell's death; offers comforting words from\n the Bible. \n Including ALS, from Sue P. Lee,\n [Lexington, Virginia] to \n Nina\n [Powell], [Winchester, Virginia], 29 July\n 1861, offering condolences on the death of her\n brother, Lloyd Powell. 1 page.","Thanks Nina for her letter of sympathy\n concerning the death of her mother; gives news\n of her brothers and sisters; says that she has\n terminated her relations with cousin R.[?]\n because she could not marry a first cousin;\n discusses their friendship.","Complains of poor postal service; tells him\n of \n Lloyd's\n [Powell] death; remembers about Lloyd's\n characteristics and qualities; says that\n typhoid fever is spreading in the town; talks\n about her servants; family news; reports of \n Willie Lee\n [Chilton's] death, a second cousin;\n expresses religious view.","Love letter to her; proposes marriage to her\n and her guardian and asks for a reply.","Signed also by J. R. Bowen, \n J[ustice]\n [of the] P[eace], stating that \n Charles L.\n Powell, [Jr.] has taken necessary oaths\n to become Deputy Marshal. \n Including on verso ADS, from \n Brig[adie]r\n Gen[era]l James H. Carson, 24 October\n 1861, \n Charles L.\n Powell, [Jr.] permission to cross back\n and forth over enemy lines.","Thanks her for package she sent him;\n describes his situation and effects of the \n [Civil] War.","Thanks her for cap she sent him; his company\n is located at the \"Big Spring\" near Mr.\n Gray's.","States that Yankees were in Shepherdstown,\n [West Virginia] a few nights ago; family news;\n sends condolences on loss of her brother [Lloyd\n Powell].","Sympathizes upon loss of Nina's brother,\n Lloyd Powell; relates her story of when her\n father died; expresses indebtedness to Nina's\n mother [Selina (Lloyd) Powell]; mentions\n sickness prevalent in Winchester, [Virginia];\n discusses her brother's [Bob Lucas] experiences\n as a soldier; Charles L. Powell, Sr., has\n accepted position in Richmond; news of spending\n summer at Col. LaRue's in Clarke to escape the\n Yankees.","Thanks her for a cap she made and sent to\n him; expecting to go to camp soon; some family\n news.","Tells of explosion that a Mr. Hubard caused\n trying to perfect something like \"Greek fire\"\n to sell to the government, similar to a powder\n to use in shells; describes condition of Mr.\n Hubard, his subsequent operations and\n death.","Wanted to give her news from Winchester,\n [Virginia], but \"the spy\" had to burn his\n information for fear it would fall into Enemy\n hands; tells stories of houses being searched\n by soldiers; news of friends and relatives;\n decorated with \"Confederate States of America\"\n seal.","Trying to catch up with \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's troops; describes camp life and\n strategy concerning the Yankees.","Possibility of Yankees taking Richmond;\n discusses importance of trust in God during\n battles; inquires about Robert Lee.","General information on troop movements;\n mentions Battle of Williamsburg.","Describes being a member of Jackson's Army;\n mentions \"Rockbridge Artillery\" being full;\n family news. Decorated with \"Liberty and Union\"\n seal.","[Stonewall]\n Jackson captured two entire enemy\n regiments; enemy took part of Central Railroad;\n troop movements.","Family news; disappointment about not being\n able to be with \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson in his last fight.","Discusses the family's living arrangements;\n thanks her for finding a home for her to stay\n in, but feels it would be less imposing if she\n stayed where Nina is teaching in Prince Edward\n County; hopes that they can all live together\n soon; rejoices over Jackson's victory in\n retaking the \"old town\"; says that the Garlands\n have been very kind during her stay with them;\n discusses her traveling plans.","Death of friends, Willie Gray and Marshall\n Barton; death of various others in war\n including \n [Turner] Asby ;\n talks of having made herself a sun-bonnet; news\n of family and friends.","Speaks of getting a job as a clerk in Major\n Vaun's office; information about \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's victories; reports Colonel\n Ashby's death.","Reviews routine activities; much family and\n friend news; discusses \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's troops.","Everyone feeling ill and weighing less;\n Family news; possible fighting in Richmond,\n [Virginia]; \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson is at Hanover Junction,\n [Virginia]; problem with fleas.","He cannot get into the Rockbridge Artillery;\n she is staying with a Col. and Mrs. Tucker;\n battle of Richmond has begun; family news.","Got position as a clerk in the Quarter\n Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin\n of [Selina (Lloyd) Powell]; \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's army passed through\n Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of\n deserters from both sides wandering in\n mountains west of Winchester, [Virginia]; South\n won battle in Richmond, [Virginia].","Fighting around Richmond, [Virginia]; \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's Army arrived to help; describes\n strategies and events of war.","Details about progress of the war; much\n family news.","Personal experience in Army. \n Including NCl of a poem by Jno. R.\n Thompson, entitled \"Ashby\" from a Richmond,\n [Virginia] newspaper dated 13 June 1862, about\n the war. 1 page. \n Verso bears Becca [Rebecca Powell] to\n Selina (Lloyd) Powell. 1 page. ALS.","Makes reference to \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's Army and his efforts in\n Richmond, [Virginia]; relates events of war and\n involvement of friends and relatives; family\n news.","Discusses people she knows who have been\n wounded or killed in the war; refers to battles\n at Richmond and Chickahominy, [Virginia];\n family news.","Expresses disappointment that her parents\n didn't get to visit her; complains of \"M's\"\n temper; gives list of supplies that she has\n purchased or ordered.","Preparing to go to Gordonsville to join\n Braxton's Battery; family news.","Has joined Braxton's Artillery; give details\n of battles and accounts of those wounded and\n killed.","Describes battle between his Battery and the\n Yankees; describes Capt. Braxton.","He has jaundice; personal account of stay in\n Richmond; discusses salary; accounts of the\n war.","Charles L. Powell, Jr. was killed; [added to\n letter later] her husband is still yellow with\n jaundice; saw the \n President\n [Davis] and his wife; family news.","Explains events of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s\n death near Warrenton Springs, [Virginia];\n includes sketch of battlegrounds.","Town gossip; tells story of a Dr. Conrad's\n arrest and ordeal; family news.","Talks of our troops making it into Maryland;\n family news; prevalence of typhoid fever;\n discusses southern attitudes about the Civil\n War, and northerners.","Religious account and explanation of Charles\n L. Powell, Jr.'s death.","Informs her of \"Charley's [Charles L.\n Powell, Jr.] death; encloses a copy of Capt.\n Carter M. Braxton's report of the events\n leading to Charles L. Powell's death.","Offers sympathy for the loss of his son,\n Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes the death of\n their sister \n Ellen [Powell\n Gray] ; reports on the welfare of Ellen's\n family - Mr. [William Gray], Kate and Arthur;\n news of family. \n Including ALS from \"Mother\" [Selina L.\n Powell], n.p. to [Hattie Powell], n.p.\n Discusses the state of their belongings [in\n their former house in Winchester] and what will\n be sold through cousin \n Sarah [Powell\n Conrad] ; says if they do not intend to\n return, then it should all be sold. 1 page.","Thanks her for her sympathy upon death of\n Rebecca's brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.;\n expresses religious views; family news.","Responds to news of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s\n death; family news; reports on her own\n health.","Includes description of Charles L. Powell\n and the battle.","Much family and town news; mentions that\n army is located near her in Winchester,\n [Virginia].","Gives her daily routine schedule; involved\n in knitting for the soldiers; doesn't seem to\n think Yankees will approach Richmond,\n [Virginia]; remembers her son \"Charley\"\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] often.","Discusses their friendship and situation of\n the Civil War.","Expresses sympathy for the death of her\n brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes in\n detail the death of her mother, Ellen Powell\n Gray and reveals her feelings concerning it;\n gives news of their Powell relatives.","Discusses daily routine; problem with\n typhoid fever; family news.","Much family news.","Comments on incidents of typhoid fever;\n family news; discusses her minister and baptism\n of a baby.","Describes circumstances of her daughter\n Annie's sickness and death; offers sympathy for\n death of Charles L. Powell, Jr.; family news;\n including recital of Fenella's funeral rites;\n \"Earth to Earth, Dust to Dust...\".","Discusses business matters in Winchester\n that she is taking care of for Charles L.\n Powell; discusses the ear and the situation in\n Winchester; sends him some books, stating that\n the Yankees carried off the rest of them;\n reports of a proposed armistice.","Describes sickness causing a delirious state\n for a few days; family news; knitting as a\n popular pastime; discusses weather; Yankees\n still have Gloucester Point as a fort; soldiers\n suffering from \"rot\" that kills them.","Discusses \n [John]\n Milton's works; family news; Longstreet's\n Corps has occupied many points near Culpeper\n Court House. \n Including ANS from Nina Powell, Kenmuir,\n [Louisa County, Virginia] to \"sister,\" [either\n Hattie or Rebecca Powell], n.p., \n 5 November\n [18]62, reporting family news. 1 page. \n Also including ANS from \n S[elina]\n P[owell], Kenmuir, [Louisa County,\n Virginia]. Expresses grief over Annie Lee's\n death; asks about Robert E. Lee; prevalence of\n typhoid fever; describes weather and landscape;\n Yankees did not disturb Charles L. Powell,\n Jr.'s grave; family news. 2 pages. ALS.","Sends this letter with a letter from Hunter,\n her brother; comments that Hattie has now been\n gone from Winchester eight months; says life\n ins find when Confederate soldiers are in\n Winchester, but that it is miserable when the\n Yankees come; says General Jackson has visited\n them and has his headquarters on the road to\n Front Royal; says he gave her his photograph\n and se will send a copy; writes that they are\n working very hard because the few servants in\n town are cooking for the soldiers; lists people\n who will leave town if the Yankees return; says\n Cousin Betty look unwell because she works so\n hard in the hospitals ; writes that they only\n have 500 sick beds in the hospitals; mentions\n the destruction by Yankees in other counties;\n fears they will soon suffer.","Sends thanks for present he received because\n [it] will be useful during the winter;\n expresses desire for peace in the country.","Much family news; expresses concern that the\n southern army is suffering from a lack of\n clothes and the elements.","Expresses her feelings of loneliness, as she\n lives among strangers; expresses other worries\n of disease and of the war; discusses problems\n with diphtheria in the neighborhood; comments\n on the shortage of men in the neighborhood, in\n particular healthy, attractive ones; discusses\n the hardships of Uncle Prosser and \n Aunt\n [Re]Bec[ca] whose former servants burnt\n much of their property; news of friends and\n family.","Discusses the condition of Charles L.\n Powell's estate and what business has been\n transacted; lists what articles from their home\n have been sold, commenting that most people in\n Winchester are not buying things because they\n are leaving to journey \"up the Valley\"; reports\n that 4000 men are guarding Winchester, that\n some tobacco has been burned, and that\n preparation for evacuation is underway;\n describes Yankee attacks in Charlestown;\n comments on the effect of the fear of attack on\n everyone in the town; gives news of\n friends.","Comments on problems with influenza; refers\n to a Capt. Duff and his defense of Leesburg,\n [Virginia]; gives news of town since troops\n have arrived; family news.","Makes references to the Clarke Cav[al]ry and\n a Capt. Carter; possessions have been pillaged\n and towns have been ruined; has to quit farming\n because of war.","Wishes Nina a Happy Birthday; refers to God\n and task to enter his Kingdom; mentions a\n friend who died from diphtheria; discusses \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's opposition to the \"enemy\"\n [Yankees] at Port Royal, [Virginia]; family\n news.","Discusses everyone's fear of diphtheria;\n much family news.","Makes references to \n Gen. [Robert\n E.] Lee's victories; much family\n news.","Expresses the difficulty of losing so many\n brave men in the \n [Civil] war.","Reminisces about their last Christmas\n together; discusses the servants and their\n ability to be dangerous.","Expresses desire for peace and to return to\n Winchester, [Virginia]; much town and family\n news; sorry they can't spend Christmas\n together.","She has been ill with a cough and cold;\n family news.","Inquires about a John Tabb; tells activities\n of \n Kate\n [Gordon] who is staying with them;\n mentions a bombazine [fine twilled silk\n fabric]; people looking for teaching positions;\n family news.","Much town and family news.","Problems with smallpox; much family news;\n mentions Judge Lee's[?] suicide.","Her husband, Charles L. Powell, Sr., is\n still looking for a teaching job; recommends\n reading as a worthwhile hobby.","Describes how her family spent Christmas;\n thanks her for the cap she made for her brother\n Rob; discusses the sadness of Hattie's\n Christmas; discusses friendship; reports that\n she heard from Mary[?] who is living behind\n Yankee lines in King George.","Mentions a Col. Tucker[?]; talks about her\n personal health; refers to the \"conscript act\";\n gives impressions of deaths resulting from the \n [Civil] War and\n ideas of a forthcoming peace; family news.","Family news; refers to robbery of all\n servants; tells stories of confrontations with\n the enemy and experiences while at war;\n discusses food he has to eat; mentions has\n heard news of Grandma's death; mentions William\n Edmonson Jones.","Much family news; discusses her pay for\n tutorial services.","Mentions their father's new employment in\n Greenville; news of family and friends.","Family news; describes some of daily\n activities. \n Including ANS from N. C. E.[?], n.p., to\n Nina Powell, n.p., post 13 March 1863, giving\n neighborhood news.","Comments on Cavalry's victory in Culpepper\n [sic], [Virginia]; describes poverty situation\n in Winchester, [Virginia], as result of \n [Civil] War ;\n discusses situations in Romney, West Virginia;\n much family news.","Found a teaching job in Powhatan; describes\n location and plans to build a house.","Comments on his activities in the Army;\n refers to \"the Picketts\"; tells of damage and\n destruction in Winchester, [Virginia], as a\n result of Yankee invasion.","Comments on experiences in Army; expresses\n sadness that young men can't receive education\n during the war; family news; states that Tip[?]\n Powell and Frank Grady were captured in\n Loudoun, [Virginia].","Discusses clothes; family news; says they\n will visit \n Shirley\n [Plantation] soon; says Mary[?] must\n remain within the Yankee lines because the only\n way to leave is to walk eighteen miles at\n night, carrying baggage; mentions Robert E.\n Lee, George Washington, and Custis Lee.","Mentions interest in soldiers, especially\n the South Carolina gentlemen; talks about\n sources of entertainment; family news.","Describes his house and surroundings; family\n news.","Mentions \"taking bitters (a tea) made of\n sarsaparilla root\" for strength and to purify\n her blood; expresses hopes for war to soon be\n over; Yankees now have Fauquier under their\n control; family news; refers to receiving news\n through the Enquirer.","Discusses when the family members will see\n each other; gives news of Powell relatives at\n Locust Hill; says that goods cannot be sent to\n them from Locust Hill [Leesburg, Virginia]\n because of a blockade; inquires about the\n fighting in Fredericksburg.","Talks about General Stuart's decision to\n review his Division; refers to great loss at\n Battle of Chancellorsville in the death of \n \n Gen[era]l [\"Stonewall\"] Jackson ;\n describes events of war near Rowlesburg, [West\n Virginia]; comments on his troops various\n attacks on different Railroads; gives details\n about other battles.","Much family news; comments on how quickly\n her chickens are dying.","Discusses fighting [in the Civil War] and\n loss of servants; family news and sick and\n wounded from Battle of Gettysburg.","Comments on war, pestilence and famine;\n discusses the \n [Civil] War .","States that Nina Powell has been recommended\n to him to take care of his children as well as\n tutoring them; requests response to his\n offer.","Discusses pillaging by the Yankees; comments\n on men who have given their lives for the\n southern cause; much family news.","Comments on scarcity of various staples;\n offers her $300 to come and teach his\n children.","Discusses \"keeping house\" and how much it\n costs to do so; family news; comments on the\n Battle of Manassas. \n Including AN from [?], n.p. to \n Hatty [sic]\n [Powell], n.p., n.d., discussing delivery\n of enclosed note to \n Custis [Lee] . 1\n page.","Attempts to appease Nina's apprehensions\n about coming to Hanover County if the enemy is\n there; wants her to begin working the first of\n October.","Offer to substitute himself [for William\n Henry Fitzhugh Lee as a Northern prisoner of\n War].","Much family news; questions Nina about her\n \"beaux\" and his courting ways; discusses\n education.","Refers to burning her previous letter in\n case of a fight whence it could become public;\n relates news of troops; family news; discusses\n fight from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan\n [Rivers].","Much family news.","Much family news; stats that a man named\n Taylor Johns has fallen in love with Nina\n Powell; discusses situation at the\n Stringfellow's, where Nina now lives.","Discusses in detail his new teaching\n position; family information.","Gives cotton prices as $3.75 a yard;\n discusses Battle at Manassas; much family\n news.","Comments on her husband's new position in\n Albemarle; much family news; mentions some\n events in reference to the Civil War.","Says she saw her father [Charles L. Powell,\n Sr.] on his way to move into Cousin R's[?];\n describes her trip to Charlottesville;\n expresses satisfaction that her mother is able\n to stay with Uncle Fred and Lute; reports she\n has eleven scholars.","Family news; discusses her job as a teacher;\n discusses \"preserving with molasses\"; expresses\n anger and confusion about Nina's beaux David\n [?].","Discusses his teaching position.","Much family news.","Gives opinion on attitudes of young people;\n family news; expresses interest in\n religion.","Discusses plans for Christmas, including\n costs involved and where they can stay;\n discusses death of [Cousin?] Temple Grady and\n its effect on other relatives; discusses\n teaching and their role in the war effort.","Refers to a battle at Chattanooga,\n [Tennessee]; and [General] Longstreet;\n discusses cotton and its discount price of $18\n a bale; comments on young gentlemen who have\n come to visit her; other town and family\n news.","Thanks Hattie for her kind gift of The\n Bible; gives details of present experience as a\n soldier in the \n [Civil] War ;\n expresses sadness for those who died in the\n battle.","Mentions a Carrie Hobson's death resulting\n from a \"perforation of the bowels,\" (typhoid\n fever); family and town news; mentions Temple\n Grady's [brother of C. Powell Grady?] death;\n refers to having some corsets made.","Much family news.","Family news; expresses concern about\n \"national affairs\"; discusses religious point\n of view.","Much family news; discusses General Bragg\n and his great ability as a leader.","Much family news; states that he met Mr.\n Seddon, Secretary of War and they discussed \n [Judah]\n Benjamin ; gives some views of what is\n happening with the \n [Civil] War .","Mentions [General] Longstreet's retreat from\n Knoxville, [Tennessee]; comments on giving Nina\n some linen for \"sleeves or sleeve bands\",\n family news; discusses harvesting of crops;\n comments on threats that \"Yanks\" are\n making.","Discusses insufficiency of cotton crops;\n mentions that her son is on a war vessel, in\n the ocean, \"larger than the \n Florida and the \n Alabama .\"","Refers to travel by carriage; discusses\n mailing \"bleached cotton\"; family news.","Mentions story where Yankees come into towns\n and arrest southerners; refers to\n daguerreotypes; writes a poem/prayer to God\n about grief he and others have experienced.","Wishes Nina a Merry Christmas since she\n (Nina) will be together with her parents;\n family news.","Discusses the inclement weather; states that\n she had butter and tea for celebration on\n Christmas morning; gives price of calico as 6\n dollars per yard.","Comments on her friends spending New Year's\n Eve at the President's; mentions walking to the\n University\n [of Virginia] in Charlottesville,\n [Virginia]; family news; refers to cotton vs.\n bleached cotton; discusses typhoid fever;\n comments on subject of religion.","Much family news; expresses hopes for an end\n to the \n [Civil] War ;\n mentions a book \"Home Influency\" that deals\n with raising children.","Mentions losing her heart to a Lieutenant\n Blackford; much family news.","Mentions having forgotten Nina's birthday\n and becoming more absentminded; states that\n demonstrating affection ins public is not good\n practice; gives advice and opinion on men and\n courting; has put \"vie dollars in gold and $25\n in Virginia. Bank notes\"; and discusses school\n teaching; much family news.","Has been suffering from sickness similar to\n typhoid fever; mentions that many servants have\n the measles; states that the key to her watch\n is worn out and she cannot wind it.","Offers advice about teaching; has seen [John\n C. Pemberton]; family news.","Discusses her illness [typhoid fever?];\n describes her Christmas diversions.","Comments on how he misses having the women\n in his family at home; family news; discuses\n some aspects of the \n [Civil] War ;\n mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Much family news; expresses hope that the \n [Civil] War will\n soon end; expresses grief of her Mother's\n death.","Expresses concern about Hattie Powell's\n sickness; much family news and town gossip;\n mentions some of the types of food they've been\n eating; talks about \"yanks\" and their\n disruptiveness; mentions Robert Young\n Conrad.","Gives Nina advice on how to terminate her\n engagement with [John Dupuy]; writes of the\n death of Hunter McGuire's sister, May; says she\n now has twelve scholars; news of family and\n friends; discusses books and mentions Robert\n Young Conrad.","Says she has been busy knitting gloves,\n sewing, teaching, nursing, and being sick; says\n she is nearly \"well and fat\" again; says that\n her hair has not started to come back yet, but\n that when it does, she has been told to shave\n it; asks who Nina's friend Lizzie is; describes\n people she has met; reports where troops are;\n discusses ways she is trying to get cotton.","Advises Minnie not to be grieved about their\n mother's death; some family news.","Article in which Jefferson Davis praises the\n Confederate soldiers for their \"devotion and\n self-sacrifice,\" and assures them of their\n capabilities against the declining enemy; also\n includes a commentary about Davis' speech,\n stating that the present spirit of the South\n has never been paralleled in history.","Congratulates Nina on her engagement to \n [John J.]\n Dupuy ; discusses their friendship; news\n of family and friends.","Much family news.","Mentions a girl's death from diphtheria;\n refers to traveling by train; discusses\n blockade of the Potomac River; comments on\n greenbacks and their value; refers to the\n Yankee Congress; general Civil War news.","Gives consent for him to marry Nina after\n listing the pros and cons of the situation.","Much town news and family news; refers to\n knitting as a pastime; states that her hair has\n not begun to \"come out yet\".","Discusses her new beau; much family and town\n news; refers to events of the \n [Civil] War and\n the Powhatan troop.","Says that her employer, Mrs. Stringfellow,\n has offered to allow her two weeks for Easter;\n asks permission to come home; gives detailed\n plans on how she could get there cheaply; says\n the \"troop\" will return before Easter; asks if\n her father is coming home for the holiday.","Discusses selection of a minister; comments\n on her knitting for the soldiers; town gossip\n and family news.","Discusses sale of a draft on New York for\n $625.","Thanks her for gloves she knitted and set to\n him.","Comments on her sister's problem with\n inflammatory rheumatism; much town and family\n news; tells stories of soldiers who have\n returned home; comments on lack of patriotism\n in the country; mentions readying.","Tells of a shopping trip she took to\n Charlottesville, and the people she saw;\n describes a visit to see their father at Cousin\n R. Nowland's; discusses the new tax law, the\n \"panic,\" and the new monetary issue; news of\n friends and family; mentions reading.","Makes reference to needing a straw-splitter;\n discusses financial situation; comments on\n Nina's engagement to \"Brother \n John\"\n [Dupuy?] .","Mentions interruption of communications due\n to Yankee Raid; states that he sat near \n Gen. [Robert\n E.] Lee and Mr. Edmund Lee on a train car\n and talked with them; describes conversation;\n discusses the events of the \n [Civil]\n War [including Lee's near capture by\n Custis' divisionary raid through Albemarle\n County, during the Kilpatrick - Dahlgren Raid\n on Richmond]; mentions Holmes Conrad.","Much town news; discusses Yankees and their\n progression; comments on her attempts to hide\n her silver on her body in order to keep it from\n the Yankees.","Much family news; expresses religious\n views.","Much family news; discusses events of the \n [Civil] War ;\n including raid by Custis on Albemarle; mentions\n Homes Conrad.","Much family news.","Discusses the weather; much town and family\n news.","Says her Easter plans have been cancelled\n because of the snow storm; mentions how close\n she (Nina) has been to the Yankees; says she\n feels much better and now weights 114 pounds;\n reports on fatal measles in the area; reports\n on how she has spent her time with Captain\n Morgan.","Sends her a letter from Kate[?].","Discusses buying and selling cotton;\n comments on college opportunities; family\n news.","Much family news and town gossip; comments\n on gold lace on the coats of those who make\n rank of Captain.","Much family news; refers to Nina's\n grandmother's [Anne Harriotte (Lee) Lloyd]\n death; discusses Yankees and their progress;\n mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Comments on reading as a pastime and\n mentions [?] Cooper's novels; much family news;\n refers to Yankees taking hostages; mentions\n Robert Young Conrad.","Describes her daily schedule; reports how\n their Aunt Jeanie Lloyd and \n Aunt\n [Re]Bec[ca] are doing in relation to the\n war; describes social visits; mentions an Aunt\n Nannie; news of family and friends.","Discusses weather and its effects on gardens\n and crops; comments on Yankees and news about\n the \n [Civil] War ;\n much family news.","Much family news; comments on news of the \n [Civil] War .","Gives detailed description of fighting near\n Beaver Dam, [Virginia], as told to her by some\n of the soldiers; mentions visit by Gen. Stuart;\n describes other events of the war from personal\n point of view.","Much family news; discusses struggle on the\n Rapidan [River]; tells of other \n [Civil]\n War news.","Discusses general battle news; expresses\n concern about struggle in Hanover County,\n Virginia.","Discusses events of the war; comments on\n actions of Yankees.","Comments on armies being at Hanover Junction\n and expresses her concern and fears; refers to\n burning of Powhatan depot by Yankees. \n Including AN from [Selina (Lloyd) Powell,\n Charlotte County, Virginia], to Nina Powell,\n [Verdon, Hanover County, Virginia], 24 May,\n 1864, correcting some spelling errors. 1\n page.","Expresses relief that the Yankees did not\n come through the area where Nina is; says that\n her father wants her [Nina] to leave soon\n because of the danger; says things are so\n scarce in Charlotte that there would not be\n enough to feed her; expresses relief that Nina\n is not living between the two railroads; says\n the news they get about the war is encouraging,\n but she thinks the conflict will be a long one;\n discusses plans to get the family together.","Refers to battle of Vicksburg; tells of\n other developments of the \n [Civil] War .","Refers to a cousin, Mrs. Randolph Tucker\n whose house is at the corner of Grace and Adams\n street in Richmond; much family news.","Asks about Nina's daily schedule and when\n she says prayers; expresses sorrow that\n Hattie's teaching position near Nina did not\n work out; tells her she must be self-reliant;\n says she is waiting to find out if she can join\n Mr. Powell; discusses the fashions of hats;\n sends her respects to Mr. Stringfellow.","Much town and family news.","Describes her social schedule; encourages\n her to pursue a relationship with Willie\n Booker; news of family.","Recounts all he has been doing for the past\n two years (has been in charge of a prison.","Asks Nina to change her mind and work for\n them another year; claims they are safe from\n the Yankees and that the war will soon be over;\n praises her teaching of their three girls.","Discusses Yankees' burning of houses in\n Richmond; gives views on death; much family\n news.","Comments on typhoid fever; family news.","Much Family news. mentions not being able to\n find a nail-brush in the city and forgot india\n ribbon; comments on Yankees treating people\n badly; refers to buying lip-glue at Randolph's\n Book Store; discusses her, Nina's, new\n house.","Describes Mr. Powell's teaching position\n with the Scott family; says he is trying to\n find a place near him for her to stay; says\n there was a Yankee raid near where he is\n staying; discusses where friends who are\n soldiers are stationed; mentions families who\n are looking for wounded soldiers to employ as\n teachers.","Much family and town news.","Comments on symptoms of the \"fever\";\n expresses religious beliefs concerning deaths\n resulting from battles; much family news and\n town news.","Much family news; discusses teacher's\n pay.","Much family and town news; inquires about\n her new home in Richmond, Virginia.","Discusses one of Nina's pupils and how Nina\n should act towards the family that is employing\n her; mentions arrangements to exchange a pair\n of shoes; reports on friends and family;\n reports on \"her Willie,\" and where he is\n stationed; mentions soldiers for whom she has\n knitted gloves.","Discusses the suitability of Mr. Starke's\n teaching offer for her mother.","Chides Nina for not writing her; asks if she\n is spending all her time with Willie Dupuy] who\n has a wounded shoulder; reports on what she has\n done socially; asks her to get some cartridges\n for her pistol when she buys some for her own\n gun; says Minna Booker is to be married\n November fourth; discusses sewing.","Complains about difficulties in the teaching\n profession; family news.","Describes her situation at the Garrett's,\n teaching Lizzie and others; emphasizes the\n importance of letter writing now that they are\n apart; discusses Mr. Irving's[?] failing\n health; says Lizzie has diphtheria; describes\n social events; discusses Nina's problems with\n teaching Blanche; reports on friends who have\n been wounded or killed in the war; asks bout\n Cousin Mary Lee and Cousin Emily.","Reports that her brother Rob has been\n wounded and may have to have his leg amputated;\n says her brother Jimmie is in Charleston where\n there is much yellow fever; says they work all\n day without rest; more family news.","Gives advice on how Nina should manage one\n of her pupils; reports on what she is doing;\n discusses clothes; mentions Minna's\n wedding.","Gives reasons why she hasn't written of\n late; describes her brother's episode of being\n shot in the hand and its effects; comments on\n amount of men that are off at war and those who\n remain are \"quaking\"; much family news;\n expresses hope that God will get them through\n \"these difficulties.\"","Describes her social activities; discusses\n balancing work with pleasure; news of family\n and friends.","Asks about her \"new home\" in Richmond and\n her \"new occupation\" with Mrs. Paleski;\n describes Minna's wedding; says the weather was\n so bad that no one could go home, so the\n reception lasted all night; reports what she\n has done socially; describes in detail a dress\n she just made.","Expresses joy that Nina and their mother can\n live close to each other; reports on her social\n activities; discusses plans for Christmas;\n mentions how well the Confederate Cavalry is\n doing; discusses friends that are soldiers, and\n which of them she has knitted gloves for.","Describes a preacher, Mr. McGill, who is\n visiting; describes social events; discusses\n clothes she is making; questions Junius\n Powell's decision to go to Bermuda instead of\n joining the army; mentions Harry Harrison [Mrs.\n Huge's brother] who came home after a prisoner\n at Fort Delaware.","Discusses how her home was destroyed;\n details experiences with the Yankees; comments\n on incarceration of many Southerners in\n northern prisons and their suffering; family\n news.","Describes her trip to Charlottesville and\n the people she visited, including cousin Gert;\n mentions Sally's[?] death; says she must soon\n accept an offer for teaching from Mr. Frank\n Cabell; discusses depreciation of money;\n mentions a cousin Ann and a cousin Laura;\n reports that Tip Powell was taken prisoner.","Discusses the bad weather and muddy roads,\n says she has not heard from Custis Lee, for\n whom she made gloves; discusses clothes;\n discusses Christmas plans; tells Nina to\n \"change her dress\" whenever she desires, since\n she will always mourn inside; says she and\n Rebecca will change theirs in the spring;\n discusses the problems Winchester is having\n with the Yankees; mentions Minna's wedding.","Discusses a prospective teaching job for her\n and his plan for her.","Much family news; begs her to spend\n Christmas with them.","Expresses happiness that her mother and\n father will finally be able to live together\n again; comments on Nina Powell's loss of hair;\n refers to suffering Loudoun County, due to\n Yankees; family news; describes how a friend\n spends time trying to find hiding places for\n her possessions.","Describes a \"homespun\" dress that she has;\n family news; describes weather; tells her to go\n to a Christmas get-together where she can met\n many people, including Robert E. Lee, Custis\n Lee, and perhaps \"our beloved President\"\n [Jefferson Davis]; later mentions rumors that\n President Davis may be dead.","Mentions pastime crocheting a cap; comments\n on delay of mail; discusses ordering some\n supplies from her sister; refers to troop\n movement on \"the Danville road\"; family\n news.","Describes social activities; urges Nina to\n spend Christmas in Richmond with Cousin Emily;\n discusses cotton and where to buy it. \n Including fragment of ALS from \"cousin\"\n Laurence B. Taylor, to [?], n.p., n.d., stating\n that he hopes they will see much of each other\n in \n Albemarle\n [County] .","Discusses the difficulties of sending mail;\n inquires about their mother's health; news of\n friends and the war.","Thanks her for the gauntlets, testament, and\n book of psalms that she sent him.","Tells what she did during Christmas\n holidays; discusses her job as a teacher as\n well as who and what subjects she teaches;\n family and town news.","Comments on Robert E. Lee's thoughts that\n the South is in danger; discusses her knitting\n and whom she has made gloves for; states how\n she doesn't understand men; family news.","Discusses the possibility of Nina being\n engaged to Willie Dupuy; says she would like to\n know him better before she can consent; would\n like for her to make the final decision\n herself; says their engagement would last\n indefinitely because they are both poor and\n Willie was \"disabled\" from the war; asks her to\n consider these issues.","Responds to her requesting permission to be\n engaged to \n Mr. [William]\n Dupuy[?] ; gives feelings about entire\n situation; refers to evacuation of Richmond,\n [Virginia].","Family news; asks her to send her stamps and\n black glazed cotton and to look for\n strawsplitters; describes episode of being\n thrown from horse.","Discusses how busy she is making gloves;\n mentions Nina's engagement/involvement with a\n \"brave, Christian soldier\".","Discusses possibility of Nina moving to\n Norwood if Richmond is given up.","Much family news; discusses the bond between\n two who love each other.","Expresses happiness about Nina's now\n official engagement to Mr. [William] Dupuy;\n other family news.","Discusses Nina's engagement and her fiance's\n [William Dupuy] financial status and\n personality.","Gives advice on how to express feelings of\n love to her fiance, in her correspondence.","Gives her advice about her situation with\n Mr. D[upuy]; tells her to make up her own mind\n and to be sure of his character and their love;\n advises that if she is certain that she wants\n to be engaged to him, then not to hold back her\n feelings and to show her trust; gives more\n advice.","Much family news; expresses her approval of\n William Dupuy as Nina's fiance. \n Including Cy of L, 10 February 1865, from\n [William Dupuy], n.p. to \"Sir\" [Charles L.\n Powell, Sr.], n.p., discussing his and Nina's\n relationship and betrothal. 4 pages.","Gives advise on Nina's relationship with a\n young man [Willie Dupuy?]; says that if they\n ever get married they would always be poor;\n discusses what he will want in a wife;\n discusses Nina's fear that her ways are not\n elegant enough for him because he was brought\n up in higher society; reveals her philosophy on\n how to act in society, how to view oneself, and\n how to act towards men to keep them\n interested.","Comments on attempts to regain some of their\n family possessions; discusses the break-up of\n Nina Powell's engagement; mentions Hattie\n Powell's arrival in Goochland, [Virginia],\n family news.","Discusses Nina's problem with an employer,\n Mrs. Powell, and suggests other families she\n could work for; says she can spend $350.00 on\n material for summer clothing; discusses the\n plight of the South; reveals her feelings about\n Nina's engagement; describes a visit to Norwood\n where her parents are working for Mr. Cabell;\n reports that cousin Lizzie Powell, fourth\n daughter of Uncle Llew, is to be married; news\n of family and friends; mentions teaching.","Discusses materials for sewing dresses;\n expresses her anger at how Mrs. Powell (an\n employer) treated Nina; discusses her neighbors\n where she is teaching, saying none are suitable\n for Nina to live with and teach for; gives news\n of friends and family; says they have a soldier\n staying there; mentions teaching. \n Including newspaper clipping advertising\n for teachers.","Thanks her for presents she sent him;\n expresses hope of seeing her again soon.","Much family news; discusses Yankees.","Says Mr. Philip Cabell is stopping by\n \"Bremo\" on his way to Richmond, so she is\n taking this opportunity to send a letter;\n discusses opportunities for her to work with\n other families and how she should set this up;\n wishes she could come to see them but says it\n is impossible because the canal is \"broken up,\"\n the roads are bad, and the Yankees destroyed\n the carriage; hopes that she is comfortable at\n Gen[eral] Cocke's; hopes that he doesn't mind\n her being there since he is a wealthy man.\n Letter is continued on a small slip of paper -\n advises on the different uses of \"shall\" and\n \"will\" in writing letters.","Expresses relief that she is safe after\n traveling through dangerous area; says that\n their Mother and Father had some trouble when\n traveling, and that they lost some clothes;\n discusses an offer to teach in Keysville,\n Charlotte County; reports battle action in the\n area; asks what she thinks about her giving her\n silver cup to \"the government\"; mentions the\n death of their Aunt Ann's baby, Fannie.","Mentions sending carpet bags to her parents\n filled with necessary items she could spare;\n comments on Yankees being on southside of the\n James [River], [Virginia] and dreading a\n raid.","Send the key to her bonnet box; mentions a\n cousin Kate Noland and an Aunt Bettie Conrad;\n news of family and friends.","Discusses surrender of Confederates in\n detail; expresses religious beliefs about\n result of the \n [Civil] War ;\n describes battle in Richmond, [Virginia].","Comments on prohibition from traveling\n North; mentions recognition by France and the\n French position; gives religious opinions;\n describes some of the remnants left by\n Yankees.","Reports news of post-war events since Hattie\n receives no news in the country; expresses the\n sentiments and anxieties of those in an\n occupied city, discusses [Robert E. Lee and his\n sons]; reports rumors about Booth, Jefferson\n Davis, and the surrender of the army of \n [Joseph E.]\n Johns[t]on to \n [William T.]\n Sherman ; discusses the sacrifices of the\n last four years and where it has led.","Describes the people with whom she is\n staying; expresses joy that she feels\n comfortable in Richmond; says she hears rumors\n about whether Richmond will be given up or not;\n tells her to come to them if there is any\n danger; news about friends.","Describes a battle at Fort Jackson that she\n was able to witness from her cousin's house;\n says Hunter [?] is the medical doctor of\n Ewell's Corps; mentions lack of provisions;\n says she had to work very hard last winter.","Refers to \"free negroes\" and the fall of\n Richmond; tells stories of robbers in various\n neighborhoods; discusses difficulty to have\n faith in God where there is so much suffering;\n also refers to bands of negro robbers and\n describes their actions.","Much family news; expresses sorrow and grief\n about living through these times.","Much family news; comments on problems with\n servants; refers to death of Lincoln and\n memorial service for him.","Reports that Mr. Cabell bought a horse from\n a Mississippi soldier; reports that a Yankee\n soldier came to the house asking for brandy;\n says that she and Fan [?] are closing school\n for the summer; says she will soon come to\n Norwood to visit them.","Discusses health, says she has rheumatism;\n says they will stay in Richmond until July;\n tells their options of where to go; considers\n the cost of the Civil War; discusses the\n condition of President Davis, prisoner at Fort\n Monroe; says the Yankee officers are being\n kinder to Richmonders; says Pierrepont has just\n arrived in Richmond.","Reports she is staying with relatives but\n that it is so crowded, she will leave soon;\n says the house has been burned down, so they\n are living in log cabins; tells that she will\n soon go to Canada to visit her brother Horace;\n discusses where Nina could set up a school in\n that neighborhood.","Tells of her religious belief about the \n [Civil] War and\n how she prays daily; discusses subject of white\n vs. black labor; much family new; comments on\n cruel treatment of \"our\" President [Jefferson\n Davis]; refers to a Dr. Hoge who denies trying\n to begin a colony in Brazil.","Expresses difficulty in accepting downfall\n of Confederacy; family news; discusses Nina's\n engagement to Willie Dupuy.","Much family news.","Poem entitled \n The Bachelor's\n Consolation written by \"Goodman A.\n Bachelor.\"","Much family news; comments on Nina's\n engagement; discusses situation with Negroes;\n comments on elections and how soldiers were put\n into many of the civil offices; plans for\n jousting tournament.","Discusses the family's moving to a new house\n and how they all can be reunited once\n again.","Discusses where they may move; says the\n Yankees have possession of her home in\n Arlington; says the situation in Richmond is\n better since Pierrepont [Pierpont] arrived;\n gives news about family; mentions Robert E. Lee\n (1843-1914) and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee.","Discusses Nannie's [?] wedding; says their\n father will need her [Nina] home for the\n opening of school; tells how she has been\n spending her time; discusses the school;\n reports that Mary [?] is there; expresses fear\n for her Aunt Mary because of the threats of\n Negro uprisings in southern Virginia; asks if\n everything is going well between Nannie and\n Willie B[ooker].","Discusses the continuing uncertainties of\n where their family will live; says she will\n return to work at Mr. Cabell's because she\n cannot depend on family plans; describes her\n visit to Greenwood.","Discusses a horse riding [jousting]\n tournament and social event that followed; much\n family news.","Reports travel plans; lists social events;\n news of friends; says she will begin at Mr.\n Cabell's in two weeks.","Says that she just realized that it is her\n 56th birthday; discusses some issues on\n etiquette; says that she is glad that she is\n pleased with her new house; has heard that the\n Yankees are advancing on Charlottesville; says\n Gloucester is having problems with the Yankees,\n so she will not return there; expresses\n disappointment that Mr. Powell did not secure a\n certain job that would have allowed them all to\n live together; says that the Redds and the\n Bookers have been very kind to her and do not\n want her to leave; writes that the Dupuy's son\n [Willie?] has bullet wounds in both thighs and\n in the foot.","Much family news.","Describes a boat trip she took with Sallie\n [?] to Norwood; gives news of Mr. William\n Cabell; discusses literature; news of friends\n and family.","Says Hunter has a small (medical) practice;\n gives news about what her other brothers[?] are\n doing; says Willie is doing well despite the\n time he spent in prison; tells how he was\n marched by their home last winter by the\n Yankees and taken to prison; tells how their\n house was used as a hospital, her family was\n put under arrest, and they were forced to live\n with the Yankees for six months; expresses her\n hatred of the Yankees; discusses how the last\n four years have changed her; tells how Gert [?]\n was working in the hospitals and on the battle\n field, caught a disease and has been bedridden\n for the last thirteen months; says she was very\n weak last winter because of the hard work and\n anxiety; says she could no longer work in the\n hospitals because of how the sights of war\n affected her.","Much family news; comments on the meeting of\n Congress and its result on the restoration of\n southern property.","Writes about Presbyterian Conference she is\n attending; gives town and family news.","Gives history of a family, telling which\n troop each son is in; comments on the scarcity\n of paper, which is why she is writing on the\n back of a letter written to her by her mother. \n Including on back: \n S[elina\n Powell], Charlotte\n C[ourt] H[ouse], [Virginia], to\n \"daughter\" [Hattie Powell], n.p. Asks her about\n her fever and if it is interfering with her\n teaching; says Mr. Powell visited her for a\n week; says she will stay in Charlotte all\n winter; mentions death of Carry Hobson. 1 page.\n ALS.","Sends her a pair of slippers which she made\n the best she could with the materials\n available; says she wanted to do something for\n her during \"these war times\"; says her father\n is not home yet; gives list of things Rebecca\n needs.","Discusses the importance of having nice\n handwriting; describes Kate's [?] studies;\n grieves over how many have lost their homes and\n hopes that her daughter could have a couple\n years holiday (from teaching); says those who\n must have employment are happiest; writes of\n family and friends; discusses her Uncle G's [?]\n method of teaching. \n Incomplete (first part missing).\n Including attached insert saying that Mr. H.\n [?] declined her father's services.","Describes the scene when the Yankees came\n into the home of Dr. Robert Baldwin; says Dr.\n Baldwin was kicked out of town because he\n refused to pay a servant; describes how the\n town has changed since the Yankees have taken\n over; mentions a man named Milroy who seems to\n be their leader; gives news of family members\n many of whom has been sick; describes a puppy\n he has gotten; describes a battle in which many\n Yankees were taken as prisoners; says Milroy\n has escaped and has gone to Washington; says\n all of her furniture is not sold and that they\n cannot try to sell it while the Yankees are\n here; discusses Dr. Daniel Conrad's\n practice.","Asks what Jeanie [?] will do all summer;\n says she has heard that all the carriage horses\n in Gloucester have been carried off; says she\n will go to Powhatan to join her husband who is\n working for Mr. Michaux; says the Yankees are\n in Shepherdstown but that the Confederates have\n Winchester.","Speaks of the last four years, the\n excitement and the trials; discusses \"the\n college\" that Robert is involving with;\n discusses the difficulty of finding good help;\n describes their house, saying it is handsome to\n \"confederate eyes\"; expresses sadness that her\n home is still used by the Yankees; discusses\n Alexandria.","Comments on the postal problems and hopes\n she has been receiving her letters; gives news\n of the Bookers; writes of her anxiety over how\n she [Nina] is and discusses her travel plans to\n Prince Edward; discusses where the Yankees are\n stationed; writes of the family's plans for the\n summer.","Sends her cotton for stockings; comments on\n postal problems; discusses the safety of\n Richmond; discusses sewing and fashions; news\n of family and friends.","Discusses the dilemma of Southerns taking\n the \"oath\" with the Northerners so that they\n can protect their property.","Reports that Captain Watkins and Willie\n Dupuy have been wounded; says she does not know\n which battle they were in; news of friends;\n says she has heard from Mr. Powell recently;\n discusses dresses.","Says that she sent socks to Willie [?] who\n is in the army; mentions the death of \n James\n M[coughty?].","Describes how to make Mrs. Sharpe's [?] hat;\n describes Lute's hat; says she will get two or\n three hundred dollars in Northern money from an\n Uncle William.","Discusses teaching; describes trip to\n Charlottesville and adventurous train ride;\n mentions Sandy Pendleton's [?] wedding;\n discusses Trip's [?] health.","Sends Rebecca a picture of Robert E. Lee,\n taken during the war (picture is dated 20\n January 1866); writes of Lexington where they\n have just moved; gives news of family.","Describes her social activities; gives\n teaching position that Hattie is considering;\n reports that Yankees are being strict in their\n town.","Discusses poor mail service; describes\n Alexandria as dull town with spirit of\n despondency, town may be forced into the\n District of Columbia; describes visit of Henry\n Hallowell [?]; much family and town news.","Discusses crocheting, books they have read;\n much family news and gossip.","Discusses family news; speaks of financial\n situation of buying a house in Baltimore;\n discusses problems of retrieving household\n items (portraits, furniture, etc.) and where to\n put them.","Discusses details of retrieving family\n possessions from the Office of Confiscation;\n includes list of objects missing.","Describes her trip and her stay with Cousin\n Lee; tells of relatives and other people she\n has seen; will continue traveling.","Discusses daily life and schedule; family\n news.","Describes her trip to Dr. Wights' and tells\n of the people she met there; discusses dresses;\n asks about the family.","Description of the political happenings in\n Washington D.C.: the disputes between President\n Johnson and the \"Radicals\", Mr. Johnson's veto\n message, the South's need to have\n representation in Congress; tells his view of\n these happenings; discusses attempts to\n retrieve articles from the confiscation office;\n family news.","Tells of difficulty she has dealing with\n hard life of times, \"Yankee\" rule, and free\n Negroes; much news about friends in the\n neighborhood.","Describes dinner at New Market and the\n people she saw there; describes conditions of\n roads, outlawing carriage rides; much news of\n family and friends.","Tells of people she has seen or heard\n from.","Discusses family news and news of friends;\n talks of sewing projects.","Gives an account of her \"Easter excursion,\"\n reporting what she did and whom she met; says\n Mrs. Atkins has no servants, so she will have\n to clean her own room.","Describes events of neighborhood; tells news\n of friends; tells of religious happenings, Mr.\n Wharey's [?] reform in the church, and her\n religious sentiments; writes of her gloomy\n feelings about the South, her distrust of the\n Yankees, and her rebellious feels toward them;\n congratulates Nina on having her own\n \"home.\"","Tells of stay in Cumberland with her \"sister\n and brother\"; tells of problems in retrieving\n household items lost in war; \n Douglas'\n [Forrest?] [her husband?] law practice is\n improving.","Asks Nina to welcome her friend, Mr. Henry\n T[heodore] Wight, who brings the letter, and\n make his stay in Alexandria pleasant.","Tries to convince Nina to take a trip next\n summer; describes new bonnet styles; describes\n her friend \n [Henry]\n Theodore Wight who will be taking a trip\n to Alexandria; discusses clothes.","Gives her view on the family taking in\n boarders, saying children would be easier for\n their mother to handle; asks about the\n \"Council\"; reports on what she has done\n socially; discusses the dresses she has made;\n says that yesterday the people of Richmond\n decorated the Confederate soldiers' graves;\n says she wishes she had gone; says Mrs. Adkins\n did not go, but sent flowers to Richmond. \n Written on ALS from J. Walker, Dover [?],\n to \n Hattie\n [Powell], Rolling Views, n.d. Sends her\n flowers and asks her to come to visit him. 1\n page.","Describes her visit to Richmond, people she\n visited, and how many commented on how well she\n looked compared to last winter; describes\n clothes she is making.","Asks her to send ribbon for a dress she will\n wear to a day-long affair at Norwood; news of\n friends.","Discusses their plans to go to Prince Edward\n County; discusses what clothes she has and what\n she may need; news of family and friends.","Explains why she cannot attend the gathering\n at Mr. Redd's that night; says she must listen\n to her head and not her heart so that she may\n get well; says she is tired of feeling ill and\n weak.","Invites Nina and Hattie Powell to come stay\n with them; says she feels better and is very\n excited to see them.","Expresses her joy that she arrived home\n safely, and her regret that her mother [Selina\n Powell] has taken ill; describes a [jousting]\n tournament among young boys or \"knights,\" in\n which the girls were honored as Queens and\n Maids of Honor; news about family and\n friends.","Gives her condolences for her uncle's death\n and her mother's illness; tells her of Nancy's\n [Lettie's sister] engagement and tells Nina not\n to leave her to marry a man; much news of\n family and friends.","Thanks Nina for her letter congratulating\n her and Willie Booker on their engagement; news\n about her fiance; tells her adventures of\n keeping the house while her mother was gone;\n news of family and friends.","Writes that her father is looking for board\n for her [Selina] and until then she will stay\n in Charlotte; recommends that Nina not write to\n men unless she is engaged to him or unless he\n is an old family friend; news of family and\n friends.","Discusses how far they are apart but thinks\n it is best that she (her mother) stay at Uncle\n Fred's; says she will stay at school for\n Christmas; writes of family and friends; tells\n that her health is very good and that she\n weights 106 pounds; discusses her school duties\n and her sewing.","Describes the parties she has had at her\n home recently; speaks of the engagement between\n Willie Booker and Nancy [her sister], and Lou\n Edmunds and Captain Hill; news of family and\n friends.","Tells how she and her friends have been\n together for three weeks now, staying at\n different homes; wishes Nina could be there;\n news of courting, engagements and weddings;\n tells Nina that she will not become an old\n maid; much news about family and friends;\n discusses Reading Societies and books read.","Tells of courtings, engagements and\n weddings; tells of Christmas plans; discusses\n the struggle in the Christian life to be\n pure.","Describes Christmas holidays; discusses the\n Christian struggle for purity; says she is\n having more headaches; discusses poor financial\n situation with no patrons paying for her\n teachings.","Describes the changes taking place: their\n Uncle Joe has died and she, Lavalette and her\n mother have moved to Falkland to take care of\n his children; she and Lavalette will teach the\n children; Lavalette is feeling worse; her\n brother and sister May will take care of\n Linden; news of engagements, weddings, family\n and friends.","Describes her new home and her new schedule;\n news about family and friends.","Tells about her fiance's [Willie Booker]\n work in [Medical School]; describes reactions\n to the Territorial Bill and to \n Gen[eral]\n Scofield[s] ; wonders if Lavalette will\n keep her promise to become an old maid; says\n the weather is so bad that they will not be\n able to go to Church for a month because of the\n roads; says she is trying to guess when\n weddings will be by who is making their wedding\n clothes.","Describes her teaching job with her sister\n Nancy; describes her students; tells how\n spirits have been low since the passage of the\n Territorial Bill, says their district is\n commanded by Gen[eral] Schofield; describes the\n \"demoralizing\" incident of one of the county\n men running off with a Negro girl and marrying\n her; news of family and friends.","Sends this letter through a friend and asks\n Rebecca to mail a package to Washington, D.C.\n for her; may have some frames sent to her,\n which could then be sent to them by steamboat\n to Richmond and canal boat to Lexington; says\n Mildred is in Richmond; Rob and Fitzhugh may go\n to Jennie's[?] wedding.","Describes the commencement exercises that\n she and Lavalette attended at Hampden Sydney;\n describes the fashions she saw there; says the\n scrub worm is seriously damaging the tobacco\n crop; describes their summer bonnets bought in\n Richmond.","Says that Nancy [her sister] has been ill;\n says that she, Nancy and their mother will take\n a trip North for their health; says she dreads\n to be among the Yankees; tells that Lou Booker\n has typhoid fever and so her wedding must be\n postponed; discusses the advantages and\n disadvantages of being an old maid and whether\n they will be one.","Gives news of gentlemen who are courting\n her; says that John Smith has been visiting her\n every other night; tells Nina that it is\n becoming serious and that she better come home\n soon or she will be gone; gives advice on the\n gentlemen that Nina is seeing.","Describes their stay in Danville; tells that\n her engagement with Willie Booker has been\n terminated; discusses their plans of where to\n live next year; news of family and friends;\n discusses fair.","Thanks Hattie for her announcement of her\n \"change of condition\" [marriage or\n engagement?]; gives her best wishes for her\n health and happiness.","Discusses which furniture and portraits she\n would like to be sent to her.","Discusses details of sending furniture from\n Alexandria to Lexington and of having portraits\n framed and sent. \n Includes notes to Selina and Nina.\n Including Xcy.","Discusses her transactions to acquire more\n furnishings for their home; news about family\n and friends.","Asks about her interactions with Mr. D[?];\n says Nina's happiness is the only bright spot\n in their lives; says she hasn't been to church\n much; says she has seen a lot of Willie S.[?];\n regrets that she can't say everything she would\n like to, because the letter must go through so\n many hands; writes of the broken Southern\n spirit; asks if there are any \"situations\" near\n them that she could take; says that she cannot\n write much because it works her \"into such a\n state\".","Tells of their new life at Linden, helping to\n take care of \"Sis\" May's children; comments on\n Nina's sister Hattie's marriage; discusses\n religion; describes a trip to Richmond; news about\n family and friends.","Recommends that she or Rebecca go with her to\n visit friends in Prince Edward County; tells her\n that since \n Mrs.\n B[ooker's] house was used as headquarters\n for them during the war, they must make a pleasure\n visit to her since the war is over.","Thanks Nina for sending her the objects\n repossessed from the war; comments on their\n sentimental value; gives news about Baltimore's\n social events and her husband Douglas' work.","Tells what family has done since she left for\n her trip; says everyone is feeling remarkably well\n on account of the warm weather; tells her to enjoy\n her visit with Lizza and Aggie [?].","Tells what each person in household is doing\n that evening: Mamma, Papa, Lute[?], Lewis[?],\n Fan[?]; says she visited Hattie who is feeling\n well \"under the circumstances\"; news about\n neighborhood.","Describes the health of each family member;\n says Mr. Powell had dyspepsia for which she gives\n him a raw onion; says Hattie is the same and\n cannot leave her room; gives news of friends;\n discusses a fire at Lee's [?] house; hopes she is\n enjoying her visit with Lizzie and Aggie.","Gives news about family and neighborhood; says\n that Cousin Lee's house burned; writes that Bob \n [Robert]\n Powell is now a doctor; news about her\n school.","Discusses news of neighborhood and people who\n have come to visit her; tells Nina to enjoy her\n stay with Lizzie and Agnes [?]; says she is still\n flat on her back but hopes to be better in a few\n weeks.","Regrets that he could not make the picnic that\n Nina planned; says that he had to pick up Josie\n [?] that day, who traveled flat on her back; says\n that he saw \"Cousin Rebecca\" in town.","Tells how she had been preserving many foods\n last summer because of the possible food shortage\n during the coming winter; describes her stay with\n \"Sis\" May in Farmville; describes the situation of\n the churches and Sunday school in her area; news\n about family and friends; one of Nina's students,\n Emma Henry, is getting married.","Apologizes to Nina for not calling on her\n while she was in Baltimore; expresses her job\n in their friendship.","Writes of their sorrow at the death of Hugh\n [Holmes McGuire] (brother of cousin); whose\n wife just had a child; asks Rebecca to come\n visit, since the war is over; gives news about\n who owns the Powell's old home; tells what each\n of her relatives is doing; gives news about\n friends; discusses the death of her aunt who\n never recovered after the Yankees burnt her\n house down; mentions how many soldiers cannot\n find employment. [Hugh Holmes McGuire MW battle\n of High Bridge.]","Discusses Magie's wedding [her niece]; says\n she has been alone in the evenings since Nina\n left her; describes her friends who have called\n during the day.","Apologizes for not writing; describes her\n schedule to taking care of a family of ten\n people; gives news about her gentlemen\n friends.","Extends sympathies to Nina and her family in\n the death of her sister, Hattie Powell Smoot,\n who died in childbirth; offers comfort through\n religion.","Offers her sympathy for the death of her\n daughter Hattie; discusses Hattie's character;\n mentions how Hattie has been looking forward to\n the time of childbirth.","Gives her sympathy for the death of Selina's\n daughter Hattie; speaks of her husband Robert,\n saying she thinks he may never be entirely well\n again; gives news of family.","Tells of her mourning for her cousin\n Hattie's death; offers her sympathies; gives\n news of family.","Offer her sympathies for Hattie's death;\n describes her stay in her Uncle Phil's home in\n the mountains; says she will return home to\n Alexandria in the Fall.","Describes the mountain inn and how they\n spend their time; says the mountain air is\n helping their mother's health.","Expresses her joy that Nina is engaged;\n discusses Nina's mother's health; says she is\n confined to bed and in much pain; says the\n treatment causes much suffering and that she is\n anxious to leave for home.","Says she is glad Nina gets a chance to enjoy\n herself, and visit with her cousin Lizzie,\n without worrying about daily duties; says her\n Aunt Lute is taking good care of her.","Gives a report on everyone's health; says\n she is feeling better; gives news of friends\n and family; hopes that she is enjoying her stay\n with \"cousin\" Lizzie.","Discusses grief and religion; teases Nina\n about her engagement [to Sewell Hepburn]; tells\n her to enjoy her stay and to get well soon;\n news about Alexandria.","News of friends and family; describes the\n trouble of giving a party for a couple to be\n married, and wonders why people have marriages\n in such poor times.","Pleads with her to visit them for\n Christmas.","Reports that they have been trying both the\n \"Alleghany Springs\" and the \"Yellow Sulfur\"\n springs; says the water has helped her health;\n describes the social life at the springs.","Inquires about her friends in Alexandria;\n asks if Mrs. Cassius Lee has information on\n household goods stolen from her.","Tells of her and Nancy's stay in Danville;\n discusses Nina's wedding; says her brother\n Abner will be in the Legislature until it\n adjourns; news about family and friends. \n Envelope included with list of bridal\n attendants on the back.","Discusses her daily schedule; describes a\n sewing machine that she bought; discusses\n Nina's wedding; news about family and\n friends.","Expresses her job in hearing Nina is\n engaged; reports that she has heard Mr. Hepburn\n described as \"intellectual\" and \"pious\"; says\n Capt[ain]. Grady sends his love; sends her a\n gift.","Regrets that she cannot come to Nina's\n wedding; hopes that Nina will be happy living\n in the parsonage; news about family and\n friends.","Apologizes that she cannot be there for the\n wedding; sends her money to buy a wedding\n present; tells that she had to refuse a\n gentleman who revealed his feelings for her;\n wishes her happiness in her new life.","Note accompanying a wedding present, wishing\n Nina happiness.","Gives a report on her health, saying she is\n much stronger; tells what remedies she is\n taking; says they have given most of her\n wedding cake away; says that everyone thinks\n her wedding was beautiful; gives her philosophy\n on marriage and its importance; tells her how\n lucky she is to have found such a \"good man.\" \n Including ALS from \n R[ebecca] C.\n P[owell] to Nina giving a report on their\n mother's health.","Describes how she spent her Easter vacation;\n describes the events that took place after\n Nina's wedding; describes a visit to\n Georgetown.","Reports she is feeling better but that\n Rebecca has neuralgia from a bad tooth; tells\n Nina that she should call her husband \"Mr.\n Hepburn\"; says it is Nellie's wedding day;\n advises her to obey her husband now that she is\n no longer there to control her.","Gives news about home and tells Nina that\n they miss her greatly; says the relationship\n between herself and John [?] is growing\n stronger; hopes that she is enjoying her stay\n in the country with her husband.","Discusses their mother's health, noting\n improvements; expresses eagerness to visit her\n in her own home; asks about Sewell.","Discusses her arrangements to come see them;\n says she is feeling better but she is still\n weak; tells her to ask for what she needs just\n like when she lived at home; gives news of\n family and friends.","Writes to tee her that her health has\n improved since she left home; gives a report on\n her health and what she has done there [at a\n resort?]; says her father will be home\n soon.","Includes description of S. Powell.","Thanks him for the letter of sympathy\n concerning his wife, Selina Powell; gives a\n detailed description of her death and a tribute\n to her life.","Offers her sympathy in the loss of her\n mother; says that her mother [Selina Powell]\n was one of her earliest friends.","Entreats them to warn his wife Lizzie\n against a woman named Mrs. Hubard who he is\n convinced is seeking their ruin.","Tells of friends' illnesses and other\n afflictions; discusses preachers; says she will\n wait to buy cotton until the price goes down. \n Including incomplete AL (written on top\n of) of 8 January 1864 from [?] Danville,\n Virginia, to \"sister.\" Says she would like to\n visit her and also to see her whole family but\n that she cannot leave because of her duties;\n says she can only leave on \"official\n business.\"","Describes their summer in the North; describes\n the Grand Jubilee held in Boston; describes\n Newport, [Maine] and the historical sites there;\n discusses Nina's life in the parsonage; gives news\n about family and friends back home.","Says she is very happy to return from the\n North, though she was treated kindly there and it\n did improve her health; says many people at home\n are ill with an influenza that follows the Horse\n Disease; much news about family and friends.","Asks Nina how her little boy is; reveals that\n she thought she would be getting married this\n fall, but that the gentleman, Dr. Cole, has been\n suffering from an illness; news about family and\n friends.","Expresses hope that she will visit them in\n Maryland soon, and bring her child; comments on\n Nina's settling in Waterford, Loudon County; news\n of family and friends.","Describes the baby Sewell's features; tells how\n the family is adjusting to new baby.","Discusses tuition for Mildred.","Reports news of her school; discusses the bonds\n that their father sold, and his financial\n situation.","Reports that they are taking of \n Uncle\n Lev[en], including paying for his board with\n Sallie Withers, and giving him clothes; expresses\n disappointment that other relatives are not\n helping him; says Uncle Lev had a drinking problem\n at one time and his wife will not see him.","Describes the town of Blacksburg, and the\n College [Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State\n University]; describes her new baby; says that\n when the College is on vacation, her husband must\n travel far to find a congregation; news about\n relatives.","Tells Nina their plans to visit her; says they\n will travel through Baltimore and then by boat\n across the Chesapeake Bay.","Sends a check for Mildred's tuition.","Hopes that Mr. Hepburn has recovered from his\n fall and hopes he will stick to taming men's\n spirits rather than taming men's horses; much news\n about family and friends.","Gives news about family and friends; says that\n they will visit her in a few weeks.","Sends Nina a fur cape and muff; congratulates\n Nina on her pregnancy and hopes she feels well;\n sends a present for the coming baby; asks Nina for\n her preferred style of dress so that she can make\n her some.","Tells of the death of her father-in-law and the\n effects it has had on the family.","Tells of birth of another boy and that Nina is\n doing fine; says they have not named it because he\n wanted a girl; tells story of how his errand boy\n spilled into the well some fish he was cleaning\n and how he [Sewell] had to go down and fish them\n out.","Gives advice on how to take care of oneself\n after childbirth; thinks that she should have more\n than one servant; says that she is having some\n dresses made for her; news about family and\n friends.","Gives news of friends in Alexandria; mentions\n Centennial celebrations; says her school is doing\n well, with 21 scholars; mentions that Robert\n Powell has a new daughter.","Tells of his stay at Selma in Leesburg where he\n visited relatives; tells of weddings in\n Leesburg.","Says she is glad the children are recovering\n from their illness; says Nina must take tonic and\n Lager Beer herself to say well; recommends ways to\n rid the house of the illness; describes a visit to\n Baltimore to see an art exhibit.","Wishes he had a mountain house where his\n grandchildren could go, especially to recuperate;\n discusses controversy between two Churches, St.\n Stephens and Grace Church, in the neighborhood\n where he is; says they both want Mr. Jackson from\n Charleston, South Carolina, to be their\n minister.","Gives a long description of her boarders and\n her school; gives news about neighborhood, friends\n and family.","Teases him about his \"Destitute condition,\"\n having to take care of himself while Nina is in\n Baltimore; scolds him for not taking good care of\n himself and says she does not want Nina to become\n a widow; tells of a surprise visit by Mrs. Beck of\n his parish to visit one of her students, Hallie;\n discusses past election and Hancock's defeat.","Is happy that she is enjoying her travels in\n the North so much; thanks her for her detailed\n descriptions which allow him to see the places\n through his \"mental vision\"; discusses his routes\n home; says he will be home soon with two boys\n [grandsons].","Discusses her travels in the North; tells of\n his grandsons' (Charles and Sewell) visit to\n Alexandria; discusses news at home.","Discusses the town of Bethlehem; says her Uncle\n William is visiting him; discusses his health;\n tells news of neighborhood.","Says that her \"Scotts Nephew\" has arrived and\n has settled in a room; says he may go to \n Orange\n [County, Virginia?] soon.","Describes a visit by her cousins Kate Powell\n and Carrie; gives a long and detailed description\n of Carrie, her immediate family and her\n experiences.","Discusses Ellen's tuition; says they are\n pleased with her education; says that their move\n to Richmond means that they will have to find\n another teacher.","Describes his journey to Nina's; describes an\n account between Bishop Randolph and Meta Stuart on\n the train concerning Amelie Rives; gives a\n description of each of his grandchildren.","Hopes that she and Mrs. Wailes are steadily\n improving their health while at the springs; tells\n her of the death of Mrs. Braxton and the prospects\n of Ingleside; gives news of grandchildren and\n neighborhood.","Expresses joy that her health is improving;\n tells of the death of General Wickham and how it\n affected the area; gives news of family and\n neighborhood.","Describes the school; says he may join the\n Blackford Society; tells about a grammar exam.","Describes the taking of an arithmetic exam\n which exempted him from taking any more; says he\n got some demerits; tells about football and how he\n is playing well.","Tells about his schedule and about his exams;\n says he had tea with Mr. Hooffs; discusses\n demerits.","Says he cannot teach this week because his nose\n is going to be operated on; says his mother and\n Sewell will occupy the children until then; says\n Sewell will go back to school soon; discusses the\n structure of his classes and asks her advice.","Discusses the nature of geometry and gives\n advice on how to learn it.","Says he has been ill; discusses activities at\n school and grades.","Thanks her for the invitation to come visit\n while they are in Yorktown; says his two boys will\n come by sailing a canoe to Yorktown.","Says they are all home for a week holiday;\n describes how they all got home; says Richard Cook\n came home with Selina; describes a real old timey\n Virginia country dance; says Selina likes\n Alexandria and the new home; describes what each\n person in the family has been doing; gives a\n description of the College of William and Mary;\n says he has overloaded himself with schoolwork\n this year; tells how the Alumni are reorganizing\n the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity; gives a description\n of the fraternity; mentions the burning of St.\n Paul's Church in Hanover; thanks her for the\n presents she sent.","Discusses examination schedule and work load;\n questions validity of mid-term examinations;\n praises the College for its level of academia;\n praises Dr. Hall, a professor of English; says\n that main event at the College now is the contest\n between societies for the society medals; says he\n is in the Phoenix society and may debate for it;\n says he took a trip to New Kent to see his \"girl\"\n and to visit friends; discusses the Daughter of\n the Revolution and the Organization of the\n descendants of the Cincinatti; says he saw Cousin\n Laura and her husband Mr. Roberts, a preacher, who\n are in Williamsburg.","Discusses the new house which he is anxious to\n get home to see; says he and Charles will not\n finish exams until the end of June; discusses the\n social events of the \"final week\"; discusses his\n exams; discusses Selina' academic progress; says\n one must experience College life to understand the\n strength of its temptations.","Says he has spent much time with Nanna Powell\n McCormick, a cousin; describes her and what they\n have done together; says he is in love with her;\n discusses love and cupid; describes a card club he\n belongs to, and a German club.","Hopes that she doesn't feel isolated from his\n immediate family; says that their \"great mutual\n loss\" has brought them all closer together; asks\n about her plans for the future; says he went to\n York to see Charles; discusses his housing at\n College; talks of recent fires in Richmond and\n Baltimore; speaks of his cousins and some girls\n that he has met.","Discusses their family's genealogy; mentions\n Nicholas Lloyd, John Lloyd, and Sarah Lloyd.","Discusses the Presbyterian drive in Alexandria\n to save the old church; discusses church events;\n expresses joy to hear of Nina's marriage; mentions\n the fact that her [Selina's] father is over eighty\n years old.","Describes a house nearby; writes about her\n relatives that are staying there; asks her to come\n visit. \n Including ALS from \n S[elina]\n Powell, n.p. to \n Nina [Powell] .\n Asks Nina to write Lizzie about the house, if it\n can be rented, and who they should talk to.","Wishes her a Merry Christmas; tells what family\n members are making for presents; asks about her\n trip to Alexandria and the people she has seen;\n discusses the propriety of accepting a book for a\n gentleman; tells her to be happy and not to think\n too much.","Discusses offers she has had for teaching,\n saying she will take the offer closest to where\n Mr. Powell teaches; advises her to get her teeth\n fixed; discusses styles; gives advice on how to\n motivate one of her students; says he will not go\n to Gloucester because of the recent \"outrages\"\n there; says she has a \"horror of drunken\n negroes.\"","Advises her to come home after her visit with\n Lizzie Watkins; gives a report on the health of\n family and friends; says almost \"all black and\n white\" went to the \"procession\" in Washington the\n day before; says her cousin Jinny Taylor's family\n is ill; sends her money.","Discusses her poor health, saying she has been\n diagnosed as having a diseased heart; says she is\n staying with her sister Aggie who just got\n married; news of family.","Discusses Nina's visit with her friends and her\n trip to the \"Bear's Den\"; writes of the many\n parties there have been since Nina left; says she\n has not seen Nina' sisters since they got back\n from Capon; discusses their friendship.","Says her father still has not come home;\n describes a trip Nina and Rebecca made and the\n people they visited; writes of young men and\n friends who have come to visit Nina; news of\n friends and family.","Discusses dresses; writes of a \"Mr. C.,\"\n assuring her mother that they are not romantically\n involved; says Mr. And Mrs. Stringfellow left them\n to the care of the housekeeper; gives news about\n friends.","Says that Uncle J. Powell does not think\n Lexington is a good place to open a school and\n Lynchburg would be better; discusses prices for\n boarding; says that her Father may have to look\n for a tutoring job for a family and then she will\n have to find work as close to him as possible;\n discusses sewing she has done; gives news about\n family and friends.","Discusses the remedies \"Mother\" has tried for\n her sore throat; describes Mrs. Wildman's receipt\n for asparagus; says \"Ma\" is experimenting on her\n throat and then will tell Minna how to treat\n hers.","Describes her daily schedule, including\n teaching for \"the girls\"; says the \"Captain\" and\n the girls included her in a visit to Mrs. Cooke's;\n describes the people she met there and the\n house.","Says he spent Christmas at Uncle Frank's and\n Aunt Jane's; reports on what he has been\n doing.","Discusses whether Emily [?] will move to\n Fairlee [as a servant?]; asks if she will take\n someone from the \"Home for Fallen Women,\" if Emily\n declines.","Says she went shopping for her and is sending\n her some articles; discusses fashions; says her\n Aunt Ann is still unwell.","Tells her to take of herself while she is sick;\n discusses whether she should come home; tells of\n people there that are sick.","Discusses Mary's furniture and which of it she\n can use; discusses Frank [?]'s health; says Mrs.\n Hammond has died after being very ill; discusses\n health of friends and family; gives news of what\n her family is doing.","Tells of safe arrival of Maud's baby daughter\n and her appearance; sends greetings to Becca,\n Nina, and herself.","Gives advice on letter writing and\n spelling.","Advises her not to work too hard; discusses\n board prices in Albemarle, where Mr. Powell is\n teaching; discusses hair styles; encloses a sample\n of material of Rebecca's berage [?]; writes of the\n crowded conditions in Mrs. Sharpe's [?] home;\n mentions reading.","Sends this note with a letter she is\n forwarding; hopes she is enjoying her visit; says\n she is feeling better.","Discusses dresses and asks what else she will\n need for the summer; sends her a poem.","Consoles her in her time of \"troubles\"; says\n she has heard from their mother that she \"bear[s]\n them bravely\"; urges her to take an interest in\n life and to try to be happy again.","Describes a dress that Minnie is making;\n discusses other dresses.","News of family and friends.","Describes a walk he took from North Hampton to\n East Hampton; discusses Thanksgiving vacation.","Asks her to send socks.","Tells about her dolls; mentions some Powell\n relatives.","Thanks her for the donation for the restoration\n of a church on Fairfax St., near Selina's Aunt\n Rebecca's home; mentions a celebration for the\n laying of the corner stone of the District;\n describes a light hose that the government gave\n the Mount Vernon Chapter D.A.R.; mentions more\n historic work.","Discusses religious matters; lists social\n events.","Describes duties and responsibilities of\n husband and wife; describes the state of marriage;\n pronounces the couple as husband and wife; states\n Benediction.","Signed as written by Laura [?]; added note in\n different handwriting states \"written by Minna\n when eight y[ea]rs of age.\"","Tells of his appointment as Commander of the\n Continental Army, and his reluctance to accept the\n position due to hopes of a more peaceful solution and\n reluctance in leaving his family; gives information\n as to other Congressional decisions, such as the\n striking of 2 million dollars in Continental currency\n to pay troops.","In answer to a previous letter, he feels that the\n only principle that will affect them [the British?]\n is fear, and that treating them cavalierly will make\n them despair of their undertaking. [Statement on\n verso: Copy is in handwriting of Rebecca C. Powell of\n Alexandria].","Wishes to spend remainder of his life in \"rural\n amusements\"; prediction of what a great city\n Washington, D.C. will become, \"though not as large as\n London,\" and description of how Alexandria,\n [Virginia] has grown; feels that if the United States\n can steer clear of European politics, it could become\n \"one of the greatest and happiest nations in the\n world.\"","Discusses how he saved the papers of the\n Revolutionary Government by taking them to Leesburg,\n [Virginia] before the British burned the District of\n Columbia [in the War of 1812]. These papers included\n the Declaration of Independence, the journals of\n Congress, letter of \n Gen[eral]\n [George] Washington, letters of Gen[eral]\n Greene and papers of the State Department.","Mainly letters written from Illinois to Charles L.\n Powell dealing with land transactions. Also includes\n land certificates and letters to Lloyd Powell.","Concerning the transfer of 100 acres of land in\n St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, [Virginia].","Signed on front by R. E. Lee and on verso by \n M[ary] C[ustis]\n Lee, Lexington, [Virginia].","Signed on front and back by \n M[ary] C[ustis]\n Lee .","Includes detailed descriptions of battles and\n movements of armies.","Book includes a biographical sketch of Col. Leven\n Powell by Maj[o]r Burr Powell [son]: a description of\n the battle at Manassas Junction on July 21, 1861 in a\n letter from Dr. Hunter McGuire, Surgeon of Jackson's\n Brigade, to his Mother (C'y); Civil War Journal (May\n 1 - May 27); list of names: [dead?] under Civil War\n battles; Civil War Journal December 18, 1862-March\n 28, 1863; Leven Powell, Hampton to Sally [Sarah\n Powell], January 27, 1776 (Cy).","Also includes recipes and how to dye cloth.","Includes visiting, baptismal and confirmation\n lists, and marriages performed, accounts and\n prayers.","Tabb-Powell Family Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n Tabb-Powell Papers, \n 1797-1894. 1,847 items. Collection Number: Mss. 65 T14 Geographic interest includes; Alexandria,\n Leesburg, Winchester, and central Virginia; and Henry\n [Marshall County] Illinois.","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.","Letters and papers of the Powell\n family which originated in Loudoun County, Virginia, but\n subsequently lived in Henry [Marshall County], Illinois;\n Winchester, Virginia; and Alexandria, Virginia. This family of\n school teachers was dislocated and separated during the Civil\n War and lived in various locations in the state until\n re-uniting in Alexandria.","Powell Family,","Dupuy family.","Johns Hopkins,","Agnes Lee,","Fitzhugh Lee,","George Washington Custis Lee,","Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee,","Hunter Holmes McGuire,","James Monroe.","Graydon, Katharine\n Virginia.","Hopkins, Frank Snowden.","Wahrsager, Kay Fierman.","Conrad, Robert Young,\n 1805-1875.","Hopkins, Johns,\n 1795-1873.","Lee, Agnes,\n 1841-1873.","Lee, Fitzhugh,\n 1835-1905.","Lee, George Washington\n Custis, 1832-1913.","Lee, Mary Anna Randolph\n Custis, 1806- 1873.","Lee, Robert E. 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Series 1\n contains papers of the Powell Family; Series 2 contains\n copies of historical letters; Series 3 contains legal\n papers; Series 4 contains cartes de visites; and Series 5\n contains diaries, record books, and other miscellaneous\n volumes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003carrangement\u003e\n \u003chead\u003eArrangement\u003c/head\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThis collection is primarily arranged chronologically by\n date.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/arrangement\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis collection is primarily arranged chronologically by\n date.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement","Organization","Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organization This collection is organized into 5 series. Series 1\n contains papers of the Powell Family; Series 2 contains\n copies of historical letters; Series 3 contains legal\n papers; Series 4 contains cartes de visites; and Series 5\n contains diaries, record books, and other miscellaneous\n volumes.","This collection is organized into 5 series. Series 1\n contains papers of the Powell Family; Series 2 contains\n copies of historical letters; Series 3 contains legal\n papers; Series 4 contains cartes de visites; and Series 5\n contains diaries, record books, and other miscellaneous\n volumes.","Arrangement This collection is primarily arranged chronologically by\n date.","This collection is primarily arranged chronologically by\n date."],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003cpersname role=\"author\"\u003eGraydon, Katharine\n Virginia.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eThose Who Are Compelled To Be\n Employed: Women, Work, and Education In The Powell Family\n of Virginia.\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003cimprint\u003e\u003cdate type=\"publication\" era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1992.\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/imprint\u003eMaster's Thesis, Swem Library, College of William\n and Mary. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCall Number: LD6051 .W5m Hist., 1992, G73 \n \u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003cpersname role=\"author\"\u003eHopkins, Frank Snowden.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Powell and Lloyd Families\n of Virginia.\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003cimprint\u003e\u003cdate type=\"publication\" era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1988.\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/imprint\u003eManuscript and Rare Books Department, Swem\n Library, College of William and Mary. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCollection Number: 1889.55 \n \u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003cpersname role=\"author\"\u003eWahrsager, Kay Fierman.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eNetwork: A Sturdy of the Civil\n War South Through An Analysis of Letters Written By The\n Powell Family of Winchester, Virginia, 1861-1865.\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003cimprint\u003e\u003cdate type=\"publication\" era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1990.\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/imprint\u003eHonors Thesis, Swem Library, College of William\n and Mary. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCall Number: LD6051 .W5m Hist., 1990, W3 \n \u003c/bibref\u003e"],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Graydon, Katharine\n Virginia. Those Who Are Compelled To Be\n Employed: Women, Work, and Education In The Powell Family\n of Virginia. 1992. Master's Thesis, Swem Library, College of William\n and Mary. \n Call Number: LD6051 .W5m Hist., 1992, G73 \n ","Hopkins, Frank Snowden. The Powell and Lloyd Families\n of Virginia. 1988. Manuscript and Rare Books Department, Swem\n Library, College of William and Mary. \n Collection Number: 1889.55 \n ","Wahrsager, Kay Fierman. Network: A Sturdy of the Civil\n War South Through An Analysis of Letters Written By The\n Powell Family of Winchester, Virginia, 1861-1865. 1990. Honors Thesis, Swem Library, College of William\n and Mary. \n Call Number: LD6051 .W5m Hist., 1990, W3 \n "],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe central figures in this collection are Cuthbert Powell\n (1775-1849), his son, Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896),\n Charles Leven Powell's wife, Selina (Lloyd) Powell (d. 1871),\n and their children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eCuthbert Powell\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCuthbert Powell (1775-1849) was born in Middleburg,\n Loudoun County, Virginia to parents Leven Powell (1737-1810)\n and Sarah (Harrison) Powell. He was one of eleven children.\n Cuthbert made his fortune alongside his brother, Leven Powell,\n Jr. (1772-1807), as a merchant and ship owner. He retired to\n \"Llangollen,\" Loudoun County, Virginia in 1812 after a decline\n in business. Later he was elected to serve in both houses of\n the Virginia General Assembly; the Virginia State Senate in\n 1829 and the Virginia House of Delegates in 1840. In 1788,\n Cuthbert married Catherine Simms, daughter of Col. Charles\n Simms. The couple had ten children including; Anne Maria\n Powell (1800-1885), who married 1st cousin Dr. William Levin\n Powell; Dr. Llewellen Powell (1802-1870), who married cousin\n Sarah Elizabeth Harrison; Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896),\n who married Selina Lloyd; Mary Emily Powell (b.1807), who\n married cousin Cuthbert Powell and later Rev. George Adie;\n Ellen Douglas Powell (1813- 1862) who married Judge William H.\n Gray; Cuthbert Harrison Powell (1814-1897); and Jane Simms\n (Fanny) Powell, who married Wellington Gordon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eCharles Leven Powell and Family\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCharles Leven Powell (1804-1896) married Selina Lloyd\n (d. 1871) in 1830. The couple had six children, including;\n Rebecca Powell (1831-1921), Harriet Lee \"Hattie\" (Powell)\n Smoot (1833-1870), Lloyd Powell (1834-1861), Charles Leven\n Powell, Jr. (1835-1862), Minna Powell (1837-1854), and Selina\n \"Nina\" (Powell) Hepburn (1842-1918). Harriet Lee \"Hattie\"\n (Powell) Smoot (1833-1870) married Rector Smoot. In 1871,\n Selina \"Nina\" (Powell) Hepburn (1842-1918) married Sewell\n Stavely Hepbron. At some point, the last name Hepbron was\n changed to Hepburn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Leven Powell (1804-1896) graduated from Yale\n College in 1825. After unsuccessful attempts at starting a law\n practice in Alexandria, Virginia, he was able to support his\n family as a teacher. Still hoping to advance his law career,\n the family moved to Henry, Illinois in 1850. After the death\n of their daughter, Minna Powell (1837-1854), the family\n returned to Virginia leaving the two sons behind. The parents\n opened a girls boarding school in Winschester, Virginia, but\n at the start of the Civil War in 1861 were forced to shut\n down. Lloyd Powell (1834-1861) returned to Virginia to enlist\n in the war and was killed at the 1st Battle of Bull Run, 21\n July 1861. Following his death, Charles Leven Powell, Jr.\n (1835-1862) returned to Virginia to enlist and was killed in a\n skirmish in August 1862. The rest of the family scattered\n across the state to live with various relatives until the end\n of the war. The family reassembled in Alexandria, Virginia and\n opened another school for girls called the \"Arlington\n Institute.\" The teachers on staff include Charles Leven Powell\n (1804-1896), his wife and his three remaining daughters. This\n school supported the family for 30 years until its closure in\n 1894.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The central figures in this collection are Cuthbert Powell\n (1775-1849), his son, Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896),\n Charles Leven Powell's wife, Selina (Lloyd) Powell (d. 1871),\n and their children.","Cuthbert Powell Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849) was born in Middleburg,\n Loudoun County, Virginia to parents Leven Powell (1737-1810)\n and Sarah (Harrison) Powell. He was one of eleven children.\n Cuthbert made his fortune alongside his brother, Leven Powell,\n Jr. (1772-1807), as a merchant and ship owner. He retired to\n \"Llangollen,\" Loudoun County, Virginia in 1812 after a decline\n in business. Later he was elected to serve in both houses of\n the Virginia General Assembly; the Virginia State Senate in\n 1829 and the Virginia House of Delegates in 1840. In 1788,\n Cuthbert married Catherine Simms, daughter of Col. Charles\n Simms. The couple had ten children including; Anne Maria\n Powell (1800-1885), who married 1st cousin Dr. William Levin\n Powell; Dr. Llewellen Powell (1802-1870), who married cousin\n Sarah Elizabeth Harrison; Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896),\n who married Selina Lloyd; Mary Emily Powell (b.1807), who\n married cousin Cuthbert Powell and later Rev. George Adie;\n Ellen Douglas Powell (1813- 1862) who married Judge William H.\n Gray; Cuthbert Harrison Powell (1814-1897); and Jane Simms\n (Fanny) Powell, who married Wellington Gordon.","Charles Leven Powell and Family Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896) married Selina Lloyd\n (d. 1871) in 1830. The couple had six children, including;\n Rebecca Powell (1831-1921), Harriet Lee \"Hattie\" (Powell)\n Smoot (1833-1870), Lloyd Powell (1834-1861), Charles Leven\n Powell, Jr. (1835-1862), Minna Powell (1837-1854), and Selina\n \"Nina\" (Powell) Hepburn (1842-1918). Harriet Lee \"Hattie\"\n (Powell) Smoot (1833-1870) married Rector Smoot. In 1871,\n Selina \"Nina\" (Powell) Hepburn (1842-1918) married Sewell\n Stavely Hepbron. At some point, the last name Hepbron was\n changed to Hepburn.","Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896) graduated from Yale\n College in 1825. After unsuccessful attempts at starting a law\n practice in Alexandria, Virginia, he was able to support his\n family as a teacher. Still hoping to advance his law career,\n the family moved to Henry, Illinois in 1850. After the death\n of their daughter, Minna Powell (1837-1854), the family\n returned to Virginia leaving the two sons behind. The parents\n opened a girls boarding school in Winschester, Virginia, but\n at the start of the Civil War in 1861 were forced to shut\n down. Lloyd Powell (1834-1861) returned to Virginia to enlist\n in the war and was killed at the 1st Battle of Bull Run, 21\n July 1861. Following his death, Charles Leven Powell, Jr.\n (1835-1862) returned to Virginia to enlist and was killed in a\n skirmish in August 1862. The rest of the family scattered\n across the state to live with various relatives until the end\n of the war. The family reassembled in Alexandria, Virginia and\n opened another school for girls called the \"Arlington\n Institute.\" The teachers on staff include Charles Leven Powell\n (1804-1896), his wife and his three remaining daughters. This\n school supported the family for 30 years until its closure in\n 1894."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePowell Family Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Powell Family Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLeven Powell Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary;\n include the correspondence of Leven Powell (1737-1810), who\n was the father of Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849). Leven Powell\n served in the American Revolution, Virginia House of\n Delegates and U. S. House of Representatives. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003cunittitle\u003eLeven Powell Papers, \n \u003cunitdate type=\"inclusive\" era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1774-\n 1806.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e93 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection number: Mss. 65 P87\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Leven Powell Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary;\n include the correspondence of Leven Powell (1737-1810), who\n was the father of Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849). Leven Powell\n served in the American Revolution, Virginia House of\n Delegates and U. S. House of Representatives. \n Leven Powell Papers, \n 1774-\n 1806. 93 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 P87"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLetters and papers of Charles Leven Powell, his wife Selina\n (Lloyd) Powell and children of Loudoun County, Virginia;\n Henry, Illinois; Winchester, Virginia; and Alexandria,\n Virginia. There are also included papers of Charles Leven\n Powell's father, Cuthbert Powell. Prominent correspondents\n include Johns Hopkins, Eleanor Agnes Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, George\n Washington Custis Lee, Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee, Hunter\n Holmes McGuire and James Monroe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters concern Robert Young Conrad, Hunter Holmes McGuire,\n civilian affairs during the Civil War, the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren\n Raid, freedmen, Reconstruction, and the education of women.\n Many letters are written by women. In addition, there are a\n number of letters from and concerning members of the Dupuy\n family of Prince Edward County, Winchester, Virginia including\n Robert Young Conrad (president of the Virginia Secession\n Convention) and his son Holmes Conrad (U. S. Congressman).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding Cy of DS, 8 April 1786, a statement\n by J. Nicholson that the witnesses Joshua Lamb and\n John Lamb (both Quakers) and Joseph Greenwood\n affirmed and swore that this was the last will and\n testament of Thomas Hepborn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports on the status of the ship the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRising Sun\u003c/title\u003e; says\n she will dispose of her cargo as soon as possible;\n says the ship was detained by the British [War of\n 1812], but given up.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by \n \u003cabbr expan=\"William Hodgson\"\u003eW[illia]m\n Hodgson\u003c/abbr\u003eand \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Thomas Van Le, Jr.\"\u003eTho[ma]s Van Le,\n Jr.\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer daughter [?] Nancy, had a healthy baby boy\n who is nursing well; Nancy is staying with her\n now, and her husband Mr. Wallach, spends almost\n every night there also; is concerned that Nancy\n will live a hard life because of her husband's\n financial situation; on the other hand, her\n daughter Catherine [?] will be \"free from the\n trials attended on a state of poverty,\" being\n married to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Cuthbert Powell\"\u003e[Cuthbert]\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003ewho owns a large farm in Loudoun\n County; much Simms family news; mentions Mrs.\n Trist's grandson, Nicholas Trist.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by B. Cottinger.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFatherly letter giving his opinion of a certain\n young lady and marriage, as well as general\n advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscussion of his engagement to this daughter\n [Selina], and the seriousness of the matter,\n especially in concerning finances; tells of his\n poor financial state as related to a dowry, or the\n lack thereof, for his daughter; gives his approval\n of the \"alliance,\" but hopes they will delay the\n marriage for some time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas given great consideration to his claim\n against the French government, and has turned the\n case over to Stephen Pleasanton, who is the\n auditor for the Dept. of State, and who is now\n handling all claims; since Mr. Pleasanton is a\n personal friend, and he [James Monroe] is greatly\n interested in his [Burr Powell] case, he knows he\n will get an answer soon; will also be returning\n the agriculture pamphlet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends extract of Mr. Pleasanton's reply\n concerning the claim against the French\n government, and asks that he reply with the\n necessary information; will also do anything he\n can to help.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFurther discussion of his claim against the\n French government, and dealings with Stephen\n Pleasanton and Issac Coxe Barnett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMore instructions about the claim being made\n against the French government.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFurther discussion and explanation of the case\n involving \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Burr Powell\"\u003e[Burr] Powell\u003c/abbr\u003eand\n his claim against the French government.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContinued information concerning Powell's claim\n against the French government.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe new court system has kept him extremely\n busy; social life has slowed down; the fashion\n these days to relieve boredom is to ride\n horseback; expresses concern for his own colt in\n the country; inquires after Br. Nelson and his\n medical career; also asks about a large, gay party\n at South River; recommends books for good reading\n including \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eSchegel's History of\n Literature\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas received the results of his claim from Mr.\n Pleasanton, and regrets the outcome, which he\n disagrees with; does not feel anyone is to\n blame.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks her to come visit over Christmas;\n describes the social events in Arlington; mentions\n her cousin George Calvert; says the big event is\n the fair for the benefit of orphans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a walk she took and the surrounding\n countryside, including the wildflowers and\n startling a herd of deer; have had many visitors,\n including a very graceful lady who is said to have\n been \"addressed\" by Mr. Van Buren, a \"jolly\n goodnatured ... commodore and some of the ugliest\n officers,\" and Mrs. Porter and her scholars; tells\n of books she has read, including \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eTales of a\n Grandfather\u003c/title\u003e, \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Sorcerer\u003c/title\u003e, and \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Talisman\u003c/title\u003e;\n loving memories and looking forward to their next\n meeting.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHave just returned from a visit to her\n grandmother's and her cousin, Ann Marshall; they\n all are saddened by the death of Mr. Fitzhugh;\n describes the country from South to West River,\n where she had visited, and comments on meeting a\n lovely girl, Bella Carter; mentions the jealousy\n of another male [suitor?], Seldon Page; mentions\n Mary Custis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends his best wishes for her new life with\n [Charles L.] Powell; will be able to attend the\n wedding as well as \"Brother Nelson\"; is uncommonly\n warm; is sending a bonnet for her and a small\n diamond breast-pin for Father by the steamboat\n Franklin, commanded by Amr. Nevitt; describes the\n long ribbons attached to the bonnet, which are for\n going once all the way around the bonnet before\n knotting them by the ear, not for tying a bow\n under the chin; also includes a diagram of how to\n tie them in the current fashion; admits to having\n been helped in choosing the bonnet by Miss Olivia\n Donaldson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses events in Washington D.C.; says she\n went to \"the President's\" on New Year's day;\n discusses Mr. Marshall's sermons; mentions books\n she is reading; asks Selina to come visit her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays her health is improving; encourages her to\n ask her for help when she needs it; discusses the\n articles she is sending her including a lemon\n tree, curtains, a mattress; discusses how these\n things will get to her; gives news about the\n children; Bec, Nanny, Frank, and Fred.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis mother-in-law has told him of the wonderful\n news of the birth of another daughter [Hattie],\n and that both mother and baby are safe; will be up\n to visit in about a week; comments on balancing\n the sexes in the family, and that he has \"no\n notion of supplying my brother's and sister's\n children with wives\"...\"we shall hate to transport\n them [his daughters] to the wilds of the west\";\n all is well at home, a new hen house is being\n built, but the garden is too wet to work; is\n lonely but is visiting neighbors; family news;\n religious sentiments expressed about her, their\n new daughter, and their family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives account of his trip to Wheeling,\n including a sweet good-bye from daughter Rebecca;\n was not able to locate Robert Gray or [?]\n Throckmorton at Harper's Ferry, but later met them\n at Point of Rocks; detailed description of a\n railroad and train cars; tells poignant story of a\n dog on the train searching for his master.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas had many family visitors since his\n departure and family news; there is a measles\n outbreak at \"Llangollen,\" and all of the negroes\n have it; she had her teeth filed by Dr.\n Overfield[?]; a fire in Upperville destroyed\n Robert Armistead's new store and the adjoining\n saddle shop; they have had a beautiful snowfall,\n covering all of the blossom-filled trees, which\n melted quickly, doing no harm to the fruit; had a\n letter from brother John, who advises that he\n [Charles L. Powell] \"go directly to Texas\"; loving\n stories about their daughter's activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHad a bad thunderstorm the day she left;\n inquires about her trip and her relatives; details\n of children's activities; has let Becca sleep with\n him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir father will be taking a trip West this\n spring, accompanied by cousin William; family\n information; social life in Leesburg very quiet;\n misses her and her family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDetails of his trip from Alexandria; spent the\n night with relatives; warns her about catching a\n cold on a windy day; tells of conversations with\n their young son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrivate financial matters; tells of his busy\n schedule as a representative from Virginia. to the\n U.S. legislature; gives his negative opinion\n concerning a [bank?] bill introduced by \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Henry Clay\"\u003e[Henry] Clay,\u003c/abbr\u003ewhich\n he feels the President would veto; \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Daniel Webster\"\u003e[Daniel]\n Webster\u003c/abbr\u003eshares his opinion; life insurance\n inquiry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill not be home when expected because the\n House [of Representatives] is not going to adjourn\n until Monday; the Congress received their second\n veto from President Tyler regarding the Bank Bill;\n describes an assault made by \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Sen. Henry A. Wise\"\u003eSen. [Henry A.]\n Wise\u003c/abbr\u003eupon \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Sen. Edward Stanly\"\u003eSen. [Edward]\n Stanly\u003c/abbr\u003ein Congress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsking about her visit to Washington and the\n Chamber of National Institute; speaks of floods,\n bad weather, but comfortable where he is, because\n of Margaret's[?] kindness; describes lifestyle and\n \"humorous remarks of Charles Lamb\", sexual\n relationship with her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishing thumb to heal; speaks of cattle and\n other animals at \"Llangollen\" that he misses; asks\n about children; saw Ann[?] mentions Virginia\n Taylor's visit; will visit wife before harvest;\n reference to brother, Leven, and his wife, and\n Sarah[?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHustle and excitement of the House of\n Representatives; hoping to adjourn on Monday the\n twenty-second, but difficulties cause many night\n meetings; political discussion about Tariff\n Question and Tuck bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her story at \"the Springs;\" tells\n about the politics the company there discussed;\n gives her own view of these issues; gives news\n about family and friends; hopes that Congress will\n soon adjourn so that he can come home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCompares episode of thief robbing hen house to\n thieves in Washington trying to rob \"public\n treasures\"; wants to buy books for her; tells how\n he wishes to be with her and the rest of his\n family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites of the bad weather and that they are\n able to get out very little; says Mr. Powell went\n to the Inauguration on horseback; tells what books\n the family members are reading; mentions the issue\n of white servants; discusses Rebecca's feelings of\n becoming a young lady; says that they could not\n get the house they wanted for next year; mentions\n Mr. Powell's feelings of frustration for not being\n able to better provide for them; gives more news\n about the Inauguration; news of family and\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDaughter, Harriet, left with Uncle William to\n spend holidays with them; daughter, Minna, had a\n birthday party, inviting Aunt Mary's children and\n Eskridges; much family news; death of Maria\n Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her religious feelings; discusses her\n traveling plans; describes her relationship with\n each of her relatives where she is staying; says\n she is staying with Fan and helping her with her\n wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the housekeeping and how Rebecca is\n taking care of the house while she is away;\n discusses the health of family members; tells how\n they are altering last year's dresses; says\n \"Mother\" is quite weak and \"Father\" is very\n dependent on her; gives news of Brother Nelson and\n Jeanie (sister?); gives travel plans of family;\n says Mr. Powell has gotten six teeth put in and\n looks much younger.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their arrival home with her brother\n Nelson; gives news of \"little Nan\"[?]; asks about\n Rebecca and Minna's trip; tells her to be happy\n and to follow God; says Charlie is doing well in\n school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; mentions Laura's[?]\n wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what she did during her visit to Locust\n Hill; tells what is going on in town; gives news\n of family and friends. Including news from ALS\n from \"Mother\" \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Selina Powell\"\u003eS[elina]\n Powell\u003c/abbr\u003eto Rebecca Powell telling of her many\n activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Jesus and how one must search for and\n do things that please Him; asks that she watch her\n sister, Minna, closely so that she will not\n overexert herself; Ariana[?] had a baby boy;\n describes son, Charlie, and daughter Nina's,\n reactions to reading school and learning; much\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of John's[?] carriage and velocipede\n that once was Minna Lloyd's, describing how she\n rode the vehicle; describes what a Holly tree is;\n (has genealogical information about \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Minna Powell\"\u003eM[inna]\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003eLloyd Powell, and Charlie Powell in\n a different hand, which appears to have been added\n later.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cabbr expan=\"Gloucester Court House\"\u003eGloucester\n C[our]t House,\u003c/abbr\u003eVirginia. Speaks of her\n \"companion in Matilda Lee[?]; received visit from\n Nannie Guy and Maria Harrison; describes\n celebration in honour of General Taylor's\n election; describes Mrs. Janney's travels; town\n gossip and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; speaks of going to Locust\n Hill; inquires and tells about adventures of many\n townspeople; obliged to Mrs. Tabb for taking care\n of her and other daughter, Minna.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of Cousin Lucy's[?] party; describes\n Christmas scene around her house and gifts that\n the children received; describes Cousin Elizabeth\n Janney and compares to Cousin Harriet; much family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses who has come to visit her; describes\n Cousin Lee's wife, Maria, and their wedding; asks\n about her Christmas; describes the book marks she\n made for Christmas presents; asks how Minna is\n doing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of snow and bad weather; notes that\n daughters, Rebecca and Minna, have been gone\n for almost three months; Fanny (Powell) Gordon\n is going to visit Fredericksburg; mentions a\n letter from Jeannie[?] who found General Jones,\n in Washington, quite \"agreeable and handsome\";\n Cuthbert Powell is much better, and he speaks\n of going to Gloucester to join a Mr. Hale; Nina\n is afraid of everything; much family news;\n mentions hiring of a slave, Margaret.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRebecca's description of her Uncle Tabb's\n [Dr. John Prosser Tabb] house seems far in\n advance of Old-Virginian architectural styles;\n speaks of death of Mrs. Douglas Gordon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of dancing as a family as a \"social\n amusement,\" but says that it does offend some\n \"in the religious world\"; says that one must\n respect the public opinion of the community\n where one lives; have had severe weather;\n family news. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ANS from Hatty Powell,\n Leesburg, [Virginia], to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Minna Powell\"\u003eMin[na]\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003cabbr expan=\"Gloucester Court House\"\u003eGloucester\n C[ourt] House,\u003c/abbr\u003efor letter and\n \"glove-knots\" and sending love to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Aunt [Re]Bec[ca] Prosser\"\u003eAunt\n ReBec[ca]\u003c/abbr\u003eand \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Uncle John Prosser\"\u003eUncle [John]\n Prosser\u003c/abbr\u003e. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer brother, Charlie, and sister, Nina, have\n sore throats, and her father has a bad cold;\n snowy weather; Hatty went with Aunt Ellen to\n Selma and Raspberry Plain; Mr. Armistead Rust\n is to be married before March 4; much family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports on the snow storms they have had;\n mentions the coming wedding of Armistead Rust\n and Lilly Lawrence; tells how he likes working\n at the store; describes one of their customers;\n describes the house they may rent next spring. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Selina Powell\"\u003eS[elina]\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003eLeesburg, [Virginia], to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Rebecca Powell\"\u003eRebecca\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003e[Gloucester, Virginia]. Says\n she is glad to hear Minna's health is\n improving; gives news of family; says her\n brother Nelson soon sails for California to dig\n gold, and may not be back for five years;\n reports on how he expects to live; says that\n there are measles and mumps in town. 1\n page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaris's[?] father announced as candidate for\n re-election; General Rust's family going to New\n York to attend a wedding; father is renting\n Carper's house; bad weather and snow causing\n many colds and illnesses; Mrs. Eskridge's\n father died; father may go to the\n \"Inauguration\"; much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSaw \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Representative John S. Pendleton\"\u003e\n [Representative John S.] Pendleton\u003c/abbr\u003eat the\n \u003cabbr expan=\"House of Representatives\"\u003eHouse\n [of Representatives]\u003c/abbr\u003ein Washington,\n [D.C.]; Pendleton wants a senate appointment;\n he will not go to Leesburg because he does not\n want to \"meddle with party movements\"; mentions\n \"County Repeal of the dog law.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMother and Father are both sick; \"brother\"\n has gone to inauguration; describes how to make\n eggnog, and gives her opinion of it; describes\n riding horses to the cliff and tells of\n adventures. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding AL from [Harriet Powell],\n Leesburg, [Virginia], to \"Sister,\" [Rebecca\n Powell], [Gloucester, Virginia], 27 Febuary\n [February] 2849, incomplete letter concerning\n outbreak of the mumps and family and town news.\n 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFather suffering from piles; mumps are still\n prevailing; do not have parties during Lent;\n much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of gossips saying that Mr. Benedict\n is having an affair with Mrs. Henderson;\n describes procession in Washington, [D.C.] and\n the inauguration; much family news. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Selina Powell\"\u003eS[elina]\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003eLeesburg, [Virginia], to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"ReBecaa Powell\"\u003e[Re]Bec[aa]\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003e[Gloucester, Virginia], 26 March\n 1849, concerning family news and the time of\n year. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses joy that Minna's health is till\n improving; says she is recovering from her\n cold; says Lloyd and Hattie have been ill as\n well; Discusses the issue of Rebecca's\n upsetting her Aunt Rebecca by being late for a\n meal; says her Aunt is easily vexed in \"her\n condition\"; gives news of friends and family;\n describes their new servant Robert. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Charles S. Powell\"\u003eC[harles] S.\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003eto \n \u003cabbr expan=\"ReBecca Powell\"\u003e[Re]Bec[ca]\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003en.p., n.d., concerning Uncle\n Prosser's desire to put Minna on \"short\n allowance,\" and Minna's consumption of\n beef.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their move to another house which\n she says is comfortable but small; hopes that\n the Gloucester air is getting rid of her cold;\n says their father is busy with court dealings;\n says many in the area have mumps including\n Hattie; says that Hattie is getting a tooth\n plugged; says she does not want Lloyd to leave\n to live so far away; discusses mesmerism\n (hypnotism).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of her bad health; her husband is\n busy preparing for court; mentions a party at\n Exeter; Mrs. Fontleroy had a girl so Mrs. Knox\n is a grandmother; much more family news and\n information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRebecca Powell will be coming home within a\n week or so; Fanny[?] is at Locust Hill with the\n mumps; much family news; \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Uncle William Gray\"\u003eUncle William\n [Gray]\u003c/abbr\u003epersuaded Father to go to Gum\n Springs, [Virginia], until after the election;\n election day things seemed to be going against\n Father. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ANS from Nina Powell, Leesburg,\n [Virginia], to \"Sister \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Minna Powell\"\u003eMinna\"\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003eGloucester Court House,\n Virginia, 26 April 1849, concerning family\n news. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Minna's cough and how they are\n treating it; tells her what clothes Lloyd and\n Charlie should wear if it gets colder; says she\n has been doing little except taking care of\n Minna; discusses new dresses for the winter and\n corsets; gives news of friends and relatives;\n discusses travel plans, to come home for the\n winter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses dresses, materials and costs;\n discusses bonnets; gives news of family; thanks\n her and Hattie for taking care of the household\n duties while she is away.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays Minna is now well and that they are\n anxious to come home; gives news of Jeanie (her\n sister?), and Rebecca; gives news of \"Mother\"\n and \"Father\"; discusses books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays Mr. Powell had his \"likeness taken\" at\n the Daguerreotype rooms; says Minna's health\n continues to improve but that she may have one\n tonsil taken out; discusses the remedies she is\n taking; says she feels stronger also; gives\n news of friends; gives news of Rebecca, Jeanie,\n and \"sister\" Ann; discusses walking shoes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on her health and\n over-exertion; describes the illumination that\n took place in the neighborhood; tells of visits\n she has made; tells stories about Minna's\n sister, Nina; gives news of family and friends;\n says Hattie has lost her \"excess of fat\" and is\n walking three times a day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what each family member is doing;\n discusses bonnets; discusses appearance versus\n reality as concerning materialism; discusses\n the opportunities for her in Alexandria;\n discusses the role of children in the family;\n gives news of friends and family; mentions that\n \"brother\" John may move and that if they move\n to Illinois, they will be closer to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays they got there a few days ago and that\n Mr. Powell, Mr. Grey(?), and \"brother Llew have\n gone to \"the sale of the negroes; discusses her\n visit in Alexandria with her grandparents;\n Discusses the bad weather in Leesburg and the\n bad condition of the roads; says their family\n must economize rigidly; says Mr. Powell found\n the law business in Alexandria too small, so\n they will not be moving there; expresses her\n disappointment at the outcome; gives news of\n family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReviews Christmas gifts received by\n everyone; describes a \"reading party\";\n describes Christmas decorations of the Church;\n Family news. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ANS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Selina Powell\"\u003eS[elina]\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003eLeesburg, [Virginia], to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"ReBecca Powell\"\u003e[Re]Bec[ca]\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003en.p., 29 December 1849,\n concerning when daughter, Rebecca, is to return\n home. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of the recent social events of the area;\n describes the format of a reading party; says her\n mother-in-law could not make it to their home\n because of the snow; asks her how her mother is\n doing; says there is still small pox in the area;\n discusses how many servants she has and what each\n does; says that Rebecca's Uncle George took\n Cuthbert to an asylum in Baltimore and hopes he\n will be happier there then when he was \"out.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Rebecca's Uncle Richard and Aunt\n Elizabeth who live in Illinois; says she plans to\n get a description of the Illinois life from them;\n gives news of Ellen[?] who is unwell and is going\n to a doctor in New York; discusses how Rebecca can\n get home; describes family activities; says they\n have been able to do little because of the rain\n and mud; says she lies on her back all day sewing\n while her children read to her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReading parties are the only way she can\n socialize; reports \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Maria Grady's\"\u003eMaria\n [Grady's]\u003c/abbr\u003edeath; reports about a big baptist\n meeting going on there headed by Mrs. Lucket; much\n town news. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Selina Powell\"\u003eS[elina]\n P[owell],\u003c/abbr\u003eLeesburg, [Virginia], to Rebecca\n Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, 26 January 1850,\n concerning Rebecca Powell's trip home and \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Maria Grady's\"\u003eMaria\n [Grady's]\u003c/abbr\u003e\"triumphant death.\" 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of terrible weather; boats of learning\n to spin [rolls of cotton on a spinning wheel];\n reports death of Rebecca Gray, Robert Gray's\n daughter; describes her daily routine; discusses\n Mary Grady. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \"devoted mother,\" [Selina\n Powell], Leesburg, [Virginia], to \"Bec,\" Rebecca\n Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 1850,\n concerning bad weather, family news, and\n attendance to the convention. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays many in the family have been very sick for\n a couple of days and that she has had to nurse\n them; says Minna is now sick; and never had fully\n recovered from the chicken pox she had before;\n gives advice of how to be a good guest; advises\n her on her studies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she has a toothache but must wait until\n May to get them pulled; describes a humorous\n reading party; says there was a case of small pox\n in the area and that many are being revaccinated. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \"mother\" \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Selina Powell\"\u003eS[elina]\n Powell\u003c/abbr\u003eto \n \u003cabbr expan=\"ReBecca Powell\"\u003eRe[Bec]ca\n [Powell]\u003c/abbr\u003e. Discusses her travel plans home;\n fells her to follow her grandparents' advice;\n gives news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses joy that her younger siblings are\n recovering from the measles so well; reports on\n health of \"Grandma\" and \"Grandpa\" Lloyd; gives\n news of Aunt Rebecca, Jeanie, and Minnie; Tells\n what she had done each day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about many weddings in Leesburg and\n about who will need new dresses; speaks of ball\n thrown by Maria Washington; other city news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives general description of Henry and\n discusses the family's move there; discusses the\n house they will build; advises what they should\n bring; reports on the emigrants in the area;\n discusses their travel plans in detail; asks\n Charlie to bring Newfoundland puppies; gives news\n of family there.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes presents sent to grandchildren; tells\n of Christmas scene in Alexandria; wants\n granddaughters to meet a polite gentleman that\n impressed her. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding poem, 1852, by R. C. Powell,\n beginning \"'Ours the cross.' Yes it is ours,\"\n giving a religious viewpoint. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of how she makes embroidery patterns\n and what colors are preferred; inquires about\n some of her friends; \n \u003cabbr expan=\"John Leven Powell\"\u003eJohn Leven\n [Powell]\u003c/abbr\u003esays that Brooke[?] looks badly;\n aunt Fanny trying to match Brooks with Lucy\n Gordon; speaks of a Mr. Beverley breaking out\n around his face and \"bleeding profusely\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Gordon[?] will be a delegate to the\n democratic convention in Richmond, [Virginia];\n much use of her eyes results in inflammation of\n her eyelids; \"Llangollen\" property is\n deteriorating; much town news and family news;\n mentions her Dower right.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of helping Frank and Lucy[?] with\n their new baby; describes female servants and\n her experiences with them; describes health of\n her daughters, Harriet, Rebecca, and Minna;\n reports of a few cases of \"cholera\"; reports of\n a good garden.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a detailed report of Minna's health,\n expressing hope tat her headaches are\n definitely getting better; tells about people\n who have visited the family; mentions a\n desegregated school in \"abolition ground\";\n tells what her sisters have been doing since\n she left; discusses Rebecca's journey.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Janney's baby died while she was ill; a\n Mr. Anderson, a Presbyterian Minister, says\n that his wife, Miss Harper, is a relative of\n Selina's (her father's Aunt); speaks of\n Fred's[?] wedding; tells of episode when she\n goes to visit a Mrs. Brown[?]; describes a\n visit they made to some neighbors; describes\n Mr. Lombard's house that is being built;\n reports on the food they are preparing and what\n is available to them; says the winter goods\n have still not come in; mentions sewing that\n her daughters are doing; news of family and\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions Fanny's[?] wedding; family news;\n possibility that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon[?]\n might be elected to legislature; family does\n not wish Rebecca Powell to return home this\n winter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a visit they made to some new\n neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that\n is being built; reports on the food they are\n preparing and what is available to them; says\n the winter goods have still not come in;\n mentions sewing that her daughters are doing;\n news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their busy preparations for\n winter; describes their daily routine; says she\n is glad to have Lucy and Fred stay with them;\n describes their Sunday school; reports on\n Scholastics (a servant) who is now reading\n well; news of family and friends; discusses\n dresses and styles; asks about Rebecca's Uncle\n Nelson; mentions that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon\n was elected; asks about Fan's[?] wedding and\n hopes she and William will be happy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of his daughter's trip, whom she\n should visit, and money matters; hopes to soon\n reap the financial benefits of his store;\n mentions Bishop Whitehouse's determination to\n give the college broad foundations; much family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; sleet and bad weather;\n religious discussion and viewpoints; Lucy and\n John[?] have a daughter now.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Powell, \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Charles Lloyd\"\u003e[Charles]\u003c/abbr\u003eand\n \u003cabbr expan=\"Richard [Lloyd\"\u003eRichard\n Lloyd]\u003c/abbr\u003eare busy with new business as\n \"Land Agents\"; town of Henry, [Illinois] now\n has a newspaper and a steam mill; hopes to have\n a railroad passing through soon; there is not a\n decent Church and she wishes to see one built; \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Lloyd Powell\"\u003eLloyd\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003eson of Selina, studies German\n because there are so many Germans in their town\n to do business with.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSarcastically teases her sister about\n differences between lifestyles of \"Far West\"\n and the East; Uncle Fred [?] went to\n Springfield to see that railroad went from\n Peoria through Henry, [Illinois]; mentions\n problems with scarlet fever; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of liquor laws and problems with\n drinking; describes lectures; such family and\n town news; mentions other religious\n lectures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses desire for daughter Rebecca to\n return home; Minna Powell still having problems\n with headaches; much family news; Fred[?] went\n to Chicago to see stockholders of the Peoria\n and Rock Island Railroad; asks for Rebecca to\n send asparagus seed and large lima beans;\n mentions Thackery's lectures, and gives her\n opinion about his books and religious\n teachings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; \"land business\" will\n provide many opportunities for travel; Rebecca\n planning to go to Leesburg soon. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ANS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Charles L. Powell\"\u003eC[harles] L.\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003eHenry, [Illinois], to \"darling,\"\n [Rebecca Powell], n.p., 11 March 1853, sending\n his daughter ten dollars and writing her as to\n how to handle her expenses and requesting her\n to bring home her Grandfather's papers. 2\n pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that even though he just left\n yesterday, she wanted to put a letter in the\n books to be sent to him; comments on their\n inability to see each other even though he is\n only seven miles away.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions his job as a traveling salesman and\n how he hopes to soon be \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Uncle Richard Lloyd\"\u003eUncle\n Richard's [Lloyd]\u003c/abbr\u003eadministration;\n resolved in town meeting to build the Railroad\n Peoria and Chicago.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her disappointment that she cannot\n see Rebecca before Rebecca returns to Henry,\n Illinois; describes the friendship between\n them; news of friends in Baltimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of carriage accident involving Mr. and\n Mrs. Richard Dulaney, where their horses were\n scared by the Clifton Mill and threw Mrs.\n Dulaney; she and father attended Dr.\n Rutherford's lectures; emphasizes that ladies\n got to vote, as well as gentlemen, on whether\n they were satisfied with the lectures; new\n wharf boat has arrived.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the towns of Rushville and\n Pittsfield; said he enjoyed Pittfield more, but\n that \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Uncle Richard Lloyd\"\u003eUncle\n Rich[ar]d [Lloyd]\u003c/abbr\u003esent him an assignment\n for Rushville; says he will be there about a\n month; asks about friends and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRebecca has come home; Minna joined the\n church with her family; gives religious views;\n family news. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Minna Powell\"\u003eMinna\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003eHenry, [Illinois], to\n \"brother,\" n.p., 11 May 1853, referring to\n Rushville, as location of brother; tells of\n beautiful spring weather and describes scenery.\n 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill soon be coming home; complains of sore\n throat and headaches; has had scarlet fever;\n family information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells a story about \"Miss Jane\" - a mutual\n friend; says he and Dr. Winslow found her in\n her parlor with a man; says the servant did not\n want to let them in and that it was an\n uncomfortable situation. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS written in margins from\n \"Cousin\" Jane, n.p. to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"ReBecca Powell\"\u003eRe[Becca]\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003en.p. concerning religious\n publication, an Episcopal convention. 4\n pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses how much she misses him; discusses\n reading material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Aunt Ellen's [Powell Gray]\n recovery from an illness; much family news;\n describes wedding that she went to ; expresses\n romantic interest in a Dr. Claggett; includes\n printed poems.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes physical appearance of\n \"Llangollen\" as well as her feelings towards\n the place; reminisces about when family lived\n in Virginia. And tells about all of old\n friends; much family news also.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells her little sister Nina about old\n friends and family; gives details of things she\n has been doing. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \"Hatty\" [Harriet\n Powell], \"Llangollen,\" [Virginia], to \"Mother,\"\n [Selina Powell], n.p., 10 October 1853.\n Concerning warmer clothes; advantages of\n \"flannel draws\" over a \"wadded petticoat.\" 1\n page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she has been extremely ill and so have\n many in the area; says she has been traveling\n in order to improve her health; tells of her\n problems with Custis and his lessons; says\n Robert is still holding his office in\n Washington but wishes to leave; asks how she\n likes \"the West\" and if her husband is finding\n success; news of friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports Lucy's[?] death and grief everyone\n feels; Nelly[?] is to be baptized; other family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of their Christmas and New Years\n celebrations. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eAlso includes ALS from \"mother\" \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Selina Powell\"\u003eS[elina]\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003eto \n \u003cabbr expan=\"ReBecca Powell\"\u003e[Re]Bec[ca]\n [Powell]\u003c/abbr\u003e. Expresses job that Rebecca can\n be with her relatives in Baltimore; discusses\n the nature of receiving advice and making her\n own decisions concerning her travel plans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of attending a party; mentions\n \"matching up\" procedures at party; family news;\n details Christmas gifts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions religious feelings; speaks of a\n railroad being built nearby; Virginia[?] had\n her annual get-together on December 26; of\n family members; mentions a friend's visit to\n the Crystal Palace[?]; Mrs. Augustine\n Washington had the first male child born at Mt.\n Vernon recently; much family news; mentions\n [Rear Admiral] Leven Minn Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions Brooks'[?] wedding; describes\n details of the wedding; much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of her day spent with Lizzie King and\n Jane Norris; describes a dinner given for a\n couple about to get married; news of other\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions sicknesses of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Nelson Lloyd\"\u003eNelson\n [Lloyd]\u003c/abbr\u003eand \n \u003cabbr expan=\"John Lloyd\"\u003eJohn [Lloyd]\u003c/abbr\u003e;\n speaks of a Douglas Forrest who attends Yale\n College; has to take a boat to Washington,\n [D.C.]; gives price rates per acre of land at\n that time; gives prices for a lot of land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news about cousins Nannie and\n Fanny[?]; mentions \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Uncle Nelson Lloyd\"\u003eUncle Nelson's\n [Lloyd]\u003c/abbr\u003erecovery; travels by omnibus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; describes her garden and\n its contents; Regina[?] was married; Mr.\n Livingston[?] requests influence of Charles L.\n Powell to obtain the Consulship of London\n through General Baercel[?]; mentions Mr.\n McFaddin as being the mayor of Henry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; describes the scenery at\n Locust Hill; some of Uncle George's[?] children\n have chicken pox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identified as much of note added in unknown\n handwriting, possibly that of Selina Lloyd\n Hepburn.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescription of Minna's gravesite; tells what\n he's doing to improve its appearance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes trip to Niagara Falls; describes\n places visited in New York and where he lives;\n describes his studies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes courses he is studying at school;\n describes the first time he saw a man dive\n under water and the suit he wore below water;\n staying at a boarding house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Lloyd who died in 1854; estimated price\n value are given.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes study habits and classes; mentions\n prices of a ring and a clock; describes his\n financial situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes in detail her Quaker wedding on\n December 14, 1854 in which she married Frank[?];\n describes the festivities following the\n wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNina's Christmas gift from Charles arrived\n safely; mentions wedding of a fellow student;\n serenaded the couple with a \"horse fiddle\";\n describes his activities in his spelling class;\n mentions plans to return home in the spring.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses religious beliefs; lists prices for\n renting his room.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Charter Oak, an attraction in\n Hartford; describes his visit to an armory;\n staying with a Mr. Parsons and describes his\n family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses financial settlements he is making\n for his father concerning the house, lands,\n furniture; says Uncle Fred and Uncle Neb are\n leaving Henry and they are all \"disgusted\" with\n Henry and that he thinks his (father's) decision\n not to come back was wise; mentions the family\n move to Winchester, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their Christmas which was spent at\n Uncle Fred's and Aunt Lute's; describes a\n Christmas ball and a New Year's ball in detail;\n says he has had some problems with dyspepsia;\n asks about cousin Kate's wedding to a\n senator.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports on Aunt Lib and Uncle R[?]'s new\n son, Richard; says he rented out their house in\n Henry; says he has been away from \"home\" now\n for three months; and will not go to New\n Orleans, Mobile, and Augusta; describes how he\n decorated Minna's grave, and expresses hope\n that her resting place will soon be Virginia;\n asks about their school; sends money from a\n large profit he made selling land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his visit to Louisville where he\n visited cousins and went to many social events;\n says that the train ride from Kentucky was very\n rough traveling; says he will be in Vicksburg\n in a week and then will go to Wilmington, North\n Carolina; Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans; and\n Memphis, Tennessee; asks about family and\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his stay in Vicksburg, and his\n visit with Mr. And Mrs. Eilbeck Mason and Miss\n Louisa Fox; says that he did not see Cousin\n John Russell while in New Orleans; discusses\n his travel plans; asks about Hatty's\n teaching.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses joy that she is well from the\n influenza; says he has recently traveled to\n Portsmouth, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia,\n Alabama and Mississippi; says he will now go to\n Texas; discusses travel plans; asks her to pick\n out one of her friends for him; discusses\n Charlie's new job in St. Louis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes St. Louis and the Virginia House\n Hotel; inquires about the new scholars the\n family has taken on; harasses Nina for not\n writing. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ANS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Charles L. Powell\"\u003eC[harles] L.\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003eSaint Louis, [Missouri], to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Nina Powell\"\u003eNina\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003e[Winchester, Virginia], \n \u003cabbr expan=\"4 May 1856\"\u003e4 May\n [18]56\u003c/abbr\u003econcerning his happiness about\n Nina joining the Church. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes hard times in Illinois; intent to\n move back to Virginia when business picks up;\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of influenza and other illnesses\n prominent in the town; reports the death of Mr.\n Adies [?]; \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Ellen Powell\"\u003eEllen\n [Powell]\u003c/abbr\u003eis in Washington Infirmary;\n house is being renovated; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he just returned from Henry; says\n Charlie is on his way to Henry to start his new\n job in Uncle Fred's store; describes Henry and\n the house they used to live in; reports that\n Uncle Fred is building a house; gives new of\n Scholastics and Monsieur Carlo; says he will go\n to Pennsylvania next and then visit them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Lloyd Powell\"\u003eLloyd\n [Powell]\u003c/abbr\u003eis on his way to Virginia;\n describes their yard and home in Henry; yellow\n fever is not a problem this year in Illinois;\n he went to a concert given by the Baleis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about the \"weddings fair\";\n discusses his travels and the loneliness\n involved in his job; mentions his relief that\n the campaigns and elections are over; sends\n messages to friends at home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNina has begun studying Latin and learning\n how to draw; mentions the extension of the\n Chicago and Pern canal down to Henry; much\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what each family member is doing;\n discusses religion and the duties of a\n Christian; gives news of friends who have\n joined the church; discusses Minna's grave;\n discusses letter writing; tells of recent\n marriages and engagements; gives her philosophy\n on why he should not begin to chew tobacco;\n news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMakes reference to Valentine's Day and\n Washington's Birthday; mentions last year's\n parade and the marching continentals; reports\n of bad rain storm that tore up the railroad\n track and caused problems with mud and\n flooding; much family news. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ANS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Charles L. Powell, Jr.\"\u003eC[harles]\n L. Powell, [Jr.],\u003c/abbr\u003eHenry, Illinois, to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Nina Powell\"\u003eNina\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003e[Winchester, Virginia], 22\n February 1857, telling her to turn to their one\n friend for strength and advice [God?]. 1\n page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a storm which kept him in Henry,\n Illinois, unable to travel; gives recent travel\n plans, including a trip to Philadelphia by\n boat; gives news of friends and family in\n Henry; says many river towns are flooded.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of relatives in Alexandria; tells\n his travel plans; says he finds the women of\n Virginia far more appealing than those of South\n Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUncle Fred[?] and Aunt Lucy[?] are leaving\n for Virginia; sending his mother his\n daguerreotype, a photograph; reports that Lloyd\n is in St. Louis; Bridget, a past boarder, had a\n little girl; much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the family vacation and\n adventures; describes the baths; mentions the\n parties they have attended; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily is on vacation; describes activities\n and scenery at Capon Springs; much family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks about taking inventory at the store;\n much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays they just got back from Capon; asks her\n not to take nitrate of silver for her\n headaches; says they have all improved their\n health by the visit to Capon; says \"brother\"\n Nelson is now there hoping the springs will\n help him; says they did not get the house that\n they wanted to rent; gives news of friends;\n says Rebecca, Hatty, and Lloyd are there. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Charles L. Powell\"\u003eC[harles L.]\n Powell\u003c/abbr\u003eto \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Nina Powell\"\u003eNina [Powell]\u003c/abbr\u003e.\n Says that he misses her and wishes she could\n have been at Capon; asks about her\n headaches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his travels from Baltimore to\n Henry; mentions shortage of money due to bank\n failures; gives detailed news of the town,\n including improvements being made; news of\n Henry relatives; mentions that the bank\n failures will result in fewer land dealings and\n therefore, less work for him; asks about the\n young ladies of Winchester.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about Mr. Waler's[?] lectures; now\n attends the Methodist Church; reports of the\n adventures during hunting season; mentions the\n new idea of pavement sidewalks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a severe snowstorm and its effects\n on Henry; tells how he spent Thanksgiving day;\n describes their new cook with whom he is\n infatuated; mentions the death of Robert\n Conrad[?]; gives messages of friends in\n Winchester.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports of Nina getting her teeth\n straightened; describes method; reports that\n the number of scarlet fever cases is greatly\n reduced; she is very busy with the boarding\n school; tells of a fight between Charlie\n McCormick and a police officer; mentions Hunter\n Holmes McGuire; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the death of Robert[?] and the\n reaction of the town; gives news of friends;\n sends her love to her mother and relatives;\n wants to know what Dr. Chase said about her\n teeth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites about Nina's plans to go home; says\n she is concerned about her traveling when her\n teeth are in such a condition.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to the general \"hard times\" everyone\n is experiencing; describes farm activities;\n much family news; describes how to make a\n mousetrap.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes midwest weather and the usual\n fall-like temperatures; says that they are all\n much healthier because of the mild weather;\n says ties are hard and the bank in Henry just\n closed, but that the town is continuing to\n improve; asks about Mrs. Powell's occupation,\n teaching; mentions the death of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Robert Conrad\"\u003eRob[er]t\n Conrad\u003c/abbr\u003eand describes his character;\n messages to family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports of freezing temperatures of -15 F\n and snow in Henry; mentions of sleighing in the\n snow; reports story of a bank robbery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Lloyd Powell\"\u003eLloyd's\n [Powell]\u003c/abbr\u003etrip to St. Louis to try and\n find Charles a job; much family news; mentions\n a Mr. Lombard who plans to return to Henry and\n open a bank of issue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses who owes him letters from home;\n says he could not find a job for Charley\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.?] in St. Louis because\n of the poor economy; gives news of Randolph\n Powell, of St. Louis, and John Webb Powell, of\n Utah; says he will be home during the\n summer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions that she missed his birthday with a\n card but thought of him that day; expresses\n religious feelings and beliefs; family news;\n lists people recently confirmed in the Church;\n outbreak of typhus fever at the\n University[?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of his travels; describes Memphis,\n Tennessee; gives news of \"cousin\" \n \u003cabbr expan=\"William Powell\"\u003eWill[ia]m\n Powell\u003c/abbr\u003ewho resides in Memphis; gives news\n of Mr. And Mrs. Mason, residing in Vicksburg;\n describes Leake County where he sold some of\n his Uncle Nelson's land; gives news of \"cousin\"\n john Wilson of New Orleans and of \"cousin\" John\n Chilton, who may send his daughter Sarah to\n school in Virginia; tells his travel plans,\n stating he will be in Virginia in a month;\n gives news to family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes scenery where he is; tells of a\n May party that some school girls had; describes\n his boat riding trip; family news; mentions\n arrival of Mr. Winn, the new Presbyterian\n minister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports having been sick with a bad cold;\n much family news; Nina has problems with other\n schoolgirls because her parents operate the\n school; trying to plan Charlie's return home\n for the summer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about fourth of July entertainment; Mr.\n Winn gave an exceptional sermon; Uncle\n Richard[?] bought a piano and a side-saddle;\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about boarding students; inquires\n about vacations at \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Capon Springs, West Virginia\"\u003e\n Capon [Springs, West Virginia]\u003c/abbr\u003e; tells of\n his success at duck hunting; family news;\n mentions \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Stephen A. Douglas\"\u003e[Stephen A.]\n Douglas.\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Uncle Richard\"\u003eUncle\n R[ichard]'s\u003c/abbr\u003eand Uncle Fred's families;\n says that Frank's baby is still ill; gives news\n of Hammond and Min[na]; comments that he will\n not see his family for another year; gives news\n of Charlie [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] and his\n employment possibilities; asks about Uncle Neb\n of Clark, [Virginia?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her opinion about chewing tobacco,\n smoking, and other bad habits; incorporates\n religious duty into her opinion; some family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his habit of chewing tobacco and\n how he should discipline himself to quit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the weather; reports on Hammond;\n reports that Mr. Chandler of Henry is getting\n married in Boston; says they will stay at Mrs.\n Taber's for the winter; gives news of Charlie\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.]; comments on the\n involvement of women in politics in Henry; news\n of friends; comments on the decreased\n enrollment at the family school, saying they\n will at least have a lighter workload; mentions\n Stephen A. Douglas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her disappointment in Charlie's\n having tasted tobacco; tells him that he is\n doing wrong to continue this habit; voices many\n religious views.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that river is flooding the town;\n talks of Christmas holidays; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA birthday letter for Nina's sixteenth\n birthday; describes the weather; much family\n news; Min[?] is the \"editress\" of the\n \"Minnehaha\"; tells of the affairs of a Miss\n Amanda[?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives account of how he spends his days with\n emphasis on his Sunday activities; tried to\n quit chewing tobacco but couldn't; tells of\n episode where Uncle Richard[?] lost his saddle\n bags in the town of Bradford; river was frozen\n and people are ice skating; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells where the girls boarding with them are\n going for Christmas; describes their Christmas\n plans; recollects their last Christmas with\n Minna; gives religious advice; sends her love\n to Lloyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWould love for her to stay with him;\n mentions a sister Hannah.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Lloyd Powell\"\u003eLloyd\n [Powell]\u003c/abbr\u003eand Uncle Richard[?] have gone\n to Memphis, [Tennessee]; tells of the building\n of a road for $10,000; describes a surprise\n party he attended; mentions Valentine's Day and\n how many he has received; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Uncle Richard and Frank are\n with him in Memphis, to see if they want to\n move there; says that he does not believe Uncle\n Richard will leave Illinois, but that Frank\n probably will; says that they tried to look up \n \u003cabbr expan=\"William Powell\"\u003eW[illia]m\n Powell\u003c/abbr\u003ebut he had moved to Arkansas;\n discusses the possibilities of his parents\n establishing a school in the area, and the\n risks involved.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Uncle Richard and Uncle Fred;\n says Uncle Fred and Frank will close their\n business and leave Henry; tells of a\n conversation with Bishop Otey of Memphis on the\n subject of establishing a girls school there;\n gives details of the proposal in case his\n father is interested; gives news of the private\n school situation in Arkansas; reports on his\n business dealings in Arkansas; discusses\n financial matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Uncle Fred who has been ill;\n says that the women of the town are all\n inspecting the new spring goods brought in from\n Saint Louis; discusses his daily schedule; says\n Charlie [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] is in singing\n school; asks about Nina's walks and lectures on\n the benefits of exercise to health and\n appearance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes spring in Illinois; inquires about\n relatives in Alexandria; comments on Uncle\n Nelson's helpless state; discusses the chances\n of recovering Uncle Nelson's lands in Arkansas;\n describes the area of Henry where the family\n used to live; comments that she now weights 108\n \" lbs., which is more than her daughters weigh;\n sends his love to Grand Ma Powell, Aunt Ann,\n and Uncle Neb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA baby girl was born who is Nina's cousin\n [Uncle Richard's daughter?]; describes a\n fishing trip; mentions finding several Indian\n graves with skeletons and other items; tells\n story of a \"mad\" dog who bit many people.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Illinois relatives; describes\n a trip that he and Uncle Richard took through\n Stark County, emphasizing the changes that have\n taken place in the last five years; comments on\n Charley's [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] development\n into a young man; reports that Uncle Richard\n will leave the land business on September 1st;\n discusses his involvement in the business and\n his desire to visit Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses his relief that his brother\n Charles arrived safely in Virginia; comments on\n how scattered the family is at present;\n mentions Cousin Fanny Cochran's wedding in\n Middleburg, [Virginia]; discusses Mr. Hyde's\n trip in the \"aerial vessel\" Atlantic from St.\n Louis to New York, as reported in the\n \"Republican\"; reports that Frank has another\n son, Horatio Nelson; news of other Illinois\n relatives; describes the July 4\n festivities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses an unprofitable year for his\n business; discusses a business proposition made\n to his brother Charles and Harry and Benton\n Janney by Uncle Richard, concerning the opening\n of the store; gives news of Illinois relatives;\n comments that his Uncle Richard, who just\n turned 43, may begin to use his middle name\n again and become Richard H. Lloyd; comments on\n how, in the past twenty years, the Powell\n family has spread from \"New York to Salt Lake\n City, and from the 'Lakes' to the Gulf of\n Mexico.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Uncle Richard, \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Minna\"\u003eMin[na]\u003c/abbr\u003ewill stop at\n Fulton County to visit relatives; gives his\n opinion about Minna not returning to Winchester\n [Virginia] for school, stating that she has\n become too undisciplined and used to complete\n freedom in Illinois to be effectively taught in\n a school; describes Frank's son Horatio Nelson;\n comments on the family's health, saying that\n his father [Charles L. Powell] weights twenty\n pounds more than he does and his mother [Selina\n L. Powell] weighs only six pounds less, and\n also weighs more than any of her three brothers\n in Illinois; asks her if she is finished school\n and will make her debut.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Charley [Charles L. Powell,\n Jr.], \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Harry Janney\"\u003eHarry\u003c/abbr\u003eand \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Benton Janney\"\u003eBenton\n [Janney]\u003c/abbr\u003ehave begun their business named\n \"H and TB Janney and Co.\"; asks about the\n boarding school and discusses the difficulties\n of running one; reports that Frank's family and\n Mrs. Hammond[?] are on their way to Memphis to\n live; reports that Uncle Fred is planning an\n extended visit to Virginia, and then will\n probably move to Memphis; says he and Uncle\n Richard dissolved their partnership and that\n Uncle Richard plans to move to Memphis as well;\n reports that crops are poor, so his business\n will be slow; plans to see them for\n Christmas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that there is a County Fair next\n week; describes in detail an incident of a\n burning well; expresses sorrow that the family\n school will be so small this year; reports that\n the 'W S Fair' in Chicago is now over.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscussing fall and winter goods being\n stocked at \"Lloyd's Big Brick\" in Henry,\n Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; mentions marriage of Miss\n Hutchins, and deaths of 2 children of Mrs.\n Clara Ferguson; received invitation to wedding\n of \"Miss Mittie\"; gives his opinion of\n marriage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA french teacher at the boarding school\n died; mentions excitement due to 'John'\n Browne's execution and that there are 26\n companies of soldiers at Charlestown, [West\n Virginia]; mentions growing discontent of\n slaves; describes how men have loaded pistols\n ready in their homes; tells how many people are\n being imprisoned; tells of other strains\n between North and South; some family news;\n mentions \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Robert Young Conrad\"\u003e[Robert\n Young] Conrad.\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Uncle Richard's baby has been\n christened \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Elizabeth Jenkins Lloyd\"\u003eElizabeth\n Jenkins [Lloyd];\u003c/abbr\u003ecomments that this is\n the day that \n \u003cabbr expan=\"John Brown\"\u003e[John] Brown\u003c/abbr\u003eis\n to be executed; comments on the number of\n arrests in Virginia of strangers traveling\n through the state. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding newspaper clipping, n.d., of a\n poem about infants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Professors Wise and LaMountain's\n attempt to establish daily balloon\n transportation from the \"western\" states to the\n East Coast; family news; says he is anxious for\n the family in Illinois to move southward;\n mentions the execution of \"Cook and his\n confederates\" [involved in John Brown's\n attempted insurrection] on December 16.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to a \"Leap Year\" party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions and encloses invitation to a \"Leap\n Year\" party; describes events at the party;\n describes weather and reports of a sleighing\n party; reports marriage of Mary Ann Hoyt,\n friend of the family. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ANS from Maggie J. Richmond,\n Henry, [Illinois], to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Charles L. Powell, Jr.\"\u003eCharles\n [L.] Powell, [Jr.],\u003c/abbr\u003e[Henry, Illinois],\n [February 1860], inviting him to a \"Leap Year\"\n party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks about Uncle Richard's[?] baby girl;\n gives report of Charles L. Powell and some\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses \"spring fever\" concerning work;\n describes weather; speaks of Uncle Nelson's\n Lloyd death and how it should be a happy time;\n thanks his father for \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Alexandria Gazettes\"\u003e\"Alex[andria]\n Gazettes\"\u003c/abbr\u003econtaining articles about the\n Whig convention; much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites about her feelings during the time\n following her brother Nelson's death; recounts\n the last days she spent with Nelson Lloyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks about assessed value of some land or\n property and makes reference to Lloyd Brothers\n and Co.; speaks of crops and the effects of the\n weather; mentions how road being finished would\n provide trade with those on the other side of\n the river; township will vote on how to acquire\n additional funds to complete the road; mentions\n the whig convention and how they now represent\n such a small minority of people.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks of spring dresses and bonnets;\n mentions hearing address by William McDonald;\n discusses opening of a shoe and book\n manufactory; speaks of beating \"the Yankees\n with their own men\"; family news; religious\n advice; mentions use of telegraph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses agriculture and effects of weather\n on crops; talks of visiting New England and of\n dislike of their attitudes; expresses extreme\n negative opinion of Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; mentions work at the store;\n discusses events around town. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding [poem?] written in Latin on\n both sides of envelope. Locks of hair also\n enclosed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses crops and agriculture; describes\n Illinois scenery; family news; inquires about\n trip to Capron [Springs]; mentions \"Uncle\n Richard's\" card selling tour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Congressional race; mentions\n Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky and his visit to\n Illinois; talks about rise in crime; family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses confusion about having joined the\n church; religious discussion; some family and\n neighborhood news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about trip to New England; mentions\n \"Alexandria Sentinel\"; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses climate and busy season of\n Christmas; debates issue of [Civil War] and\n effects; gives religious advice; family news; \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Robert Young Conrad\"\u003e[Robert\n Young] Conrad\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses problems due to political and\n financial situation of the country; talks about\n boils on his hand; family news; mentions\n kindness of Mayor Turner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNina's eighteenth birthday; discusses the\n weather; talks about sleighing and skating;\n mentions \" \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ePickwick\n Papers\u003c/title\u003e\"; describes hunting interest;\n makes reference to several literary works.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks of trade being slow; election of a Mr.\n McFadden as \"Justice of the Peace\"; mentions\n sleighing and the weather; describes hayride in\n snow and people he went with.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his indebtedness to his father and\n his financial situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses political situation and \"imminent\n danger of civil war\"; comments on government\n involvement and troops in a war; mentions\n social life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the imminent war and that it will\n be the third one in her lifetime; talks about\n effects of a war from past experience; family\n news. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ANS from \"Grandmother,\"\n Catharine Powell, Belvue, [Virginia?], to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Rebecca Powell\"\u003eRebecca\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003e[Winchester, Virginia], 20\n January 1861, inquiring about being able to\n paint for her. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his dog and its habits and\n actions; talks about a fight at a warehouse;\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses pros, cons, and possibilities of a\n war; talks about being able to cross\n North/South Line if comes to Virginia;\n describes weather; mentions indoor winter\n activities; refers to marriage and courting\n habits; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBriefly discusses the Navy; describes\n wedding of Nelie Hall and a Mr. Kellogg; family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation concerning troop movements\n around Harper's Ferry; mentions a Col. Bowen,\n superintendent Barbour, and a Col. Moore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses explosion of armory at Harper's\n Ferry; speaks of united southern forces;\n mentions involvement of friends including\n Powell Grady; Powell and Holmes Conrad; family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuffering from inflammation of eyes;\n discusses possibility of Illinois and Virginia\n residents being separated during the war;\n Virginia's succession from the Union; Democrats\n opposition to the war with the South; talks\n about surrender of Fort Sumter; confusion about\n whether to leave or stay in Henry; some family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Colonel Robert Lee\"\u003eCol[onel]\n Robert Lee\u003c/abbr\u003eand movement of troops;\n mentions Georgetown Heights, Alexandria\n Heights, and the Valley counties; some family\n news; mentions Rockingham Rifles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlockade established at the mouth of the\n Ohio; southern trade suspended; some family\n news; inquires about situation in Virginia\n concerning the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a proclamation of Lincoln;\n politics and effects of the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e;\n dominance of Lincoln's party in Louisville,\n [Kentucky]; some family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrders to stop mail from Virginia.; \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Alexandria\"\u003e\n Alex[andri]a\u003c/abbr\u003eoccupied by North; Fairfax\n cavalry taken prisoner; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWars effects on postal service; family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for package of food and lists\n contents; speaks of newspaper \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond\n Dispatch\u003c/title\u003eas a rare luxury; describes\n camp life; enemy is at Williamsport,\n [Maryland].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses camp life and its required\n adjustment; mentions accidental shooting of two\n men as their only pessimistic experience so\n far; gives account of battles reported in the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eBalt[im]o[re] Sun\n [Baltimore Sun]\u003c/title\u003e; majority of men in\n army are under 21; describes how soldiers try\n to get food from surrounding farmers and their\n families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses uniforms, saying that they are\n everywhere, and that a \"John Brown\" has\n increased the \"military spirit\" in Virginia;\n asks about Lloyd; discusses books he has read\n and that she recommends; describes their daily\n schedule and when she has time to read;\n discusses food in season; news of family and\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrepares for battle; states that he is ready\n to do his duty for his country; mentions that\n the Continentals lost two men in the engagement\n the day before.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets that he cannot keep their date for\n the afternoon due to Army business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions her husband's attack of dysentery;\n much family news; gives news of friends and\n family; hopes war will soon be over so that the\n family can all be together; expresses religious\n feelings; wishes that they could write more\n freely; tells him to send his letters to E. J.\n Lee in Maryland who will forward them South to\n them. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding AN, from [Selina (Lloyd)\n Powell], Winchester, [Virginia], to \"Charlie,\"\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.], n.p., relating more\n family news. 1 page. 22 July [1861].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for specific items of clothing to be\n sent because he does not know when he can\n return home; refers to Haresack[?] and asks\n that she make him a smaller one.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes description of L. Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescription of how Lloyd Powell was shot in\n battle [of Manassas]; details of his personal\n characteristics and attitudes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses sympathy in regard to Lloyd\n Powell's death; offers comforting words from\n the Bible. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS, from Sue P. Lee,\n [Lexington, Virginia] to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Nina Powell\"\u003eNina\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003e[Winchester, Virginia], 29 July\n 1861, offering condolences on the death of her\n brother, Lloyd Powell. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Nina for her letter of sympathy\n concerning the death of her mother; gives news\n of her brothers and sisters; says that she has\n terminated her relations with cousin R.[?]\n because she could not marry a first cousin;\n discusses their friendship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of poor postal service; tells him\n of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Lloyd Powell\"\u003eLloyd's\n [Powell]\u003c/abbr\u003edeath; remembers about Lloyd's\n characteristics and qualities; says that\n typhoid fever is spreading in the town; talks\n about her servants; family news; reports of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Willie Lee Chilton\"\u003eWillie Lee\n [Chilton's]\u003c/abbr\u003edeath, a second cousin;\n expresses religious view.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLove letter to her; proposes marriage to her\n and her guardian and asks for a reply.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned also by J. R. Bowen, \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Justice of the Peace\"\u003eJ[ustice]\n [of the] P[eace],\u003c/abbr\u003estating that \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Charles L. Powell, Jr.\"\u003eCharles L.\n Powell, [Jr.]\u003c/abbr\u003ehas taken necessary oaths\n to become Deputy Marshal. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding on verso ADS, from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Brigadier General\"\u003eBrig[adie]r\n Gen[era]l\u003c/abbr\u003eJames H. Carson, 24 October\n 1861, \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Charles L. Powell, Jr.\"\u003eCharles L.\n Powell, [Jr.]\u003c/abbr\u003epermission to cross back\n and forth over enemy lines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for package she sent him;\n describes his situation and effects of the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War.\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for cap she sent him; his company\n is located at the \"Big Spring\" near Mr.\n Gray's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that Yankees were in Shepherdstown,\n [West Virginia] a few nights ago; family news;\n sends condolences on loss of her brother [Lloyd\n Powell].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSympathizes upon loss of Nina's brother,\n Lloyd Powell; relates her story of when her\n father died; expresses indebtedness to Nina's\n mother [Selina (Lloyd) Powell]; mentions\n sickness prevalent in Winchester, [Virginia];\n discusses her brother's [Bob Lucas] experiences\n as a soldier; Charles L. Powell, Sr., has\n accepted position in Richmond; news of spending\n summer at Col. LaRue's in Clarke to escape the\n Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for a cap she made and sent to\n him; expecting to go to camp soon; some family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of explosion that a Mr. Hubard caused\n trying to perfect something like \"Greek fire\"\n to sell to the government, similar to a powder\n to use in shells; describes condition of Mr.\n Hubard, his subsequent operations and\n death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWanted to give her news from Winchester,\n [Virginia], but \"the spy\" had to burn his\n information for fear it would fall into Enemy\n hands; tells stories of houses being searched\n by soldiers; news of friends and relatives;\n decorated with \"Confederate States of America\"\n seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTrying to catch up with \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Stonewall Jackson\"\u003e[Stonewall]\n Jackson's\u003c/abbr\u003etroops; describes camp life and\n strategy concerning the Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePossibility of Yankees taking Richmond;\n discusses importance of trust in God during\n battles; inquires about Robert Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral information on troop movements;\n mentions Battle of Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes being a member of Jackson's Army;\n mentions \"Rockbridge Artillery\" being full;\n family news. Decorated with \"Liberty and Union\"\n seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cabbr expan=\"Stonewall Jackson\"\u003e[Stonewall]\n Jackson\u003c/abbr\u003ecaptured two entire enemy\n regiments; enemy took part of Central Railroad;\n troop movements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; disappointment about not being\n able to be with \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Stonewall Jackson\"\u003e[Stonewall]\n Jackson\u003c/abbr\u003ein his last fight.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the family's living arrangements;\n thanks her for finding a home for her to stay\n in, but feels it would be less imposing if she\n stayed where Nina is teaching in Prince Edward\n County; hopes that they can all live together\n soon; rejoices over Jackson's victory in\n retaking the \"old town\"; says that the Garlands\n have been very kind during her stay with them;\n discusses her traveling plans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of friends, Willie Gray and Marshall\n Barton; death of various others in war\n including \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Turner Asby\"\u003e[Turner] Asby\u003c/abbr\u003e;\n talks of having made herself a sun-bonnet; news\n of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of getting a job as a clerk in Major\n Vaun's office; information about \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Stonewall Jackson\"\u003e[Stonewall]\n Jackson's\u003c/abbr\u003evictories; reports Colonel\n Ashby's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReviews routine activities; much family and\n friend news; discusses \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Stonewall Jackson\"\u003e[Stonewall]\n Jackson's\u003c/abbr\u003etroops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEveryone feeling ill and weighing less;\n Family news; possible fighting in Richmond,\n [Virginia]; \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Stonewall Jackson\"\u003e[Stonewall]\n Jackson\u003c/abbr\u003eis at Hanover Junction,\n [Virginia]; problem with fleas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe cannot get into the Rockbridge Artillery;\n she is staying with a Col. and Mrs. Tucker;\n battle of Richmond has begun; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGot position as a clerk in the Quarter\n Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin\n of [Selina (Lloyd) Powell]; \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Stonewall Jackson\"\u003e[Stonewall]\n Jackson's\u003c/abbr\u003earmy passed through\n Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of\n deserters from both sides wandering in\n mountains west of Winchester, [Virginia]; South\n won battle in Richmond, [Virginia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFighting around Richmond, [Virginia]; \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Stonewall Jackson\"\u003e[Stonewall]\n Jackson's\u003c/abbr\u003eArmy arrived to help; describes\n strategies and events of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDetails about progress of the war; much\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal experience in Army. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding NCl of a poem by Jno. R.\n Thompson, entitled \"Ashby\" from a Richmond,\n [Virginia] newspaper dated 13 June 1862, about\n the war. 1 page. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eVerso bears Becca [Rebecca Powell] to\n Selina (Lloyd) Powell. 1 page. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMakes reference to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Stonewall Jackson\"\u003e[Stonewall]\n Jackson's\u003c/abbr\u003eArmy and his efforts in\n Richmond, [Virginia]; relates events of war and\n involvement of friends and relatives; family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses people she knows who have been\n wounded or killed in the war; refers to battles\n at Richmond and Chickahominy, [Virginia];\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses disappointment that her parents\n didn't get to visit her; complains of \"M's\"\n temper; gives list of supplies that she has\n purchased or ordered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePreparing to go to Gordonsville to join\n Braxton's Battery; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas joined Braxton's Artillery; give details\n of battles and accounts of those wounded and\n killed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes battle between his Battery and the\n Yankees; describes Capt. Braxton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe has jaundice; personal account of stay in\n Richmond; discusses salary; accounts of the\n war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles L. Powell, Jr. was killed; [added to\n letter later] her husband is still yellow with\n jaundice; saw the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"President Davis\"\u003ePresident\n [Davis]\u003c/abbr\u003eand his wife; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExplains events of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s\n death near Warrenton Springs, [Virginia];\n includes sketch of battlegrounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTown gossip; tells story of a Dr. Conrad's\n arrest and ordeal; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks of our troops making it into Maryland;\n family news; prevalence of typhoid fever;\n discusses southern attitudes about the Civil\n War, and northerners.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReligious account and explanation of Charles\n L. Powell, Jr.'s death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms her of \"Charley's [Charles L.\n Powell, Jr.] death; encloses a copy of Capt.\n Carter M. Braxton's report of the events\n leading to Charles L. Powell's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers sympathy for the loss of his son,\n Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes the death of\n their sister \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Ellen Powell Gray\"\u003eEllen [Powell\n Gray]\u003c/abbr\u003e; reports on the welfare of Ellen's\n family - Mr. [William Gray], Kate and Arthur;\n news of family. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \"Mother\" [Selina L.\n Powell], n.p. to [Hattie Powell], n.p.\n Discusses the state of their belongings [in\n their former house in Winchester] and what will\n be sold through cousin \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Sarah Powell Conrad\"\u003eSarah [Powell\n Conrad]\u003c/abbr\u003e; says if they do not intend to\n return, then it should all be sold. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for her sympathy upon death of\n Rebecca's brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.;\n expresses religious views; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResponds to news of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s\n death; family news; reports on her own\n health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes description of Charles L. Powell\n and the battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family and town news; mentions that\n army is located near her in Winchester,\n [Virginia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her daily routine schedule; involved\n in knitting for the soldiers; doesn't seem to\n think Yankees will approach Richmond,\n [Virginia]; remembers her son \"Charley\"\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] often.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses their friendship and situation of\n the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses sympathy for the death of her\n brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes in\n detail the death of her mother, Ellen Powell\n Gray and reveals her feelings concerning it;\n gives news of their Powell relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses daily routine; problem with\n typhoid fever; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on incidents of typhoid fever;\n family news; discusses her minister and baptism\n of a baby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes circumstances of her daughter\n Annie's sickness and death; offers sympathy for\n death of Charles L. Powell, Jr.; family news;\n including recital of Fenella's funeral rites;\n \"Earth to Earth, Dust to Dust...\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses business matters in Winchester\n that she is taking care of for Charles L.\n Powell; discusses the ear and the situation in\n Winchester; sends him some books, stating that\n the Yankees carried off the rest of them;\n reports of a proposed armistice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes sickness causing a delirious state\n for a few days; family news; knitting as a\n popular pastime; discusses weather; Yankees\n still have Gloucester Point as a fort; soldiers\n suffering from \"rot\" that kills them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses \n \u003cabbr expan=\"John Milton\"\u003e[John]\n Milton's\u003c/abbr\u003eworks; family news; Longstreet's\n Corps has occupied many points near Culpeper\n Court House. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ANS from Nina Powell, Kenmuir,\n [Louisa County, Virginia] to \"sister,\" [either\n Hattie or Rebecca Powell], n.p., \n \u003cabbr expan=\"5 November 1862\"\u003e5 November\n [18]62,\u003c/abbr\u003ereporting family news. 1 page. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eAlso including ANS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Selina Powell\"\u003eS[elina]\n P[owell],\u003c/abbr\u003eKenmuir, [Louisa County,\n Virginia]. Expresses grief over Annie Lee's\n death; asks about Robert E. Lee; prevalence of\n typhoid fever; describes weather and landscape;\n Yankees did not disturb Charles L. Powell,\n Jr.'s grave; family news. 2 pages. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends this letter with a letter from Hunter,\n her brother; comments that Hattie has now been\n gone from Winchester eight months; says life\n ins find when Confederate soldiers are in\n Winchester, but that it is miserable when the\n Yankees come; says General Jackson has visited\n them and has his headquarters on the road to\n Front Royal; says he gave her his photograph\n and se will send a copy; writes that they are\n working very hard because the few servants in\n town are cooking for the soldiers; lists people\n who will leave town if the Yankees return; says\n Cousin Betty look unwell because she works so\n hard in the hospitals ; writes that they only\n have 500 sick beds in the hospitals; mentions\n the destruction by Yankees in other counties;\n fears they will soon suffer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends thanks for present he received because\n [it] will be useful during the winter;\n expresses desire for peace in the country.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; expresses concern that the\n southern army is suffering from a lack of\n clothes and the elements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her feelings of loneliness, as she\n lives among strangers; expresses other worries\n of disease and of the war; discusses problems\n with diphtheria in the neighborhood; comments\n on the shortage of men in the neighborhood, in\n particular healthy, attractive ones; discusses\n the hardships of Uncle Prosser and \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Aunt Rebecca\"\u003eAunt\n [Re]Bec[ca]\u003c/abbr\u003ewhose former servants burnt\n much of their property; news of friends and\n family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the condition of Charles L.\n Powell's estate and what business has been\n transacted; lists what articles from their home\n have been sold, commenting that most people in\n Winchester are not buying things because they\n are leaving to journey \"up the Valley\"; reports\n that 4000 men are guarding Winchester, that\n some tobacco has been burned, and that\n preparation for evacuation is underway;\n describes Yankee attacks in Charlestown;\n comments on the effect of the fear of attack on\n everyone in the town; gives news of\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on problems with influenza; refers\n to a Capt. Duff and his defense of Leesburg,\n [Virginia]; gives news of town since troops\n have arrived; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMakes references to the Clarke Cav[al]ry and\n a Capt. Carter; possessions have been pillaged\n and towns have been ruined; has to quit farming\n because of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes Nina a Happy Birthday; refers to God\n and task to enter his Kingdom; mentions a\n friend who died from diphtheria; discusses \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Stonewall Jackson\"\u003e[Stonewall]\n Jackson's\u003c/abbr\u003eopposition to the \"enemy\"\n [Yankees] at Port Royal, [Virginia]; family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses everyone's fear of diphtheria;\n much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMakes references to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Gen. Robert E. Lee\"\u003eGen. [Robert\n E.] Lee's\u003c/abbr\u003evictories; much family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses the difficulty of losing so many\n brave men in the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] war.\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReminisces about their last Christmas\n together; discusses the servants and their\n ability to be dangerous.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses desire for peace and to return to\n Winchester, [Virginia]; much town and family\n news; sorry they can't spend Christmas\n together.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShe has been ill with a cough and cold;\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about a John Tabb; tells activities\n of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Kate Gordon\"\u003eKate\n [Gordon]\u003c/abbr\u003ewho is staying with them;\n mentions a bombazine [fine twilled silk\n fabric]; people looking for teaching positions;\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch town and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProblems with smallpox; much family news;\n mentions Judge Lee's[?] suicide.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer husband, Charles L. Powell, Sr., is\n still looking for a teaching job; recommends\n reading as a worthwhile hobby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes how her family spent Christmas;\n thanks her for the cap she made for her brother\n Rob; discusses the sadness of Hattie's\n Christmas; discusses friendship; reports that\n she heard from Mary[?] who is living behind\n Yankee lines in King George.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions a Col. Tucker[?]; talks about her\n personal health; refers to the \"conscript act\";\n gives impressions of deaths resulting from the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003eand\n ideas of a forthcoming peace; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; refers to robbery of all\n servants; tells stories of confrontations with\n the enemy and experiences while at war;\n discusses food he has to eat; mentions has\n heard news of Grandma's death; mentions William\n Edmonson Jones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; discusses her pay for\n tutorial services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions their father's new employment in\n Greenville; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; describes some of daily\n activities. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ANS from N. C. E.[?], n.p., to\n Nina Powell, n.p., post 13 March 1863, giving\n neighborhood news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on Cavalry's victory in Culpepper\n [sic], [Virginia]; describes poverty situation\n in Winchester, [Virginia], as result of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e;\n discusses situations in Romney, West Virginia;\n much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFound a teaching job in Powhatan; describes\n location and plans to build a house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on his activities in the Army;\n refers to \"the Picketts\"; tells of damage and\n destruction in Winchester, [Virginia], as a\n result of Yankee invasion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on experiences in Army; expresses\n sadness that young men can't receive education\n during the war; family news; states that Tip[?]\n Powell and Frank Grady were captured in\n Loudoun, [Virginia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses clothes; family news; says they\n will visit \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Shirley Plantation\"\u003eShirley\n [Plantation]\u003c/abbr\u003esoon; says Mary[?] must\n remain within the Yankee lines because the only\n way to leave is to walk eighteen miles at\n night, carrying baggage; mentions Robert E.\n Lee, George Washington, and Custis Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions interest in soldiers, especially\n the South Carolina gentlemen; talks about\n sources of entertainment; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his house and surroundings; family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions \"taking bitters (a tea) made of\n sarsaparilla root\" for strength and to purify\n her blood; expresses hopes for war to soon be\n over; Yankees now have Fauquier under their\n control; family news; refers to receiving news\n through the Enquirer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses when the family members will see\n each other; gives news of Powell relatives at\n Locust Hill; says that goods cannot be sent to\n them from Locust Hill [Leesburg, Virginia]\n because of a blockade; inquires about the\n fighting in Fredericksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks about General Stuart's decision to\n review his Division; refers to great loss at\n Battle of Chancellorsville in the death of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"General Stonewall Jackson\"\u003e\n Gen[era]l [\"Stonewall\"] Jackson\u003c/abbr\u003e;\n describes events of war near Rowlesburg, [West\n Virginia]; comments on his troops various\n attacks on different Railroads; gives details\n about other battles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; comments on how quickly\n her chickens are dying.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses fighting [in the Civil War] and\n loss of servants; family news and sick and\n wounded from Battle of Gettysburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on war, pestilence and famine;\n discusses the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that Nina Powell has been recommended\n to him to take care of his children as well as\n tutoring them; requests response to his\n offer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses pillaging by the Yankees; comments\n on men who have given their lives for the\n southern cause; much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on scarcity of various staples;\n offers her $300 to come and teach his\n children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses \"keeping house\" and how much it\n costs to do so; family news; comments on the\n Battle of Manassas. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding AN from [?], n.p. to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Hattie Powell\"\u003eHatty [sic]\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003en.p., n.d., discussing delivery\n of enclosed note to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Custis Lee\"\u003eCustis [Lee]\u003c/abbr\u003e. 1\n page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAttempts to appease Nina's apprehensions\n about coming to Hanover County if the enemy is\n there; wants her to begin working the first of\n October.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffer to substitute himself [for William\n Henry Fitzhugh Lee as a Northern prisoner of\n War].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; questions Nina about her\n \"beaux\" and his courting ways; discusses\n education.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to burning her previous letter in\n case of a fight whence it could become public;\n relates news of troops; family news; discusses\n fight from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan\n [Rivers].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; stats that a man named\n Taylor Johns has fallen in love with Nina\n Powell; discusses situation at the\n Stringfellow's, where Nina now lives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses in detail his new teaching\n position; family information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives cotton prices as $3.75 a yard;\n discusses Battle at Manassas; much family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on her husband's new position in\n Albemarle; much family news; mentions some\n events in reference to the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she saw her father [Charles L. Powell,\n Sr.] on his way to move into Cousin R's[?];\n describes her trip to Charlottesville;\n expresses satisfaction that her mother is able\n to stay with Uncle Fred and Lute; reports she\n has eleven scholars.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; discusses her job as a teacher;\n discusses \"preserving with molasses\"; expresses\n anger and confusion about Nina's beaux David\n [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his teaching position.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives opinion on attitudes of young people;\n family news; expresses interest in\n religion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses plans for Christmas, including\n costs involved and where they can stay;\n discusses death of [Cousin?] Temple Grady and\n its effect on other relatives; discusses\n teaching and their role in the war effort.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to a battle at Chattanooga,\n [Tennessee]; and [General] Longstreet;\n discusses cotton and its discount price of $18\n a bale; comments on young gentlemen who have\n come to visit her; other town and family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hattie for her kind gift of The\n Bible; gives details of present experience as a\n soldier in the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e;\n expresses sadness for those who died in the\n battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions a Carrie Hobson's death resulting\n from a \"perforation of the bowels,\" (typhoid\n fever); family and town news; mentions Temple\n Grady's [brother of C. Powell Grady?] death;\n refers to having some corsets made.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; expresses concern about\n \"national affairs\"; discusses religious point\n of view.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; discusses General Bragg\n and his great ability as a leader.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; states that he met Mr.\n Seddon, Secretary of War and they discussed \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Judah Benjamin\"\u003e[Judah]\n Benjamin\u003c/abbr\u003e; gives some views of what is\n happening with the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions [General] Longstreet's retreat from\n Knoxville, [Tennessee]; comments on giving Nina\n some linen for \"sleeves or sleeve bands\",\n family news; discusses harvesting of crops;\n comments on threats that \"Yanks\" are\n making.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses insufficiency of cotton crops;\n mentions that her son is on a war vessel, in\n the ocean, \"larger than the \n \u003cemph render=\"underline\"\u003eFlorida\u003c/emph\u003eand the \n \u003cemph render=\"underline\"\u003eAlabama\u003c/emph\u003e.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to travel by carriage; discusses\n mailing \"bleached cotton\"; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions story where Yankees come into towns\n and arrest southerners; refers to\n daguerreotypes; writes a poem/prayer to God\n about grief he and others have experienced.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes Nina a Merry Christmas since she\n (Nina) will be together with her parents;\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the inclement weather; states that\n she had butter and tea for celebration on\n Christmas morning; gives price of calico as 6\n dollars per yard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on her friends spending New Year's\n Eve at the President's; mentions walking to the\n \u003cabbr expan=\"University of Virginia\"\u003eUniversity\n [of Virginia]\u003c/abbr\u003ein Charlottesville,\n [Virginia]; family news; refers to cotton vs.\n bleached cotton; discusses typhoid fever;\n comments on subject of religion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; expresses hopes for an end\n to the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e;\n mentions a book \"Home Influency\" that deals\n with raising children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions losing her heart to a Lieutenant\n Blackford; much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions having forgotten Nina's birthday\n and becoming more absentminded; states that\n demonstrating affection ins public is not good\n practice; gives advice and opinion on men and\n courting; has put \"vie dollars in gold and $25\n in Virginia. Bank notes\"; and discusses school\n teaching; much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been suffering from sickness similar to\n typhoid fever; mentions that many servants have\n the measles; states that the key to her watch\n is worn out and she cannot wind it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers advice about teaching; has seen [John\n C. Pemberton]; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her illness [typhoid fever?];\n describes her Christmas diversions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on how he misses having the women\n in his family at home; family news; discuses\n some aspects of the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e;\n mentions Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; expresses hope that the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003ewill\n soon end; expresses grief of her Mother's\n death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses concern about Hattie Powell's\n sickness; much family news and town gossip;\n mentions some of the types of food they've been\n eating; talks about \"yanks\" and their\n disruptiveness; mentions Robert Young\n Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives Nina advice on how to terminate her\n engagement with [John Dupuy]; writes of the\n death of Hunter McGuire's sister, May; says she\n now has twelve scholars; news of family and\n friends; discusses books and mentions Robert\n Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she has been busy knitting gloves,\n sewing, teaching, nursing, and being sick; says\n she is nearly \"well and fat\" again; says that\n her hair has not started to come back yet, but\n that when it does, she has been told to shave\n it; asks who Nina's friend Lizzie is; describes\n people she has met; reports where troops are;\n discusses ways she is trying to get cotton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvises Minnie not to be grieved about their\n mother's death; some family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle in which Jefferson Davis praises the\n Confederate soldiers for their \"devotion and\n self-sacrifice,\" and assures them of their\n capabilities against the declining enemy; also\n includes a commentary about Davis' speech,\n stating that the present spirit of the South\n has never been paralleled in history.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulates Nina on her engagement to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"John J. Dupuy\"\u003e[John J.]\n Dupuy\u003c/abbr\u003e; discusses their friendship; news\n of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions a girl's death from diphtheria;\n refers to traveling by train; discusses\n blockade of the Potomac River; comments on\n greenbacks and their value; refers to the\n Yankee Congress; general Civil War news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives consent for him to marry Nina after\n listing the pros and cons of the situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch town news and family news; refers to\n knitting as a pastime; states that her hair has\n not begun to \"come out yet\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her new beau; much family and town\n news; refers to events of the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003eand\n the Powhatan troop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that her employer, Mrs. Stringfellow,\n has offered to allow her two weeks for Easter;\n asks permission to come home; gives detailed\n plans on how she could get there cheaply; says\n the \"troop\" will return before Easter; asks if\n her father is coming home for the holiday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses selection of a minister; comments\n on her knitting for the soldiers; town gossip\n and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses sale of a draft on New York for\n $625.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for gloves she knitted and set to\n him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on her sister's problem with\n inflammatory rheumatism; much town and family\n news; tells stories of soldiers who have\n returned home; comments on lack of patriotism\n in the country; mentions readying.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of a shopping trip she took to\n Charlottesville, and the people she saw;\n describes a visit to see their father at Cousin\n R. Nowland's; discusses the new tax law, the\n \"panic,\" and the new monetary issue; news of\n friends and family; mentions reading.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMakes reference to needing a straw-splitter;\n discusses financial situation; comments on\n Nina's engagement to \"Brother \n \u003cabbr expan=\"John Dupuy\"\u003eJohn\"\n [Dupuy?]\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions interruption of communications due\n to Yankee Raid; states that he sat near \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Gen. Robert E. Lee\"\u003eGen. [Robert\n E.] Lee\u003c/abbr\u003eand Mr. Edmund Lee on a train car\n and talked with them; describes conversation;\n discusses the events of the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil]\n War\u003c/abbr\u003e[including Lee's near capture by\n Custis' divisionary raid through Albemarle\n County, during the Kilpatrick - Dahlgren Raid\n on Richmond]; mentions Holmes Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch town news; discusses Yankees and their\n progression; comments on her attempts to hide\n her silver on her body in order to keep it from\n the Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; expresses religious\n views.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; discusses events of the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e;\n including raid by Custis on Albemarle; mentions\n Homes Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the weather; much town and family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays her Easter plans have been cancelled\n because of the snow storm; mentions how close\n she (Nina) has been to the Yankees; says she\n feels much better and now weights 114 pounds;\n reports on fatal measles in the area; reports\n on how she has spent her time with Captain\n Morgan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends her a letter from Kate[?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses buying and selling cotton;\n comments on college opportunities; family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news and town gossip; comments\n on gold lace on the coats of those who make\n rank of Captain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; refers to Nina's\n grandmother's [Anne Harriotte (Lee) Lloyd]\n death; discusses Yankees and their progress;\n mentions Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on reading as a pastime and\n mentions [?] Cooper's novels; much family news;\n refers to Yankees taking hostages; mentions\n Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her daily schedule; reports how\n their Aunt Jeanie Lloyd and \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Aunt Rebecca\"\u003eAunt\n [Re]Bec[ca]\u003c/abbr\u003eare doing in relation to the\n war; describes social visits; mentions an Aunt\n Nannie; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses weather and its effects on gardens\n and crops; comments on Yankees and news about\n the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e;\n much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; comments on news of the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives detailed description of fighting near\n Beaver Dam, [Virginia], as told to her by some\n of the soldiers; mentions visit by Gen. Stuart;\n describes other events of the war from personal\n point of view.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; discusses struggle on the\n Rapidan [River]; tells of other \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil]\n War\u003c/abbr\u003enews.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses general battle news; expresses\n concern about struggle in Hanover County,\n Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses events of the war; comments on\n actions of Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on armies being at Hanover Junction\n and expresses her concern and fears; refers to\n burning of Powhatan depot by Yankees. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding AN from [Selina (Lloyd) Powell,\n Charlotte County, Virginia], to Nina Powell,\n [Verdon, Hanover County, Virginia], 24 May,\n 1864, correcting some spelling errors. 1\n page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses relief that the Yankees did not\n come through the area where Nina is; says that\n her father wants her [Nina] to leave soon\n because of the danger; says things are so\n scarce in Charlotte that there would not be\n enough to feed her; expresses relief that Nina\n is not living between the two railroads; says\n the news they get about the war is encouraging,\n but she thinks the conflict will be a long one;\n discusses plans to get the family together.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to battle of Vicksburg; tells of\n other developments of the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to a cousin, Mrs. Randolph Tucker\n whose house is at the corner of Grace and Adams\n street in Richmond; much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about Nina's daily schedule and when\n she says prayers; expresses sorrow that\n Hattie's teaching position near Nina did not\n work out; tells her she must be self-reliant;\n says she is waiting to find out if she can join\n Mr. Powell; discusses the fashions of hats;\n sends her respects to Mr. Stringfellow.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch town and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her social schedule; encourages\n her to pursue a relationship with Willie\n Booker; news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecounts all he has been doing for the past\n two years (has been in charge of a prison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Nina to change her mind and work for\n them another year; claims they are safe from\n the Yankees and that the war will soon be over;\n praises her teaching of their three girls.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Yankees' burning of houses in\n Richmond; gives views on death; much family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on typhoid fever; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch Family news. mentions not being able to\n find a nail-brush in the city and forgot india\n ribbon; comments on Yankees treating people\n badly; refers to buying lip-glue at Randolph's\n Book Store; discusses her, Nina's, new\n house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Mr. Powell's teaching position\n with the Scott family; says he is trying to\n find a place near him for her to stay; says\n there was a Yankee raid near where he is\n staying; discusses where friends who are\n soldiers are stationed; mentions families who\n are looking for wounded soldiers to employ as\n teachers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family and town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on symptoms of the \"fever\";\n expresses religious beliefs concerning deaths\n resulting from battles; much family news and\n town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; discusses teacher's\n pay.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family and town news; inquires about\n her new home in Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses one of Nina's pupils and how Nina\n should act towards the family that is employing\n her; mentions arrangements to exchange a pair\n of shoes; reports on friends and family;\n reports on \"her Willie,\" and where he is\n stationed; mentions soldiers for whom she has\n knitted gloves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the suitability of Mr. Starke's\n teaching offer for her mother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChides Nina for not writing her; asks if she\n is spending all her time with Willie Dupuy] who\n has a wounded shoulder; reports on what she has\n done socially; asks her to get some cartridges\n for her pistol when she buys some for her own\n gun; says Minna Booker is to be married\n November fourth; discusses sewing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains about difficulties in the teaching\n profession; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her situation at the Garrett's,\n teaching Lizzie and others; emphasizes the\n importance of letter writing now that they are\n apart; discusses Mr. Irving's[?] failing\n health; says Lizzie has diphtheria; describes\n social events; discusses Nina's problems with\n teaching Blanche; reports on friends who have\n been wounded or killed in the war; asks bout\n Cousin Mary Lee and Cousin Emily.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that her brother Rob has been\n wounded and may have to have his leg amputated;\n says her brother Jimmie is in Charleston where\n there is much yellow fever; says they work all\n day without rest; more family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on how Nina should manage one\n of her pupils; reports on what she is doing;\n discusses clothes; mentions Minna's\n wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives reasons why she hasn't written of\n late; describes her brother's episode of being\n shot in the hand and its effects; comments on\n amount of men that are off at war and those who\n remain are \"quaking\"; much family news;\n expresses hope that God will get them through\n \"these difficulties.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her social activities; discusses\n balancing work with pleasure; news of family\n and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about her \"new home\" in Richmond and\n her \"new occupation\" with Mrs. Paleski;\n describes Minna's wedding; says the weather was\n so bad that no one could go home, so the\n reception lasted all night; reports what she\n has done socially; describes in detail a dress\n she just made.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses joy that Nina and their mother can\n live close to each other; reports on her social\n activities; discusses plans for Christmas;\n mentions how well the Confederate Cavalry is\n doing; discusses friends that are soldiers, and\n which of them she has knitted gloves for.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a preacher, Mr. McGill, who is\n visiting; describes social events; discusses\n clothes she is making; questions Junius\n Powell's decision to go to Bermuda instead of\n joining the army; mentions Harry Harrison [Mrs.\n Huge's brother] who came home after a prisoner\n at Fort Delaware.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses how her home was destroyed;\n details experiences with the Yankees; comments\n on incarceration of many Southerners in\n northern prisons and their suffering; family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her trip to Charlottesville and\n the people she visited, including cousin Gert;\n mentions Sally's[?] death; says she must soon\n accept an offer for teaching from Mr. Frank\n Cabell; discusses depreciation of money;\n mentions a cousin Ann and a cousin Laura;\n reports that Tip Powell was taken prisoner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the bad weather and muddy roads,\n says she has not heard from Custis Lee, for\n whom she made gloves; discusses clothes;\n discusses Christmas plans; tells Nina to\n \"change her dress\" whenever she desires, since\n she will always mourn inside; says she and\n Rebecca will change theirs in the spring;\n discusses the problems Winchester is having\n with the Yankees; mentions Minna's wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a prospective teaching job for her\n and his plan for her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; begs her to spend\n Christmas with them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses happiness that her mother and\n father will finally be able to live together\n again; comments on Nina Powell's loss of hair;\n refers to suffering Loudoun County, due to\n Yankees; family news; describes how a friend\n spends time trying to find hiding places for\n her possessions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a \"homespun\" dress that she has;\n family news; describes weather; tells her to go\n to a Christmas get-together where she can met\n many people, including Robert E. Lee, Custis\n Lee, and perhaps \"our beloved President\"\n [Jefferson Davis]; later mentions rumors that\n President Davis may be dead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions pastime crocheting a cap; comments\n on delay of mail; discusses ordering some\n supplies from her sister; refers to troop\n movement on \"the Danville road\"; family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes social activities; urges Nina to\n spend Christmas in Richmond with Cousin Emily;\n discusses cotton and where to buy it. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding fragment of ALS from \"cousin\"\n Laurence B. Taylor, to [?], n.p., n.d., stating\n that he hopes they will see much of each other\n in \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Albemarle County\"\u003eAlbemarle\n [County]\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the difficulties of sending mail;\n inquires about their mother's health; news of\n friends and the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for the gauntlets, testament, and\n book of psalms that she sent him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what she did during Christmas\n holidays; discusses her job as a teacher as\n well as who and what subjects she teaches;\n family and town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on Robert E. Lee's thoughts that\n the South is in danger; discusses her knitting\n and whom she has made gloves for; states how\n she doesn't understand men; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the possibility of Nina being\n engaged to Willie Dupuy; says she would like to\n know him better before she can consent; would\n like for her to make the final decision\n herself; says their engagement would last\n indefinitely because they are both poor and\n Willie was \"disabled\" from the war; asks her to\n consider these issues.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResponds to her requesting permission to be\n engaged to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Mr. William Dupuy\"\u003eMr. [William]\n Dupuy[?]\u003c/abbr\u003e; gives feelings about entire\n situation; refers to evacuation of Richmond,\n [Virginia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; asks her to send her stamps and\n black glazed cotton and to look for\n strawsplitters; describes episode of being\n thrown from horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses how busy she is making gloves;\n mentions Nina's engagement/involvement with a\n \"brave, Christian soldier\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses possibility of Nina moving to\n Norwood if Richmond is given up.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; discusses the bond between\n two who love each other.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses happiness about Nina's now\n official engagement to Mr. [William] Dupuy;\n other family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Nina's engagement and her fiance's\n [William Dupuy] financial status and\n personality.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on how to express feelings of\n love to her fiance, in her correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her advice about her situation with\n Mr. D[upuy]; tells her to make up her own mind\n and to be sure of his character and their love;\n advises that if she is certain that she wants\n to be engaged to him, then not to hold back her\n feelings and to show her trust; gives more\n advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; expresses her approval of\n William Dupuy as Nina's fiance. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding Cy of L, 10 February 1865, from\n [William Dupuy], n.p. to \"Sir\" [Charles L.\n Powell, Sr.], n.p., discussing his and Nina's\n relationship and betrothal. 4 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advise on Nina's relationship with a\n young man [Willie Dupuy?]; says that if they\n ever get married they would always be poor;\n discusses what he will want in a wife;\n discusses Nina's fear that her ways are not\n elegant enough for him because he was brought\n up in higher society; reveals her philosophy on\n how to act in society, how to view oneself, and\n how to act towards men to keep them\n interested.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on attempts to regain some of their\n family possessions; discusses the break-up of\n Nina Powell's engagement; mentions Hattie\n Powell's arrival in Goochland, [Virginia],\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Nina's problem with an employer,\n Mrs. Powell, and suggests other families she\n could work for; says she can spend $350.00 on\n material for summer clothing; discusses the\n plight of the South; reveals her feelings about\n Nina's engagement; describes a visit to Norwood\n where her parents are working for Mr. Cabell;\n reports that cousin Lizzie Powell, fourth\n daughter of Uncle Llew, is to be married; news\n of family and friends; mentions teaching.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses materials for sewing dresses;\n expresses her anger at how Mrs. Powell (an\n employer) treated Nina; discusses her neighbors\n where she is teaching, saying none are suitable\n for Nina to live with and teach for; gives news\n of friends and family; says they have a soldier\n staying there; mentions teaching. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding newspaper clipping advertising\n for teachers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for presents she sent him;\n expresses hope of seeing her again soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; discusses Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays Mr. Philip Cabell is stopping by\n \"Bremo\" on his way to Richmond, so she is\n taking this opportunity to send a letter;\n discusses opportunities for her to work with\n other families and how she should set this up;\n wishes she could come to see them but says it\n is impossible because the canal is \"broken up,\"\n the roads are bad, and the Yankees destroyed\n the carriage; hopes that she is comfortable at\n Gen[eral] Cocke's; hopes that he doesn't mind\n her being there since he is a wealthy man.\n Letter is continued on a small slip of paper -\n advises on the different uses of \"shall\" and\n \"will\" in writing letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses relief that she is safe after\n traveling through dangerous area; says that\n their Mother and Father had some trouble when\n traveling, and that they lost some clothes;\n discusses an offer to teach in Keysville,\n Charlotte County; reports battle action in the\n area; asks what she thinks about her giving her\n silver cup to \"the government\"; mentions the\n death of their Aunt Ann's baby, Fannie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions sending carpet bags to her parents\n filled with necessary items she could spare;\n comments on Yankees being on southside of the\n James [River], [Virginia] and dreading a\n raid.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSend the key to her bonnet box; mentions a\n cousin Kate Noland and an Aunt Bettie Conrad;\n news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses surrender of Confederates in\n detail; expresses religious beliefs about\n result of the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e;\n describes battle in Richmond, [Virginia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on prohibition from traveling\n North; mentions recognition by France and the\n French position; gives religious opinions;\n describes some of the remnants left by\n Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports news of post-war events since Hattie\n receives no news in the country; expresses the\n sentiments and anxieties of those in an\n occupied city, discusses [Robert E. Lee and his\n sons]; reports rumors about Booth, Jefferson\n Davis, and the surrender of the army of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Joseph E. Johnston\"\u003e[Joseph E.]\n Johns[t]on\u003c/abbr\u003eto \n \u003cabbr expan=\"William T. Sherman\"\u003e[William T.]\n Sherman\u003c/abbr\u003e; discusses the sacrifices of the\n last four years and where it has led.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the people with whom she is\n staying; expresses joy that she feels\n comfortable in Richmond; says she hears rumors\n about whether Richmond will be given up or not;\n tells her to come to them if there is any\n danger; news about friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a battle at Fort Jackson that she\n was able to witness from her cousin's house;\n says Hunter [?] is the medical doctor of\n Ewell's Corps; mentions lack of provisions;\n says she had to work very hard last winter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to \"free negroes\" and the fall of\n Richmond; tells stories of robbers in various\n neighborhoods; discusses difficulty to have\n faith in God where there is so much suffering;\n also refers to bands of negro robbers and\n describes their actions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; expresses sorrow and grief\n about living through these times.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; comments on problems with\n servants; refers to death of Lincoln and\n memorial service for him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Mr. Cabell bought a horse from\n a Mississippi soldier; reports that a Yankee\n soldier came to the house asking for brandy;\n says that she and Fan [?] are closing school\n for the summer; says she will soon come to\n Norwood to visit them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses health, says she has rheumatism;\n says they will stay in Richmond until July;\n tells their options of where to go; considers\n the cost of the Civil War; discusses the\n condition of President Davis, prisoner at Fort\n Monroe; says the Yankee officers are being\n kinder to Richmonders; says Pierrepont has just\n arrived in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports she is staying with relatives but\n that it is so crowded, she will leave soon;\n says the house has been burned down, so they\n are living in log cabins; tells that she will\n soon go to Canada to visit her brother Horace;\n discusses where Nina could set up a school in\n that neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of her religious belief about the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003eand\n how she prays daily; discusses subject of white\n vs. black labor; much family new; comments on\n cruel treatment of \"our\" President [Jefferson\n Davis]; refers to a Dr. Hoge who denies trying\n to begin a colony in Brazil.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses difficulty in accepting downfall\n of Confederacy; family news; discusses Nina's\n engagement to Willie Dupuy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePoem entitled \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Bachelor's\n Consolation\u003c/title\u003ewritten by \"Goodman A.\n Bachelor.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; comments on Nina's\n engagement; discusses situation with Negroes;\n comments on elections and how soldiers were put\n into many of the civil offices; plans for\n jousting tournament.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the family's moving to a new house\n and how they all can be reunited once\n again.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses where they may move; says the\n Yankees have possession of her home in\n Arlington; says the situation in Richmond is\n better since Pierrepont [Pierpont] arrived;\n gives news about family; mentions Robert E. Lee\n (1843-1914) and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Nannie's [?] wedding; says their\n father will need her [Nina] home for the\n opening of school; tells how she has been\n spending her time; discusses the school;\n reports that Mary [?] is there; expresses fear\n for her Aunt Mary because of the threats of\n Negro uprisings in southern Virginia; asks if\n everything is going well between Nannie and\n Willie B[ooker].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the continuing uncertainties of\n where their family will live; says she will\n return to work at Mr. Cabell's because she\n cannot depend on family plans; describes her\n visit to Greenwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a horse riding [jousting]\n tournament and social event that followed; much\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports travel plans; lists social events;\n news of friends; says she will begin at Mr.\n Cabell's in two weeks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that she just realized that it is her\n 56th birthday; discusses some issues on\n etiquette; says that she is glad that she is\n pleased with her new house; has heard that the\n Yankees are advancing on Charlottesville; says\n Gloucester is having problems with the Yankees,\n so she will not return there; expresses\n disappointment that Mr. Powell did not secure a\n certain job that would have allowed them all to\n live together; says that the Redds and the\n Bookers have been very kind to her and do not\n want her to leave; writes that the Dupuy's son\n [Willie?] has bullet wounds in both thighs and\n in the foot.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a boat trip she took with Sallie\n [?] to Norwood; gives news of Mr. William\n Cabell; discusses literature; news of friends\n and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays Hunter has a small (medical) practice;\n gives news about what her other brothers[?] are\n doing; says Willie is doing well despite the\n time he spent in prison; tells how he was\n marched by their home last winter by the\n Yankees and taken to prison; tells how their\n house was used as a hospital, her family was\n put under arrest, and they were forced to live\n with the Yankees for six months; expresses her\n hatred of the Yankees; discusses how the last\n four years have changed her; tells how Gert [?]\n was working in the hospitals and on the battle\n field, caught a disease and has been bedridden\n for the last thirteen months; says she was very\n weak last winter because of the hard work and\n anxiety; says she could no longer work in the\n hospitals because of how the sights of war\n affected her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family news; comments on the meeting of\n Congress and its result on the restoration of\n southern property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites about Presbyterian Conference she is\n attending; gives town and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives history of a family, telling which\n troop each son is in; comments on the scarcity\n of paper, which is why she is writing on the\n back of a letter written to her by her mother. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding on back: \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Selina Powell\"\u003eS[elina\n Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003cabbr expan=\"Charlotte Court House\"\u003eCharlotte\n C[ourt] H[ouse],\u003c/abbr\u003e[Virginia], to\n \"daughter\" [Hattie Powell], n.p. Asks her about\n her fever and if it is interfering with her\n teaching; says Mr. Powell visited her for a\n week; says she will stay in Charlotte all\n winter; mentions death of Carry Hobson. 1 page.\n ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends her a pair of slippers which she made\n the best she could with the materials\n available; says she wanted to do something for\n her during \"these war times\"; says her father\n is not home yet; gives list of things Rebecca\n needs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the importance of having nice\n handwriting; describes Kate's [?] studies;\n grieves over how many have lost their homes and\n hopes that her daughter could have a couple\n years holiday (from teaching); says those who\n must have employment are happiest; writes of\n family and friends; discusses her Uncle G's [?]\n method of teaching. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncomplete (first part missing).\n Including attached insert saying that Mr. H.\n [?] declined her father's services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the scene when the Yankees came\n into the home of Dr. Robert Baldwin; says Dr.\n Baldwin was kicked out of town because he\n refused to pay a servant; describes how the\n town has changed since the Yankees have taken\n over; mentions a man named Milroy who seems to\n be their leader; gives news of family members\n many of whom has been sick; describes a puppy\n he has gotten; describes a battle in which many\n Yankees were taken as prisoners; says Milroy\n has escaped and has gone to Washington; says\n all of her furniture is not sold and that they\n cannot try to sell it while the Yankees are\n here; discusses Dr. Daniel Conrad's\n practice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks what Jeanie [?] will do all summer;\n says she has heard that all the carriage horses\n in Gloucester have been carried off; says she\n will go to Powhatan to join her husband who is\n working for Mr. Michaux; says the Yankees are\n in Shepherdstown but that the Confederates have\n Winchester.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of the last four years, the\n excitement and the trials; discusses \"the\n college\" that Robert is involving with;\n discusses the difficulty of finding good help;\n describes their house, saying it is handsome to\n \"confederate eyes\"; expresses sadness that her\n home is still used by the Yankees; discusses\n Alexandria.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on the postal problems and hopes\n she has been receiving her letters; gives news\n of the Bookers; writes of her anxiety over how\n she [Nina] is and discusses her travel plans to\n Prince Edward; discusses where the Yankees are\n stationed; writes of the family's plans for the\n summer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends her cotton for stockings; comments on\n postal problems; discusses the safety of\n Richmond; discusses sewing and fashions; news\n of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the dilemma of Southerns taking\n the \"oath\" with the Northerners so that they\n can protect their property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Captain Watkins and Willie\n Dupuy have been wounded; says she does not know\n which battle they were in; news of friends;\n says she has heard from Mr. Powell recently;\n discusses dresses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that she sent socks to Willie [?] who\n is in the army; mentions the death of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"James Mcoughty\"\u003eJames\n M[coughty?].\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes how to make Mrs. Sharpe's [?] hat;\n describes Lute's hat; says she will get two or\n three hundred dollars in Northern money from an\n Uncle William.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses teaching; describes trip to\n Charlottesville and adventurous train ride;\n mentions Sandy Pendleton's [?] wedding;\n discusses Trip's [?] health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends Rebecca a picture of Robert E. Lee,\n taken during the war (picture is dated 20\n January 1866); writes of Lexington where they\n have just moved; gives news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her social activities; gives\n teaching position that Hattie is considering;\n reports that Yankees are being strict in their\n town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses poor mail service; describes\n Alexandria as dull town with spirit of\n despondency, town may be forced into the\n District of Columbia; describes visit of Henry\n Hallowell [?]; much family and town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses crocheting, books they have read;\n much family news and gossip.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses family news; speaks of financial\n situation of buying a house in Baltimore;\n discusses problems of retrieving household\n items (portraits, furniture, etc.) and where to\n put them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses details of retrieving family\n possessions from the Office of Confiscation;\n includes list of objects missing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her trip and her stay with Cousin\n Lee; tells of relatives and other people she\n has seen; will continue traveling.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses daily life and schedule; family\n news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her trip to Dr. Wights' and tells\n of the people she met there; discusses dresses;\n asks about the family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescription of the political happenings in\n Washington D.C.: the disputes between President\n Johnson and the \"Radicals\", Mr. Johnson's veto\n message, the South's need to have\n representation in Congress; tells his view of\n these happenings; discusses attempts to\n retrieve articles from the confiscation office;\n family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of difficulty she has dealing with\n hard life of times, \"Yankee\" rule, and free\n Negroes; much news about friends in the\n neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes dinner at New Market and the\n people she saw there; describes conditions of\n roads, outlawing carriage rides; much news of\n family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of people she has seen or heard\n from.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses family news and news of friends;\n talks of sewing projects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives an account of her \"Easter excursion,\"\n reporting what she did and whom she met; says\n Mrs. Atkins has no servants, so she will have\n to clean her own room.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes events of neighborhood; tells news\n of friends; tells of religious happenings, Mr.\n Wharey's [?] reform in the church, and her\n religious sentiments; writes of her gloomy\n feelings about the South, her distrust of the\n Yankees, and her rebellious feels toward them;\n congratulates Nina on having her own\n \"home.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of stay in Cumberland with her \"sister\n and brother\"; tells of problems in retrieving\n household items lost in war; \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Douglas Forrest\"\u003eDouglas'\n [Forrest?]\u003c/abbr\u003e[her husband?] law practice is\n improving.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Nina to welcome her friend, Mr. Henry\n T[heodore] Wight, who brings the letter, and\n make his stay in Alexandria pleasant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTries to convince Nina to take a trip next\n summer; describes new bonnet styles; describes\n her friend \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Henry Theodore Wight\"\u003e[Henry]\n Theodore Wight\u003c/abbr\u003ewho will be taking a trip\n to Alexandria; discusses clothes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her view on the family taking in\n boarders, saying children would be easier for\n their mother to handle; asks about the\n \"Council\"; reports on what she has done\n socially; discusses the dresses she has made;\n says that yesterday the people of Richmond\n decorated the Confederate soldiers' graves;\n says she wishes she had gone; says Mrs. Adkins\n did not go, but sent flowers to Richmond. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eWritten on ALS from J. Walker, Dover [?],\n to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Hattie Powell\"\u003eHattie\n [Powell],\u003c/abbr\u003eRolling Views, n.d. Sends her\n flowers and asks her to come to visit him. 1\n page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her visit to Richmond, people she\n visited, and how many commented on how well she\n looked compared to last winter; describes\n clothes she is making.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks her to send ribbon for a dress she will\n wear to a day-long affair at Norwood; news of\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses their plans to go to Prince Edward\n County; discusses what clothes she has and what\n she may need; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExplains why she cannot attend the gathering\n at Mr. Redd's that night; says she must listen\n to her head and not her heart so that she may\n get well; says she is tired of feeling ill and\n weak.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites Nina and Hattie Powell to come stay\n with them; says she feels better and is very\n excited to see them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her joy that she arrived home\n safely, and her regret that her mother [Selina\n Powell] has taken ill; describes a [jousting]\n tournament among young boys or \"knights,\" in\n which the girls were honored as Queens and\n Maids of Honor; news about family and\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her condolences for her uncle's death\n and her mother's illness; tells her of Nancy's\n [Lettie's sister] engagement and tells Nina not\n to leave her to marry a man; much news of\n family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Nina for her letter congratulating\n her and Willie Booker on their engagement; news\n about her fiance; tells her adventures of\n keeping the house while her mother was gone;\n news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites that her father is looking for board\n for her [Selina] and until then she will stay\n in Charlotte; recommends that Nina not write to\n men unless she is engaged to him or unless he\n is an old family friend; news of family and\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses how far they are apart but thinks\n it is best that she (her mother) stay at Uncle\n Fred's; says she will stay at school for\n Christmas; writes of family and friends; tells\n that her health is very good and that she\n weights 106 pounds; discusses her school duties\n and her sewing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the parties she has had at her\n home recently; speaks of the engagement between\n Willie Booker and Nancy [her sister], and Lou\n Edmunds and Captain Hill; news of family and\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells how she and her friends have been\n together for three weeks now, staying at\n different homes; wishes Nina could be there;\n news of courting, engagements and weddings;\n tells Nina that she will not become an old\n maid; much news about family and friends;\n discusses Reading Societies and books read.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of courtings, engagements and\n weddings; tells of Christmas plans; discusses\n the struggle in the Christian life to be\n pure.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Christmas holidays; discusses the\n Christian struggle for purity; says she is\n having more headaches; discusses poor financial\n situation with no patrons paying for her\n teachings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the changes taking place: their\n Uncle Joe has died and she, Lavalette and her\n mother have moved to Falkland to take care of\n his children; she and Lavalette will teach the\n children; Lavalette is feeling worse; her\n brother and sister May will take care of\n Linden; news of engagements, weddings, family\n and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her new home and her new schedule;\n news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells about her fiance's [Willie Booker]\n work in [Medical School]; describes reactions\n to the Territorial Bill and to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"General Scofields\"\u003eGen[eral]\n Scofield[s]\u003c/abbr\u003e; wonders if Lavalette will\n keep her promise to become an old maid; says\n the weather is so bad that they will not be\n able to go to Church for a month because of the\n roads; says she is trying to guess when\n weddings will be by who is making their wedding\n clothes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her teaching job with her sister\n Nancy; describes her students; tells how\n spirits have been low since the passage of the\n Territorial Bill, says their district is\n commanded by Gen[eral] Schofield; describes the\n \"demoralizing\" incident of one of the county\n men running off with a Negro girl and marrying\n her; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends this letter through a friend and asks\n Rebecca to mail a package to Washington, D.C.\n for her; may have some frames sent to her,\n which could then be sent to them by steamboat\n to Richmond and canal boat to Lexington; says\n Mildred is in Richmond; Rob and Fitzhugh may go\n to Jennie's[?] wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the commencement exercises that\n she and Lavalette attended at Hampden Sydney;\n describes the fashions she saw there; says the\n scrub worm is seriously damaging the tobacco\n crop; describes their summer bonnets bought in\n Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that Nancy [her sister] has been ill;\n says that she, Nancy and their mother will take\n a trip North for their health; says she dreads\n to be among the Yankees; tells that Lou Booker\n has typhoid fever and so her wedding must be\n postponed; discusses the advantages and\n disadvantages of being an old maid and whether\n they will be one.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of gentlemen who are courting\n her; says that John Smith has been visiting her\n every other night; tells Nina that it is\n becoming serious and that she better come home\n soon or she will be gone; gives advice on the\n gentlemen that Nina is seeing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their stay in Danville; tells that\n her engagement with Willie Booker has been\n terminated; discusses their plans of where to\n live next year; news of family and friends;\n discusses fair.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hattie for her announcement of her\n \"change of condition\" [marriage or\n engagement?]; gives her best wishes for her\n health and happiness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses which furniture and portraits she\n would like to be sent to her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses details of sending furniture from\n Alexandria to Lexington and of having portraits\n framed and sent. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncludes notes to Selina and Nina.\n Including Xcy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her transactions to acquire more\n furnishings for their home; news about family\n and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about her interactions with Mr. D[?];\n says Nina's happiness is the only bright spot\n in their lives; says she hasn't been to church\n much; says she has seen a lot of Willie S.[?];\n regrets that she can't say everything she would\n like to, because the letter must go through so\n many hands; writes of the broken Southern\n spirit; asks if there are any \"situations\" near\n them that she could take; says that she cannot\n write much because it works her \"into such a\n state\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of their new life at Linden, helping to\n take care of \"Sis\" May's children; comments on\n Nina's sister Hattie's marriage; discusses\n religion; describes a trip to Richmond; news about\n family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecommends that she or Rebecca go with her to\n visit friends in Prince Edward County; tells her\n that since \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Mrs. Booker\"\u003eMrs.\n B[ooker's]\u003c/abbr\u003ehouse was used as headquarters\n for them during the war, they must make a pleasure\n visit to her since the war is over.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Nina for sending her the objects\n repossessed from the war; comments on their\n sentimental value; gives news about Baltimore's\n social events and her husband Douglas' work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what family has done since she left for\n her trip; says everyone is feeling remarkably well\n on account of the warm weather; tells her to enjoy\n her visit with Lizza and Aggie [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what each person in household is doing\n that evening: Mamma, Papa, Lute[?], Lewis[?],\n Fan[?]; says she visited Hattie who is feeling\n well \"under the circumstances\"; news about\n neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the health of each family member;\n says Mr. Powell had dyspepsia for which she gives\n him a raw onion; says Hattie is the same and\n cannot leave her room; gives news of friends;\n discusses a fire at Lee's [?] house; hopes she is\n enjoying her visit with Lizzie and Aggie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news about family and neighborhood; says\n that Cousin Lee's house burned; writes that Bob \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Robert Powell\"\u003e[Robert]\n Powell\u003c/abbr\u003eis now a doctor; news about her\n school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses news of neighborhood and people who\n have come to visit her; tells Nina to enjoy her\n stay with Lizzie and Agnes [?]; says she is still\n flat on her back but hopes to be better in a few\n weeks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets that he could not make the picnic that\n Nina planned; says that he had to pick up Josie\n [?] that day, who traveled flat on her back; says\n that he saw \"Cousin Rebecca\" in town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells how she had been preserving many foods\n last summer because of the possible food shortage\n during the coming winter; describes her stay with\n \"Sis\" May in Farmville; describes the situation of\n the churches and Sunday school in her area; news\n about family and friends; one of Nina's students,\n Emma Henry, is getting married.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes to Nina for not calling on her\n while she was in Baltimore; expresses her job\n in their friendship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites of their sorrow at the death of Hugh\n [Holmes McGuire] (brother of cousin); whose\n wife just had a child; asks Rebecca to come\n visit, since the war is over; gives news about\n who owns the Powell's old home; tells what each\n of her relatives is doing; gives news about\n friends; discusses the death of her aunt who\n never recovered after the Yankees burnt her\n house down; mentions how many soldiers cannot\n find employment. [Hugh Holmes McGuire MW battle\n of High Bridge.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Magie's wedding [her niece]; says\n she has been alone in the evenings since Nina\n left her; describes her friends who have called\n during the day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes for not writing; describes her\n schedule to taking care of a family of ten\n people; gives news about her gentlemen\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExtends sympathies to Nina and her family in\n the death of her sister, Hattie Powell Smoot,\n who died in childbirth; offers comfort through\n religion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers her sympathy for the death of her\n daughter Hattie; discusses Hattie's character;\n mentions how Hattie has been looking forward to\n the time of childbirth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her sympathy for the death of Selina's\n daughter Hattie; speaks of her husband Robert,\n saying she thinks he may never be entirely well\n again; gives news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of her mourning for her cousin\n Hattie's death; offers her sympathies; gives\n news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffer her sympathies for Hattie's death;\n describes her stay in her Uncle Phil's home in\n the mountains; says she will return home to\n Alexandria in the Fall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the mountain inn and how they\n spend their time; says the mountain air is\n helping their mother's health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her joy that Nina is engaged;\n discusses Nina's mother's health; says she is\n confined to bed and in much pain; says the\n treatment causes much suffering and that she is\n anxious to leave for home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she is glad Nina gets a chance to enjoy\n herself, and visit with her cousin Lizzie,\n without worrying about daily duties; says her\n Aunt Lute is taking good care of her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a report on everyone's health; says\n she is feeling better; gives news of friends\n and family; hopes that she is enjoying her stay\n with \"cousin\" Lizzie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses grief and religion; teases Nina\n about her engagement [to Sewell Hepburn]; tells\n her to enjoy her stay and to get well soon;\n news about Alexandria.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews of friends and family; describes the\n trouble of giving a party for a couple to be\n married, and wonders why people have marriages\n in such poor times.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePleads with her to visit them for\n Christmas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that they have been trying both the\n \"Alleghany Springs\" and the \"Yellow Sulfur\"\n springs; says the water has helped her health;\n describes the social life at the springs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about her friends in Alexandria;\n asks if Mrs. Cassius Lee has information on\n household goods stolen from her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of her and Nancy's stay in Danville;\n discusses Nina's wedding; says her brother\n Abner will be in the Legislature until it\n adjourns; news about family and friends. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eEnvelope included with list of bridal\n attendants on the back.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her daily schedule; describes a\n sewing machine that she bought; discusses\n Nina's wedding; news about family and\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her job in hearing Nina is\n engaged; reports that she has heard Mr. Hepburn\n described as \"intellectual\" and \"pious\"; says\n Capt[ain]. Grady sends his love; sends her a\n gift.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets that she cannot come to Nina's\n wedding; hopes that Nina will be happy living\n in the parsonage; news about family and\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes that she cannot be there for the\n wedding; sends her money to buy a wedding\n present; tells that she had to refuse a\n gentleman who revealed his feelings for her;\n wishes her happiness in her new life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote accompanying a wedding present, wishing\n Nina happiness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a report on her health, saying she is\n much stronger; tells what remedies she is\n taking; says they have given most of her\n wedding cake away; says that everyone thinks\n her wedding was beautiful; gives her philosophy\n on marriage and its importance; tells her how\n lucky she is to have found such a \"good man.\" \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Rebecca C. Powell\"\u003eR[ebecca] C.\n P[owell]\u003c/abbr\u003eto Nina giving a report on their\n mother's health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes how she spent her Easter vacation;\n describes the events that took place after\n Nina's wedding; describes a visit to\n Georgetown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports she is feeling better but that\n Rebecca has neuralgia from a bad tooth; tells\n Nina that she should call her husband \"Mr.\n Hepburn\"; says it is Nellie's wedding day;\n advises her to obey her husband now that she is\n no longer there to control her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news about home and tells Nina that\n they miss her greatly; says the relationship\n between herself and John [?] is growing\n stronger; hopes that she is enjoying her stay\n in the country with her husband.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses their mother's health, noting\n improvements; expresses eagerness to visit her\n in her own home; asks about Sewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her arrangements to come see them;\n says she is feeling better but she is still\n weak; tells her to ask for what she needs just\n like when she lived at home; gives news of\n family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites to tee her that her health has\n improved since she left home; gives a report on\n her health and what she has done there [at a\n resort?]; says her father will be home\n soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes description of S. Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks him for the letter of sympathy\n concerning his wife, Selina Powell; gives a\n detailed description of her death and a tribute\n to her life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers her sympathy in the loss of her\n mother; says that her mother [Selina Powell]\n was one of her earliest friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEntreats them to warn his wife Lizzie\n against a woman named Mrs. Hubard who he is\n convinced is seeking their ruin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of friends' illnesses and other\n afflictions; discusses preachers; says she will\n wait to buy cotton until the price goes down. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding incomplete AL (written on top\n of) of 8 January 1864 from [?] Danville,\n Virginia, to \"sister.\" Says she would like to\n visit her and also to see her whole family but\n that she cannot leave because of her duties;\n says she can only leave on \"official\n business.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their summer in the North; describes\n the Grand Jubilee held in Boston; describes\n Newport, [Maine] and the historical sites there;\n discusses Nina's life in the parsonage; gives news\n about family and friends back home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she is very happy to return from the\n North, though she was treated kindly there and it\n did improve her health; says many people at home\n are ill with an influenza that follows the Horse\n Disease; much news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Nina how her little boy is; reveals that\n she thought she would be getting married this\n fall, but that the gentleman, Dr. Cole, has been\n suffering from an illness; news about family and\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses hope that she will visit them in\n Maryland soon, and bring her child; comments on\n Nina's settling in Waterford, Loudon County; news\n of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the baby Sewell's features; tells how\n the family is adjusting to new baby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses tuition for Mildred.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports news of her school; discusses the bonds\n that their father sold, and his financial\n situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that they are taking of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Uncle Leven\"\u003eUncle\n Lev[en],\u003c/abbr\u003eincluding paying for his board with\n Sallie Withers, and giving him clothes; expresses\n disappointment that other relatives are not\n helping him; says Uncle Lev had a drinking problem\n at one time and his wife will not see him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the town of Blacksburg, and the\n College [Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State\n University]; describes her new baby; says that\n when the College is on vacation, her husband must\n travel far to find a congregation; news about\n relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells Nina their plans to visit her; says they\n will travel through Baltimore and then by boat\n across the Chesapeake Bay.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends a check for Mildred's tuition.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes that Mr. Hepburn has recovered from his\n fall and hopes he will stick to taming men's\n spirits rather than taming men's horses; much news\n about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news about family and friends; says that\n they will visit her in a few weeks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends Nina a fur cape and muff; congratulates\n Nina on her pregnancy and hopes she feels well;\n sends a present for the coming baby; asks Nina for\n her preferred style of dress so that she can make\n her some.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of the death of her father-in-law and the\n effects it has had on the family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of birth of another boy and that Nina is\n doing fine; says they have not named it because he\n wanted a girl; tells story of how his errand boy\n spilled into the well some fish he was cleaning\n and how he [Sewell] had to go down and fish them\n out.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on how to take care of oneself\n after childbirth; thinks that she should have more\n than one servant; says that she is having some\n dresses made for her; news about family and\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of friends in Alexandria; mentions\n Centennial celebrations; says her school is doing\n well, with 21 scholars; mentions that Robert\n Powell has a new daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of his stay at Selma in Leesburg where he\n visited relatives; tells of weddings in\n Leesburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she is glad the children are recovering\n from their illness; says Nina must take tonic and\n Lager Beer herself to say well; recommends ways to\n rid the house of the illness; describes a visit to\n Baltimore to see an art exhibit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes he had a mountain house where his\n grandchildren could go, especially to recuperate;\n discusses controversy between two Churches, St.\n Stephens and Grace Church, in the neighborhood\n where he is; says they both want Mr. Jackson from\n Charleston, South Carolina, to be their\n minister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a long description of her boarders and\n her school; gives news about neighborhood, friends\n and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTeases him about his \"Destitute condition,\"\n having to take care of himself while Nina is in\n Baltimore; scolds him for not taking good care of\n himself and says she does not want Nina to become\n a widow; tells of a surprise visit by Mrs. Beck of\n his parish to visit one of her students, Hallie;\n discusses past election and Hancock's defeat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs happy that she is enjoying her travels in\n the North so much; thanks her for her detailed\n descriptions which allow him to see the places\n through his \"mental vision\"; discusses his routes\n home; says he will be home soon with two boys\n [grandsons].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her travels in the North; tells of\n his grandsons' (Charles and Sewell) visit to\n Alexandria; discusses news at home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the town of Bethlehem; says her Uncle\n William is visiting him; discusses his health;\n tells news of neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that her \"Scotts Nephew\" has arrived and\n has settled in a room; says he may go to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Orange County, Virginia\"\u003eOrange\n [County, Virginia?]\u003c/abbr\u003esoon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a visit by her cousins Kate Powell\n and Carrie; gives a long and detailed description\n of Carrie, her immediate family and her\n experiences.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Ellen's tuition; says they are\n pleased with her education; says that their move\n to Richmond means that they will have to find\n another teacher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his journey to Nina's; describes an\n account between Bishop Randolph and Meta Stuart on\n the train concerning Amelie Rives; gives a\n description of each of his grandchildren.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes that she and Mrs. Wailes are steadily\n improving their health while at the springs; tells\n her of the death of Mrs. Braxton and the prospects\n of Ingleside; gives news of grandchildren and\n neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses joy that her health is improving;\n tells of the death of General Wickham and how it\n affected the area; gives news of family and\n neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the school; says he may join the\n Blackford Society; tells about a grammar exam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the taking of an arithmetic exam\n which exempted him from taking any more; says he\n got some demerits; tells about football and how he\n is playing well.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells about his schedule and about his exams;\n says he had tea with Mr. Hooffs; discusses\n demerits.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he cannot teach this week because his nose\n is going to be operated on; says his mother and\n Sewell will occupy the children until then; says\n Sewell will go back to school soon; discusses the\n structure of his classes and asks her advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the nature of geometry and gives\n advice on how to learn it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he has been ill; discusses activities at\n school and grades.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for the invitation to come visit\n while they are in Yorktown; says his two boys will\n come by sailing a canoe to Yorktown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays they are all home for a week holiday;\n describes how they all got home; says Richard Cook\n came home with Selina; describes a real old timey\n Virginia country dance; says Selina likes\n Alexandria and the new home; describes what each\n person in the family has been doing; gives a\n description of the College of William and Mary;\n says he has overloaded himself with schoolwork\n this year; tells how the Alumni are reorganizing\n the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity; gives a description\n of the fraternity; mentions the burning of St.\n Paul's Church in Hanover; thanks her for the\n presents she sent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses examination schedule and work load;\n questions validity of mid-term examinations;\n praises the College for its level of academia;\n praises Dr. Hall, a professor of English; says\n that main event at the College now is the contest\n between societies for the society medals; says he\n is in the Phoenix society and may debate for it;\n says he took a trip to New Kent to see his \"girl\"\n and to visit friends; discusses the Daughter of\n the Revolution and the Organization of the\n descendants of the Cincinatti; says he saw Cousin\n Laura and her husband Mr. Roberts, a preacher, who\n are in Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the new house which he is anxious to\n get home to see; says he and Charles will not\n finish exams until the end of June; discusses the\n social events of the \"final week\"; discusses his\n exams; discusses Selina' academic progress; says\n one must experience College life to understand the\n strength of its temptations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he has spent much time with Nanna Powell\n McCormick, a cousin; describes her and what they\n have done together; says he is in love with her;\n discusses love and cupid; describes a card club he\n belongs to, and a German club.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes that she doesn't feel isolated from his\n immediate family; says that their \"great mutual\n loss\" has brought them all closer together; asks\n about her plans for the future; says he went to\n York to see Charles; discusses his housing at\n College; talks of recent fires in Richmond and\n Baltimore; speaks of his cousins and some girls\n that he has met.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses their family's genealogy; mentions\n Nicholas Lloyd, John Lloyd, and Sarah Lloyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the Presbyterian drive in Alexandria\n to save the old church; discusses church events;\n expresses joy to hear of Nina's marriage; mentions\n the fact that her [Selina's] father is over eighty\n years old.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a house nearby; writes about her\n relatives that are staying there; asks her to come\n visit. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eIncluding ALS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Selina Powell\"\u003eS[elina]\n Powell,\u003c/abbr\u003en.p. to \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Nina Powell\"\u003eNina [Powell]\u003c/abbr\u003e.\n Asks Nina to write Lizzie about the house, if it\n can be rented, and who they should talk to.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes her a Merry Christmas; tells what family\n members are making for presents; asks about her\n trip to Alexandria and the people she has seen;\n discusses the propriety of accepting a book for a\n gentleman; tells her to be happy and not to think\n too much.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses offers she has had for teaching,\n saying she will take the offer closest to where\n Mr. Powell teaches; advises her to get her teeth\n fixed; discusses styles; gives advice on how to\n motivate one of her students; says he will not go\n to Gloucester because of the recent \"outrages\"\n there; says she has a \"horror of drunken\n negroes.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvises her to come home after her visit with\n Lizzie Watkins; gives a report on the health of\n family and friends; says almost \"all black and\n white\" went to the \"procession\" in Washington the\n day before; says her cousin Jinny Taylor's family\n is ill; sends her money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her poor health, saying she has been\n diagnosed as having a diseased heart; says she is\n staying with her sister Aggie who just got\n married; news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Nina's visit with her friends and her\n trip to the \"Bear's Den\"; writes of the many\n parties there have been since Nina left; says she\n has not seen Nina' sisters since they got back\n from Capon; discusses their friendship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays her father still has not come home;\n describes a trip Nina and Rebecca made and the\n people they visited; writes of young men and\n friends who have come to visit Nina; news of\n friends and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses dresses; writes of a \"Mr. C.,\"\n assuring her mother that they are not romantically\n involved; says Mr. And Mrs. Stringfellow left them\n to the care of the housekeeper; gives news about\n friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that Uncle J. Powell does not think\n Lexington is a good place to open a school and\n Lynchburg would be better; discusses prices for\n boarding; says that her Father may have to look\n for a tutoring job for a family and then she will\n have to find work as close to him as possible;\n discusses sewing she has done; gives news about\n family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the remedies \"Mother\" has tried for\n her sore throat; describes Mrs. Wildman's receipt\n for asparagus; says \"Ma\" is experimenting on her\n throat and then will tell Minna how to treat\n hers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her daily schedule, including\n teaching for \"the girls\"; says the \"Captain\" and\n the girls included her in a visit to Mrs. Cooke's;\n describes the people she met there and the\n house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he spent Christmas at Uncle Frank's and\n Aunt Jane's; reports on what he has been\n doing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses whether Emily [?] will move to\n Fairlee [as a servant?]; asks if she will take\n someone from the \"Home for Fallen Women,\" if Emily\n declines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she went shopping for her and is sending\n her some articles; discusses fashions; says her\n Aunt Ann is still unwell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells her to take of herself while she is sick;\n discusses whether she should come home; tells of\n people there that are sick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Mary's furniture and which of it she\n can use; discusses Frank [?]'s health; says Mrs.\n Hammond has died after being very ill; discusses\n health of friends and family; gives news of what\n her family is doing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of safe arrival of Maud's baby daughter\n and her appearance; sends greetings to Becca,\n Nina, and herself.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on letter writing and\n spelling.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvises her not to work too hard; discusses\n board prices in Albemarle, where Mr. Powell is\n teaching; discusses hair styles; encloses a sample\n of material of Rebecca's berage [?]; writes of the\n crowded conditions in Mrs. Sharpe's [?] home;\n mentions reading.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends this note with a letter she is\n forwarding; hopes she is enjoying her visit; says\n she is feeling better.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses dresses and asks what else she will\n need for the summer; sends her a poem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConsoles her in her time of \"troubles\"; says\n she has heard from their mother that she \"bear[s]\n them bravely\"; urges her to take an interest in\n life and to try to be happy again.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a dress that Minnie is making;\n discusses other dresses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a walk he took from North Hampton to\n East Hampton; discusses Thanksgiving vacation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks her to send socks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells about her dolls; mentions some Powell\n relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for the donation for the restoration\n of a church on Fairfax St., near Selina's Aunt\n Rebecca's home; mentions a celebration for the\n laying of the corner stone of the District;\n describes a light hose that the government gave\n the Mount Vernon Chapter D.A.R.; mentions more\n historic work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses religious matters; lists social\n events.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes duties and responsibilities of\n husband and wife; describes the state of marriage;\n pronounces the couple as husband and wife; states\n Benediction.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned as written by Laura [?]; added note in\n different handwriting states \"written by Minna\n when eight y[ea]rs of age.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of his appointment as Commander of the\n Continental Army, and his reluctance to accept the\n position due to hopes of a more peaceful solution and\n reluctance in leaving his family; gives information\n as to other Congressional decisions, such as the\n striking of 2 million dollars in Continental currency\n to pay troops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn answer to a previous letter, he feels that the\n only principle that will affect them [the British?]\n is fear, and that treating them cavalierly will make\n them despair of their undertaking. [Statement on\n verso: Copy is in handwriting of Rebecca C. Powell of\n Alexandria].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes to spend remainder of his life in \"rural\n amusements\"; prediction of what a great city\n Washington, D.C. will become, \"though not as large as\n London,\" and description of how Alexandria,\n [Virginia] has grown; feels that if the United States\n can steer clear of European politics, it could become\n \"one of the greatest and happiest nations in the\n world.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses how he saved the papers of the\n Revolutionary Government by taking them to Leesburg,\n [Virginia] before the British burned the District of\n Columbia [in the War of 1812]. These papers included\n the Declaration of Independence, the journals of\n Congress, letter of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"General George Washington\"\u003eGen[eral]\n [George] Washington,\u003c/abbr\u003eletters of Gen[eral]\n Greene and papers of the State Department.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMainly letters written from Illinois to Charles L.\n Powell dealing with land transactions. Also includes\n land certificates and letters to Lloyd Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the transfer of 100 acres of land in\n St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, [Virginia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned on front by R. E. Lee and on verso by \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Mary Custis Lee\"\u003eM[ary] C[ustis]\n Lee,\u003c/abbr\u003eLexington, [Virginia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned on front and back by \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Mary Custis Lee\"\u003eM[ary] C[ustis]\n Lee\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes detailed descriptions of battles and\n movements of armies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBook includes a biographical sketch of Col. Leven\n Powell by Maj[o]r Burr Powell [son]: a description of\n the battle at Manassas Junction on July 21, 1861 in a\n letter from Dr. Hunter McGuire, Surgeon of Jackson's\n Brigade, to his Mother (C'y); Civil War Journal (May\n 1 - May 27); list of names: [dead?] under Civil War\n battles; Civil War Journal December 18, 1862-March\n 28, 1863; Leven Powell, Hampton to Sally [Sarah\n Powell], January 27, 1776 (Cy).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes recipes and how to dye cloth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes visiting, baptismal and confirmation\n lists, and marriages performed, accounts and\n prayers.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Letters and papers of Charles Leven Powell, his wife Selina\n (Lloyd) Powell and children of Loudoun County, Virginia;\n Henry, Illinois; Winchester, Virginia; and Alexandria,\n Virginia. There are also included papers of Charles Leven\n Powell's father, Cuthbert Powell. Prominent correspondents\n include Johns Hopkins, Eleanor Agnes Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, George\n Washington Custis Lee, Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee, Hunter\n Holmes McGuire and James Monroe.","Letters concern Robert Young Conrad, Hunter Holmes McGuire,\n civilian affairs during the Civil War, the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren\n Raid, freedmen, Reconstruction, and the education of women.\n Many letters are written by women. In addition, there are a\n number of letters from and concerning members of the Dupuy\n family of Prince Edward County, Winchester, Virginia including\n Robert Young Conrad (president of the Virginia Secession\n Convention) and his son Holmes Conrad (U. S. Congressman).","Including Cy of DS, 8 April 1786, a statement\n by J. Nicholson that the witnesses Joshua Lamb and\n John Lamb (both Quakers) and Joseph Greenwood\n affirmed and swore that this was the last will and\n testament of Thomas Hepborn.","Reports on the status of the ship the \n Rising Sun ; says\n she will dispose of her cargo as soon as possible;\n says the ship was detained by the British [War of\n 1812], but given up.","Signed by \n W[illia]m\n Hodgson and \n Tho[ma]s Van Le,\n Jr.","Her daughter [?] Nancy, had a healthy baby boy\n who is nursing well; Nancy is staying with her\n now, and her husband Mr. Wallach, spends almost\n every night there also; is concerned that Nancy\n will live a hard life because of her husband's\n financial situation; on the other hand, her\n daughter Catherine [?] will be \"free from the\n trials attended on a state of poverty,\" being\n married to \n [Cuthbert]\n Powell, who owns a large farm in Loudoun\n County; much Simms family news; mentions Mrs.\n Trist's grandson, Nicholas Trist.","Signed by B. Cottinger.","Fatherly letter giving his opinion of a certain\n young lady and marriage, as well as general\n advice.","Discussion of his engagement to this daughter\n [Selina], and the seriousness of the matter,\n especially in concerning finances; tells of his\n poor financial state as related to a dowry, or the\n lack thereof, for his daughter; gives his approval\n of the \"alliance,\" but hopes they will delay the\n marriage for some time.","Has given great consideration to his claim\n against the French government, and has turned the\n case over to Stephen Pleasanton, who is the\n auditor for the Dept. of State, and who is now\n handling all claims; since Mr. Pleasanton is a\n personal friend, and he [James Monroe] is greatly\n interested in his [Burr Powell] case, he knows he\n will get an answer soon; will also be returning\n the agriculture pamphlet.","Sends extract of Mr. Pleasanton's reply\n concerning the claim against the French\n government, and asks that he reply with the\n necessary information; will also do anything he\n can to help.","Further discussion of his claim against the\n French government, and dealings with Stephen\n Pleasanton and Issac Coxe Barnett.","More instructions about the claim being made\n against the French government.","Further discussion and explanation of the case\n involving \n [Burr] Powell and\n his claim against the French government.","Continued information concerning Powell's claim\n against the French government.","The new court system has kept him extremely\n busy; social life has slowed down; the fashion\n these days to relieve boredom is to ride\n horseback; expresses concern for his own colt in\n the country; inquires after Br. Nelson and his\n medical career; also asks about a large, gay party\n at South River; recommends books for good reading\n including \n Schegel's History of\n Literature .","Has received the results of his claim from Mr.\n Pleasanton, and regrets the outcome, which he\n disagrees with; does not feel anyone is to\n blame.","Asks her to come visit over Christmas;\n describes the social events in Arlington; mentions\n her cousin George Calvert; says the big event is\n the fair for the benefit of orphans.","Describes a walk she took and the surrounding\n countryside, including the wildflowers and\n startling a herd of deer; have had many visitors,\n including a very graceful lady who is said to have\n been \"addressed\" by Mr. Van Buren, a \"jolly\n goodnatured ... commodore and some of the ugliest\n officers,\" and Mrs. Porter and her scholars; tells\n of books she has read, including \n Tales of a\n Grandfather , \n The Sorcerer , and \n The Talisman ;\n loving memories and looking forward to their next\n meeting.","Have just returned from a visit to her\n grandmother's and her cousin, Ann Marshall; they\n all are saddened by the death of Mr. Fitzhugh;\n describes the country from South to West River,\n where she had visited, and comments on meeting a\n lovely girl, Bella Carter; mentions the jealousy\n of another male [suitor?], Seldon Page; mentions\n Mary Custis.","Sends his best wishes for her new life with\n [Charles L.] Powell; will be able to attend the\n wedding as well as \"Brother Nelson\"; is uncommonly\n warm; is sending a bonnet for her and a small\n diamond breast-pin for Father by the steamboat\n Franklin, commanded by Amr. Nevitt; describes the\n long ribbons attached to the bonnet, which are for\n going once all the way around the bonnet before\n knotting them by the ear, not for tying a bow\n under the chin; also includes a diagram of how to\n tie them in the current fashion; admits to having\n been helped in choosing the bonnet by Miss Olivia\n Donaldson.","Discusses events in Washington D.C.; says she\n went to \"the President's\" on New Year's day;\n discusses Mr. Marshall's sermons; mentions books\n she is reading; asks Selina to come visit her.","Says her health is improving; encourages her to\n ask her for help when she needs it; discusses the\n articles she is sending her including a lemon\n tree, curtains, a mattress; discusses how these\n things will get to her; gives news about the\n children; Bec, Nanny, Frank, and Fred.","His mother-in-law has told him of the wonderful\n news of the birth of another daughter [Hattie],\n and that both mother and baby are safe; will be up\n to visit in about a week; comments on balancing\n the sexes in the family, and that he has \"no\n notion of supplying my brother's and sister's\n children with wives\"...\"we shall hate to transport\n them [his daughters] to the wilds of the west\";\n all is well at home, a new hen house is being\n built, but the garden is too wet to work; is\n lonely but is visiting neighbors; family news;\n religious sentiments expressed about her, their\n new daughter, and their family.","Gives account of his trip to Wheeling,\n including a sweet good-bye from daughter Rebecca;\n was not able to locate Robert Gray or [?]\n Throckmorton at Harper's Ferry, but later met them\n at Point of Rocks; detailed description of a\n railroad and train cars; tells poignant story of a\n dog on the train searching for his master.","Has had many family visitors since his\n departure and family news; there is a measles\n outbreak at \"Llangollen,\" and all of the negroes\n have it; she had her teeth filed by Dr.\n Overfield[?]; a fire in Upperville destroyed\n Robert Armistead's new store and the adjoining\n saddle shop; they have had a beautiful snowfall,\n covering all of the blossom-filled trees, which\n melted quickly, doing no harm to the fruit; had a\n letter from brother John, who advises that he\n [Charles L. Powell] \"go directly to Texas\"; loving\n stories about their daughter's activities.","Had a bad thunderstorm the day she left;\n inquires about her trip and her relatives; details\n of children's activities; has let Becca sleep with\n him.","Their father will be taking a trip West this\n spring, accompanied by cousin William; family\n information; social life in Leesburg very quiet;\n misses her and her family.","Details of his trip from Alexandria; spent the\n night with relatives; warns her about catching a\n cold on a windy day; tells of conversations with\n their young son.","Private financial matters; tells of his busy\n schedule as a representative from Virginia. to the\n U.S. legislature; gives his negative opinion\n concerning a [bank?] bill introduced by \n [Henry] Clay, which\n he feels the President would veto; \n [Daniel]\n Webster shares his opinion; life insurance\n inquiry.","Will not be home when expected because the\n House [of Representatives] is not going to adjourn\n until Monday; the Congress received their second\n veto from President Tyler regarding the Bank Bill;\n describes an assault made by \n Sen. [Henry A.]\n Wise upon \n Sen. [Edward]\n Stanly in Congress.","Asking about her visit to Washington and the\n Chamber of National Institute; speaks of floods,\n bad weather, but comfortable where he is, because\n of Margaret's[?] kindness; describes lifestyle and\n \"humorous remarks of Charles Lamb\", sexual\n relationship with her.","Wishing thumb to heal; speaks of cattle and\n other animals at \"Llangollen\" that he misses; asks\n about children; saw Ann[?] mentions Virginia\n Taylor's visit; will visit wife before harvest;\n reference to brother, Leven, and his wife, and\n Sarah[?].","Hustle and excitement of the House of\n Representatives; hoping to adjourn on Monday the\n twenty-second, but difficulties cause many night\n meetings; political discussion about Tariff\n Question and Tuck bill.","Discusses her story at \"the Springs;\" tells\n about the politics the company there discussed;\n gives her own view of these issues; gives news\n about family and friends; hopes that Congress will\n soon adjourn so that he can come home.","Compares episode of thief robbing hen house to\n thieves in Washington trying to rob \"public\n treasures\"; wants to buy books for her; tells how\n he wishes to be with her and the rest of his\n family.","Writes of the bad weather and that they are\n able to get out very little; says Mr. Powell went\n to the Inauguration on horseback; tells what books\n the family members are reading; mentions the issue\n of white servants; discusses Rebecca's feelings of\n becoming a young lady; says that they could not\n get the house they wanted for next year; mentions\n Mr. Powell's feelings of frustration for not being\n able to better provide for them; gives more news\n about the Inauguration; news of family and\n friends.","Daughter, Harriet, left with Uncle William to\n spend holidays with them; daughter, Minna, had a\n birthday party, inviting Aunt Mary's children and\n Eskridges; much family news; death of Maria\n Lee.","Discusses her religious feelings; discusses her\n traveling plans; describes her relationship with\n each of her relatives where she is staying; says\n she is staying with Fan and helping her with her\n wedding.","Discusses the housekeeping and how Rebecca is\n taking care of the house while she is away;\n discusses the health of family members; tells how\n they are altering last year's dresses; says\n \"Mother\" is quite weak and \"Father\" is very\n dependent on her; gives news of Brother Nelson and\n Jeanie (sister?); gives travel plans of family;\n says Mr. Powell has gotten six teeth put in and\n looks much younger.","Describes their arrival home with her brother\n Nelson; gives news of \"little Nan\"[?]; asks about\n Rebecca and Minna's trip; tells her to be happy\n and to follow God; says Charlie is doing well in\n school.","Much family news; mentions Laura's[?]\n wedding.","Tells what she did during her visit to Locust\n Hill; tells what is going on in town; gives news\n of family and friends. Including news from ALS\n from \"Mother\" \n S[elina]\n Powell to Rebecca Powell telling of her many\n activities.","Discusses Jesus and how one must search for and\n do things that please Him; asks that she watch her\n sister, Minna, closely so that she will not\n overexert herself; Ariana[?] had a baby boy;\n describes son, Charlie, and daughter Nina's,\n reactions to reading school and learning; much\n family news.","Speaks of John's[?] carriage and velocipede\n that once was Minna Lloyd's, describing how she\n rode the vehicle; describes what a Holly tree is;\n (has genealogical information about \n M[inna]\n Powell, Lloyd Powell, and Charlie Powell in\n a different hand, which appears to have been added\n later.)","Gloucester\n C[our]t House, Virginia. Speaks of her\n \"companion in Matilda Lee[?]; received visit from\n Nannie Guy and Maria Harrison; describes\n celebration in honour of General Taylor's\n election; describes Mrs. Janney's travels; town\n gossip and family news.","Much family news; speaks of going to Locust\n Hill; inquires and tells about adventures of many\n townspeople; obliged to Mrs. Tabb for taking care\n of her and other daughter, Minna.","Speaks of Cousin Lucy's[?] party; describes\n Christmas scene around her house and gifts that\n the children received; describes Cousin Elizabeth\n Janney and compares to Cousin Harriet; much family\n news.","Discusses who has come to visit her; describes\n Cousin Lee's wife, Maria, and their wedding; asks\n about her Christmas; describes the book marks she\n made for Christmas presents; asks how Minna is\n doing.","Speaks of snow and bad weather; notes that\n daughters, Rebecca and Minna, have been gone\n for almost three months; Fanny (Powell) Gordon\n is going to visit Fredericksburg; mentions a\n letter from Jeannie[?] who found General Jones,\n in Washington, quite \"agreeable and handsome\";\n Cuthbert Powell is much better, and he speaks\n of going to Gloucester to join a Mr. Hale; Nina\n is afraid of everything; much family news;\n mentions hiring of a slave, Margaret.","Rebecca's description of her Uncle Tabb's\n [Dr. John Prosser Tabb] house seems far in\n advance of Old-Virginian architectural styles;\n speaks of death of Mrs. Douglas Gordon.","Speaks of dancing as a family as a \"social\n amusement,\" but says that it does offend some\n \"in the religious world\"; says that one must\n respect the public opinion of the community\n where one lives; have had severe weather;\n family news. \n Including ANS from Hatty Powell,\n Leesburg, [Virginia], to \n Min[na]\n Powell, Gloucester\n C[ourt] House, for letter and\n \"glove-knots\" and sending love to \n Aunt\n ReBec[ca] and \n Uncle [John]\n Prosser . 1 page.","Her brother, Charlie, and sister, Nina, have\n sore throats, and her father has a bad cold;\n snowy weather; Hatty went with Aunt Ellen to\n Selma and Raspberry Plain; Mr. Armistead Rust\n is to be married before March 4; much family\n news.","Reports on the snow storms they have had;\n mentions the coming wedding of Armistead Rust\n and Lilly Lawrence; tells how he likes working\n at the store; describes one of their customers;\n describes the house they may rent next spring. \n Including ALS from \n S[elina]\n Powell, Leesburg, [Virginia], to \n Rebecca\n [Powell], [Gloucester, Virginia]. Says\n she is glad to hear Minna's health is\n improving; gives news of family; says her\n brother Nelson soon sails for California to dig\n gold, and may not be back for five years;\n reports on how he expects to live; says that\n there are measles and mumps in town. 1\n page.","Maris's[?] father announced as candidate for\n re-election; General Rust's family going to New\n York to attend a wedding; father is renting\n Carper's house; bad weather and snow causing\n many colds and illnesses; Mrs. Eskridge's\n father died; father may go to the\n \"Inauguration\"; much family news.","Saw \n \n [Representative John S.] Pendleton at the\n House\n [of Representatives] in Washington,\n [D.C.]; Pendleton wants a senate appointment;\n he will not go to Leesburg because he does not\n want to \"meddle with party movements\"; mentions\n \"County Repeal of the dog law.\"","Mother and Father are both sick; \"brother\"\n has gone to inauguration; describes how to make\n eggnog, and gives her opinion of it; describes\n riding horses to the cliff and tells of\n adventures. \n Including AL from [Harriet Powell],\n Leesburg, [Virginia], to \"Sister,\" [Rebecca\n Powell], [Gloucester, Virginia], 27 Febuary\n [February] 2849, incomplete letter concerning\n outbreak of the mumps and family and town news.\n 1 page.","Father suffering from piles; mumps are still\n prevailing; do not have parties during Lent;\n much family news.","Speaks of gossips saying that Mr. Benedict\n is having an affair with Mrs. Henderson;\n describes procession in Washington, [D.C.] and\n the inauguration; much family news. \n Including ALS from \n S[elina]\n Powell, Leesburg, [Virginia], to \n [Re]Bec[aa]\n Powell, [Gloucester, Virginia], 26 March\n 1849, concerning family news and the time of\n year. 1 page.","Expresses joy that Minna's health is till\n improving; says she is recovering from her\n cold; says Lloyd and Hattie have been ill as\n well; Discusses the issue of Rebecca's\n upsetting her Aunt Rebecca by being late for a\n meal; says her Aunt is easily vexed in \"her\n condition\"; gives news of friends and family;\n describes their new servant Robert. \n Including ALS from \n C[harles] S.\n Powell, to \n [Re]Bec[ca]\n [Powell], n.p., n.d., concerning Uncle\n Prosser's desire to put Minna on \"short\n allowance,\" and Minna's consumption of\n beef.","Describes their move to another house which\n she says is comfortable but small; hopes that\n the Gloucester air is getting rid of her cold;\n says their father is busy with court dealings;\n says many in the area have mumps including\n Hattie; says that Hattie is getting a tooth\n plugged; says she does not want Lloyd to leave\n to live so far away; discusses mesmerism\n (hypnotism).","Speaks of her bad health; her husband is\n busy preparing for court; mentions a party at\n Exeter; Mrs. Fontleroy had a girl so Mrs. Knox\n is a grandmother; much more family news and\n information.","Rebecca Powell will be coming home within a\n week or so; Fanny[?] is at Locust Hill with the\n mumps; much family news; \n Uncle William\n [Gray] persuaded Father to go to Gum\n Springs, [Virginia], until after the election;\n election day things seemed to be going against\n Father. \n Including ANS from Nina Powell, Leesburg,\n [Virginia], to \"Sister \n Minna\"\n [Powell], Gloucester Court House,\n Virginia, 26 April 1849, concerning family\n news. 1 page.","Describes Minna's cough and how they are\n treating it; tells her what clothes Lloyd and\n Charlie should wear if it gets colder; says she\n has been doing little except taking care of\n Minna; discusses new dresses for the winter and\n corsets; gives news of friends and relatives;\n discusses travel plans, to come home for the\n winter.","Discusses dresses, materials and costs;\n discusses bonnets; gives news of family; thanks\n her and Hattie for taking care of the household\n duties while she is away.","Says Minna is now well and that they are\n anxious to come home; gives news of Jeanie (her\n sister?), and Rebecca; gives news of \"Mother\"\n and \"Father\"; discusses books.","Says Mr. Powell had his \"likeness taken\" at\n the Daguerreotype rooms; says Minna's health\n continues to improve but that she may have one\n tonsil taken out; discusses the remedies she is\n taking; says she feels stronger also; gives\n news of friends; gives news of Rebecca, Jeanie,\n and \"sister\" Ann; discusses walking shoes.","Gives advice on her health and\n over-exertion; describes the illumination that\n took place in the neighborhood; tells of visits\n she has made; tells stories about Minna's\n sister, Nina; gives news of family and friends;\n says Hattie has lost her \"excess of fat\" and is\n walking three times a day.","Tells what each family member is doing;\n discusses bonnets; discusses appearance versus\n reality as concerning materialism; discusses\n the opportunities for her in Alexandria;\n discusses the role of children in the family;\n gives news of friends and family; mentions that\n \"brother\" John may move and that if they move\n to Illinois, they will be closer to him.","Says they got there a few days ago and that\n Mr. Powell, Mr. Grey(?), and \"brother Llew have\n gone to \"the sale of the negroes; discusses her\n visit in Alexandria with her grandparents;\n Discusses the bad weather in Leesburg and the\n bad condition of the roads; says their family\n must economize rigidly; says Mr. Powell found\n the law business in Alexandria too small, so\n they will not be moving there; expresses her\n disappointment at the outcome; gives news of\n family.","Reviews Christmas gifts received by\n everyone; describes a \"reading party\";\n describes Christmas decorations of the Church;\n Family news. \n Including ANS from \n S[elina]\n Powell, Leesburg, [Virginia], to \n [Re]Bec[ca]\n [Powell], n.p., 29 December 1849,\n concerning when daughter, Rebecca, is to return\n home. 1 page.","Tells of the recent social events of the area;\n describes the format of a reading party; says her\n mother-in-law could not make it to their home\n because of the snow; asks her how her mother is\n doing; says there is still small pox in the area;\n discusses how many servants she has and what each\n does; says that Rebecca's Uncle George took\n Cuthbert to an asylum in Baltimore and hopes he\n will be happier there then when he was \"out.\"","Gives news of Rebecca's Uncle Richard and Aunt\n Elizabeth who live in Illinois; says she plans to\n get a description of the Illinois life from them;\n gives news of Ellen[?] who is unwell and is going\n to a doctor in New York; discusses how Rebecca can\n get home; describes family activities; says they\n have been able to do little because of the rain\n and mud; says she lies on her back all day sewing\n while her children read to her.","Reading parties are the only way she can\n socialize; reports \n Maria\n [Grady's] death; reports about a big baptist\n meeting going on there headed by Mrs. Lucket; much\n town news. \n Including ALS from \n S[elina]\n P[owell], Leesburg, [Virginia], to Rebecca\n Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, 26 January 1850,\n concerning Rebecca Powell's trip home and \n Maria\n [Grady's] \"triumphant death.\" 1 page.","Speaks of terrible weather; boats of learning\n to spin [rolls of cotton on a spinning wheel];\n reports death of Rebecca Gray, Robert Gray's\n daughter; describes her daily routine; discusses\n Mary Grady. \n Including ALS from \"devoted mother,\" [Selina\n Powell], Leesburg, [Virginia], to \"Bec,\" Rebecca\n Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 1850,\n concerning bad weather, family news, and\n attendance to the convention. 1 page.","Says many in the family have been very sick for\n a couple of days and that she has had to nurse\n them; says Minna is now sick; and never had fully\n recovered from the chicken pox she had before;\n gives advice of how to be a good guest; advises\n her on her studies.","Says she has a toothache but must wait until\n May to get them pulled; describes a humorous\n reading party; says there was a case of small pox\n in the area and that many are being revaccinated. \n Including ALS from \"mother\" \n S[elina]\n Powell to \n Re[Bec]ca\n [Powell] . Discusses her travel plans home;\n fells her to follow her grandparents' advice;\n gives news of family.","Expresses joy that her younger siblings are\n recovering from the measles so well; reports on\n health of \"Grandma\" and \"Grandpa\" Lloyd; gives\n news of Aunt Rebecca, Jeanie, and Minnie; Tells\n what she had done each day.","Inquires about many weddings in Leesburg and\n about who will need new dresses; speaks of ball\n thrown by Maria Washington; other city news.","Gives general description of Henry and\n discusses the family's move there; discusses the\n house they will build; advises what they should\n bring; reports on the emigrants in the area;\n discusses their travel plans in detail; asks\n Charlie to bring Newfoundland puppies; gives news\n of family there.","Describes presents sent to grandchildren; tells\n of Christmas scene in Alexandria; wants\n granddaughters to meet a polite gentleman that\n impressed her. \n Including poem, 1852, by R. C. Powell,\n beginning \"'Ours the cross.' Yes it is ours,\"\n giving a religious viewpoint. 1 page.","Speaks of how she makes embroidery patterns\n and what colors are preferred; inquires about\n some of her friends; \n John Leven\n [Powell] says that Brooke[?] looks badly;\n aunt Fanny trying to match Brooks with Lucy\n Gordon; speaks of a Mr. Beverley breaking out\n around his face and \"bleeding profusely\".","Mr. Gordon[?] will be a delegate to the\n democratic convention in Richmond, [Virginia];\n much use of her eyes results in inflammation of\n her eyelids; \"Llangollen\" property is\n deteriorating; much town news and family news;\n mentions her Dower right.","Speaks of helping Frank and Lucy[?] with\n their new baby; describes female servants and\n her experiences with them; describes health of\n her daughters, Harriet, Rebecca, and Minna;\n reports of a few cases of \"cholera\"; reports of\n a good garden.","Gives a detailed report of Minna's health,\n expressing hope tat her headaches are\n definitely getting better; tells about people\n who have visited the family; mentions a\n desegregated school in \"abolition ground\";\n tells what her sisters have been doing since\n she left; discusses Rebecca's journey.","Mrs. Janney's baby died while she was ill; a\n Mr. Anderson, a Presbyterian Minister, says\n that his wife, Miss Harper, is a relative of\n Selina's (her father's Aunt); speaks of\n Fred's[?] wedding; tells of episode when she\n goes to visit a Mrs. Brown[?]; describes a\n visit they made to some neighbors; describes\n Mr. Lombard's house that is being built;\n reports on the food they are preparing and what\n is available to them; says the winter goods\n have still not come in; mentions sewing that\n her daughters are doing; news of family and\n friends.","Mentions Fanny's[?] wedding; family news;\n possibility that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon[?]\n might be elected to legislature; family does\n not wish Rebecca Powell to return home this\n winter.","Describes a visit they made to some new\n neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that\n is being built; reports on the food they are\n preparing and what is available to them; says\n the winter goods have still not come in;\n mentions sewing that her daughters are doing;\n news of family and friends.","Describes their busy preparations for\n winter; describes their daily routine; says she\n is glad to have Lucy and Fred stay with them;\n describes their Sunday school; reports on\n Scholastics (a servant) who is now reading\n well; news of family and friends; discusses\n dresses and styles; asks about Rebecca's Uncle\n Nelson; mentions that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon\n was elected; asks about Fan's[?] wedding and\n hopes she and William will be happy.","Speaks of his daughter's trip, whom she\n should visit, and money matters; hopes to soon\n reap the financial benefits of his store;\n mentions Bishop Whitehouse's determination to\n give the college broad foundations; much family\n news.","Much family news; sleet and bad weather;\n religious discussion and viewpoints; Lucy and\n John[?] have a daughter now.","Mr. Powell, \n [Charles] and\n Richard\n Lloyd] are busy with new business as\n \"Land Agents\"; town of Henry, [Illinois] now\n has a newspaper and a steam mill; hopes to have\n a railroad passing through soon; there is not a\n decent Church and she wishes to see one built; \n Lloyd\n [Powell], son of Selina, studies German\n because there are so many Germans in their town\n to do business with.","Sarcastically teases her sister about\n differences between lifestyles of \"Far West\"\n and the East; Uncle Fred [?] went to\n Springfield to see that railroad went from\n Peoria through Henry, [Illinois]; mentions\n problems with scarlet fever; family news.","Speaks of liquor laws and problems with\n drinking; describes lectures; such family and\n town news; mentions other religious\n lectures.","Expresses desire for daughter Rebecca to\n return home; Minna Powell still having problems\n with headaches; much family news; Fred[?] went\n to Chicago to see stockholders of the Peoria\n and Rock Island Railroad; asks for Rebecca to\n send asparagus seed and large lima beans;\n mentions Thackery's lectures, and gives her\n opinion about his books and religious\n teachings.","Much family news; \"land business\" will\n provide many opportunities for travel; Rebecca\n planning to go to Leesburg soon. \n Including ANS from \n C[harles] L.\n Powell, Henry, [Illinois], to \"darling,\"\n [Rebecca Powell], n.p., 11 March 1853, sending\n his daughter ten dollars and writing her as to\n how to handle her expenses and requesting her\n to bring home her Grandfather's papers. 2\n pages.","States that even though he just left\n yesterday, she wanted to put a letter in the\n books to be sent to him; comments on their\n inability to see each other even though he is\n only seven miles away.","Mentions his job as a traveling salesman and\n how he hopes to soon be \n Uncle\n Richard's [Lloyd] administration;\n resolved in town meeting to build the Railroad\n Peoria and Chicago.","Expresses her disappointment that she cannot\n see Rebecca before Rebecca returns to Henry,\n Illinois; describes the friendship between\n them; news of friends in Baltimore.","Tells of carriage accident involving Mr. and\n Mrs. Richard Dulaney, where their horses were\n scared by the Clifton Mill and threw Mrs.\n Dulaney; she and father attended Dr.\n Rutherford's lectures; emphasizes that ladies\n got to vote, as well as gentlemen, on whether\n they were satisfied with the lectures; new\n wharf boat has arrived.","Describes the towns of Rushville and\n Pittsfield; said he enjoyed Pittfield more, but\n that \n Uncle\n Rich[ar]d [Lloyd] sent him an assignment\n for Rushville; says he will be there about a\n month; asks about friends and family.","Rebecca has come home; Minna joined the\n church with her family; gives religious views;\n family news. \n Including ALS from \n Minna\n [Powell], Henry, [Illinois], to\n \"brother,\" n.p., 11 May 1853, referring to\n Rushville, as location of brother; tells of\n beautiful spring weather and describes scenery.\n 1 page.","Will soon be coming home; complains of sore\n throat and headaches; has had scarlet fever;\n family information.","Tells a story about \"Miss Jane\" - a mutual\n friend; says he and Dr. Winslow found her in\n her parlor with a man; says the servant did not\n want to let them in and that it was an\n uncomfortable situation. \n Including ALS written in margins from\n \"Cousin\" Jane, n.p. to \n Re[Becca]\n [Powell], n.p. concerning religious\n publication, an Episcopal convention. 4\n pages.","Expresses how much she misses him; discusses\n reading material.","Describes Aunt Ellen's [Powell Gray]\n recovery from an illness; much family news;\n describes wedding that she went to ; expresses\n romantic interest in a Dr. Claggett; includes\n printed poems.","Describes physical appearance of\n \"Llangollen\" as well as her feelings towards\n the place; reminisces about when family lived\n in Virginia. And tells about all of old\n friends; much family news also.","Tells her little sister Nina about old\n friends and family; gives details of things she\n has been doing. \n Including ALS from \"Hatty\" [Harriet\n Powell], \"Llangollen,\" [Virginia], to \"Mother,\"\n [Selina Powell], n.p., 10 October 1853.\n Concerning warmer clothes; advantages of\n \"flannel draws\" over a \"wadded petticoat.\" 1\n page.","Says she has been extremely ill and so have\n many in the area; says she has been traveling\n in order to improve her health; tells of her\n problems with Custis and his lessons; says\n Robert is still holding his office in\n Washington but wishes to leave; asks how she\n likes \"the West\" and if her husband is finding\n success; news of friends.","Reports Lucy's[?] death and grief everyone\n feels; Nelly[?] is to be baptized; other family\n news.","Tells of their Christmas and New Years\n celebrations. \n Also includes ALS from \"mother\" \n S[elina]\n Powell, to \n [Re]Bec[ca]\n [Powell] . Expresses job that Rebecca can\n be with her relatives in Baltimore; discusses\n the nature of receiving advice and making her\n own decisions concerning her travel plans.","Speaks of attending a party; mentions\n \"matching up\" procedures at party; family news;\n details Christmas gifts.","Mentions religious feelings; speaks of a\n railroad being built nearby; Virginia[?] had\n her annual get-together on December 26; of\n family members; mentions a friend's visit to\n the Crystal Palace[?]; Mrs. Augustine\n Washington had the first male child born at Mt.\n Vernon recently; much family news; mentions\n [Rear Admiral] Leven Minn Powell.","Mentions Brooks'[?] wedding; describes\n details of the wedding; much family news.","Tells of her day spent with Lizzie King and\n Jane Norris; describes a dinner given for a\n couple about to get married; news of other\n friends.","Mentions sicknesses of \n Nelson\n [Lloyd] and \n John [Lloyd] ;\n speaks of a Douglas Forrest who attends Yale\n College; has to take a boat to Washington,\n [D.C.]; gives price rates per acre of land at\n that time; gives prices for a lot of land.","Much family news about cousins Nannie and\n Fanny[?]; mentions \n Uncle Nelson's\n [Lloyd] recovery; travels by omnibus.","Much family news; describes her garden and\n its contents; Regina[?] was married; Mr.\n Livingston[?] requests influence of Charles L.\n Powell to obtain the Consulship of London\n through General Baercel[?]; mentions Mr.\n McFaddin as being the mayor of Henry.","Much family news; describes the scenery at\n Locust Hill; some of Uncle George's[?] children\n have chicken pox.","[Identified as much of note added in unknown\n handwriting, possibly that of Selina Lloyd\n Hepburn.]","Description of Minna's gravesite; tells what\n he's doing to improve its appearance.","Describes trip to Niagara Falls; describes\n places visited in New York and where he lives;\n describes his studies.","Describes courses he is studying at school;\n describes the first time he saw a man dive\n under water and the suit he wore below water;\n staying at a boarding house.","John Lloyd who died in 1854; estimated price\n value are given.","Describes study habits and classes; mentions\n prices of a ring and a clock; describes his\n financial situation.","Describes in detail her Quaker wedding on\n December 14, 1854 in which she married Frank[?];\n describes the festivities following the\n wedding.","Nina's Christmas gift from Charles arrived\n safely; mentions wedding of a fellow student;\n serenaded the couple with a \"horse fiddle\";\n describes his activities in his spelling class;\n mentions plans to return home in the spring.","Expresses religious beliefs; lists prices for\n renting his room.","Describes Charter Oak, an attraction in\n Hartford; describes his visit to an armory;\n staying with a Mr. Parsons and describes his\n family.","Discusses financial settlements he is making\n for his father concerning the house, lands,\n furniture; says Uncle Fred and Uncle Neb are\n leaving Henry and they are all \"disgusted\" with\n Henry and that he thinks his (father's) decision\n not to come back was wise; mentions the family\n move to Winchester, Virginia.","Describes their Christmas which was spent at\n Uncle Fred's and Aunt Lute's; describes a\n Christmas ball and a New Year's ball in detail;\n says he has had some problems with dyspepsia;\n asks about cousin Kate's wedding to a\n senator.","Reports on Aunt Lib and Uncle R[?]'s new\n son, Richard; says he rented out their house in\n Henry; says he has been away from \"home\" now\n for three months; and will not go to New\n Orleans, Mobile, and Augusta; describes how he\n decorated Minna's grave, and expresses hope\n that her resting place will soon be Virginia;\n asks about their school; sends money from a\n large profit he made selling land.","Describes his visit to Louisville where he\n visited cousins and went to many social events;\n says that the train ride from Kentucky was very\n rough traveling; says he will be in Vicksburg\n in a week and then will go to Wilmington, North\n Carolina; Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans; and\n Memphis, Tennessee; asks about family and\n friends.","Describes his stay in Vicksburg, and his\n visit with Mr. And Mrs. Eilbeck Mason and Miss\n Louisa Fox; says that he did not see Cousin\n John Russell while in New Orleans; discusses\n his travel plans; asks about Hatty's\n teaching.","Expresses joy that she is well from the\n influenza; says he has recently traveled to\n Portsmouth, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia,\n Alabama and Mississippi; says he will now go to\n Texas; discusses travel plans; asks her to pick\n out one of her friends for him; discusses\n Charlie's new job in St. Louis.","Describes St. Louis and the Virginia House\n Hotel; inquires about the new scholars the\n family has taken on; harasses Nina for not\n writing. \n Including ANS from \n C[harles] L.\n Powell, Saint Louis, [Missouri], to \n Nina\n [Powell], [Winchester, Virginia], \n 4 May\n [18]56 concerning his happiness about\n Nina joining the Church. 1 page.","Describes hard times in Illinois; intent to\n move back to Virginia when business picks up;\n family news.","Speaks of influenza and other illnesses\n prominent in the town; reports the death of Mr.\n Adies [?]; \n Ellen\n [Powell] is in Washington Infirmary;\n house is being renovated; family news.","Says he just returned from Henry; says\n Charlie is on his way to Henry to start his new\n job in Uncle Fred's store; describes Henry and\n the house they used to live in; reports that\n Uncle Fred is building a house; gives new of\n Scholastics and Monsieur Carlo; says he will go\n to Pennsylvania next and then visit them.","Reports that \n Lloyd\n [Powell] is on his way to Virginia;\n describes their yard and home in Henry; yellow\n fever is not a problem this year in Illinois;\n he went to a concert given by the Baleis.","Inquires about the \"weddings fair\";\n discusses his travels and the loneliness\n involved in his job; mentions his relief that\n the campaigns and elections are over; sends\n messages to friends at home.","Nina has begun studying Latin and learning\n how to draw; mentions the extension of the\n Chicago and Pern canal down to Henry; much\n family news.","Tells what each family member is doing;\n discusses religion and the duties of a\n Christian; gives news of friends who have\n joined the church; discusses Minna's grave;\n discusses letter writing; tells of recent\n marriages and engagements; gives her philosophy\n on why he should not begin to chew tobacco;\n news of family and friends.","Makes reference to Valentine's Day and\n Washington's Birthday; mentions last year's\n parade and the marching continentals; reports\n of bad rain storm that tore up the railroad\n track and caused problems with mud and\n flooding; much family news. \n Including ANS from \n C[harles]\n L. Powell, [Jr.], Henry, Illinois, to \n Nina\n [Powell], [Winchester, Virginia], 22\n February 1857, telling her to turn to their one\n friend for strength and advice [God?]. 1\n page.","Describes a storm which kept him in Henry,\n Illinois, unable to travel; gives recent travel\n plans, including a trip to Philadelphia by\n boat; gives news of friends and family in\n Henry; says many river towns are flooded.","Gives news of relatives in Alexandria; tells\n his travel plans; says he finds the women of\n Virginia far more appealing than those of South\n Carolina.","Uncle Fred[?] and Aunt Lucy[?] are leaving\n for Virginia; sending his mother his\n daguerreotype, a photograph; reports that Lloyd\n is in St. Louis; Bridget, a past boarder, had a\n little girl; much family news.","Describes the family vacation and\n adventures; describes the baths; mentions the\n parties they have attended; family news.","Family is on vacation; describes activities\n and scenery at Capon Springs; much family\n news.","Speaks about taking inventory at the store;\n much family news.","Says they just got back from Capon; asks her\n not to take nitrate of silver for her\n headaches; says they have all improved their\n health by the visit to Capon; says \"brother\"\n Nelson is now there hoping the springs will\n help him; says they did not get the house that\n they wanted to rent; gives news of friends;\n says Rebecca, Hatty, and Lloyd are there. \n Including ALS from \n C[harles L.]\n Powell to \n Nina [Powell] .\n Says that he misses her and wishes she could\n have been at Capon; asks about her\n headaches.","Describes his travels from Baltimore to\n Henry; mentions shortage of money due to bank\n failures; gives detailed news of the town,\n including improvements being made; news of\n Henry relatives; mentions that the bank\n failures will result in fewer land dealings and\n therefore, less work for him; asks about the\n young ladies of Winchester.","Inquires about Mr. Waler's[?] lectures; now\n attends the Methodist Church; reports of the\n adventures during hunting season; mentions the\n new idea of pavement sidewalks.","Describes a severe snowstorm and its effects\n on Henry; tells how he spent Thanksgiving day;\n describes their new cook with whom he is\n infatuated; mentions the death of Robert\n Conrad[?]; gives messages of friends in\n Winchester.","Reports of Nina getting her teeth\n straightened; describes method; reports that\n the number of scarlet fever cases is greatly\n reduced; she is very busy with the boarding\n school; tells of a fight between Charlie\n McCormick and a police officer; mentions Hunter\n Holmes McGuire; family news.","Discusses the death of Robert[?] and the\n reaction of the town; gives news of friends;\n sends her love to her mother and relatives;\n wants to know what Dr. Chase said about her\n teeth.","Writes about Nina's plans to go home; says\n she is concerned about her traveling when her\n teeth are in such a condition.","Refers to the general \"hard times\" everyone\n is experiencing; describes farm activities;\n much family news; describes how to make a\n mousetrap.","Describes midwest weather and the usual\n fall-like temperatures; says that they are all\n much healthier because of the mild weather;\n says ties are hard and the bank in Henry just\n closed, but that the town is continuing to\n improve; asks about Mrs. Powell's occupation,\n teaching; mentions the death of \n Rob[er]t\n Conrad and describes his character;\n messages to family members.","Reports of freezing temperatures of -15 F\n and snow in Henry; mentions of sleighing in the\n snow; reports story of a bank robbery.","Reports of \n Lloyd's\n [Powell] trip to St. Louis to try and\n find Charles a job; much family news; mentions\n a Mr. Lombard who plans to return to Henry and\n open a bank of issue.","Discusses who owes him letters from home;\n says he could not find a job for Charley\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.?] in St. Louis because\n of the poor economy; gives news of Randolph\n Powell, of St. Louis, and John Webb Powell, of\n Utah; says he will be home during the\n summer.","Mentions that she missed his birthday with a\n card but thought of him that day; expresses\n religious feelings and beliefs; family news;\n lists people recently confirmed in the Church;\n outbreak of typhus fever at the\n University[?].","Tells of his travels; describes Memphis,\n Tennessee; gives news of \"cousin\" \n Will[ia]m\n Powell who resides in Memphis; gives news\n of Mr. And Mrs. Mason, residing in Vicksburg;\n describes Leake County where he sold some of\n his Uncle Nelson's land; gives news of \"cousin\"\n john Wilson of New Orleans and of \"cousin\" John\n Chilton, who may send his daughter Sarah to\n school in Virginia; tells his travel plans,\n stating he will be in Virginia in a month;\n gives news to family and friends.","Describes scenery where he is; tells of a\n May party that some school girls had; describes\n his boat riding trip; family news; mentions\n arrival of Mr. Winn, the new Presbyterian\n minister.","Reports having been sick with a bad cold;\n much family news; Nina has problems with other\n schoolgirls because her parents operate the\n school; trying to plan Charlie's return home\n for the summer.","Asks about fourth of July entertainment; Mr.\n Winn gave an exceptional sermon; Uncle\n Richard[?] bought a piano and a side-saddle;\n family news.","Inquires about boarding students; inquires\n about vacations at \n \n Capon [Springs, West Virginia] ; tells of\n his success at duck hunting; family news;\n mentions \n [Stephen A.]\n Douglas.","Gives news of \n Uncle\n R[ichard]'s and Uncle Fred's families;\n says that Frank's baby is still ill; gives news\n of Hammond and Min[na]; comments that he will\n not see his family for another year; gives news\n of Charlie [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] and his\n employment possibilities; asks about Uncle Neb\n of Clark, [Virginia?].","Gives her opinion about chewing tobacco,\n smoking, and other bad habits; incorporates\n religious duty into her opinion; some family\n news.","Discusses his habit of chewing tobacco and\n how he should discipline himself to quit.","Discusses the weather; reports on Hammond;\n reports that Mr. Chandler of Henry is getting\n married in Boston; says they will stay at Mrs.\n Taber's for the winter; gives news of Charlie\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.]; comments on the\n involvement of women in politics in Henry; news\n of friends; comments on the decreased\n enrollment at the family school, saying they\n will at least have a lighter workload; mentions\n Stephen A. Douglas.","Expresses her disappointment in Charlie's\n having tasted tobacco; tells him that he is\n doing wrong to continue this habit; voices many\n religious views.","Reports that river is flooding the town;\n talks of Christmas holidays; family news.","A birthday letter for Nina's sixteenth\n birthday; describes the weather; much family\n news; Min[?] is the \"editress\" of the\n \"Minnehaha\"; tells of the affairs of a Miss\n Amanda[?].","Gives account of how he spends his days with\n emphasis on his Sunday activities; tried to\n quit chewing tobacco but couldn't; tells of\n episode where Uncle Richard[?] lost his saddle\n bags in the town of Bradford; river was frozen\n and people are ice skating; family news.","Tells where the girls boarding with them are\n going for Christmas; describes their Christmas\n plans; recollects their last Christmas with\n Minna; gives religious advice; sends her love\n to Lloyd.","Would love for her to stay with him;\n mentions a sister Hannah.","Reports that \n Lloyd\n [Powell] and Uncle Richard[?] have gone\n to Memphis, [Tennessee]; tells of the building\n of a road for $10,000; describes a surprise\n party he attended; mentions Valentine's Day and\n how many he has received; family news.","Reports that Uncle Richard and Frank are\n with him in Memphis, to see if they want to\n move there; says that he does not believe Uncle\n Richard will leave Illinois, but that Frank\n probably will; says that they tried to look up \n W[illia]m\n Powell but he had moved to Arkansas;\n discusses the possibilities of his parents\n establishing a school in the area, and the\n risks involved.","Gives news of Uncle Richard and Uncle Fred;\n says Uncle Fred and Frank will close their\n business and leave Henry; tells of a\n conversation with Bishop Otey of Memphis on the\n subject of establishing a girls school there;\n gives details of the proposal in case his\n father is interested; gives news of the private\n school situation in Arkansas; reports on his\n business dealings in Arkansas; discusses\n financial matters.","Gives news of Uncle Fred who has been ill;\n says that the women of the town are all\n inspecting the new spring goods brought in from\n Saint Louis; discusses his daily schedule; says\n Charlie [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] is in singing\n school; asks about Nina's walks and lectures on\n the benefits of exercise to health and\n appearance.","Describes spring in Illinois; inquires about\n relatives in Alexandria; comments on Uncle\n Nelson's helpless state; discusses the chances\n of recovering Uncle Nelson's lands in Arkansas;\n describes the area of Henry where the family\n used to live; comments that she now weights 108\n \" lbs., which is more than her daughters weigh;\n sends his love to Grand Ma Powell, Aunt Ann,\n and Uncle Neb.","A baby girl was born who is Nina's cousin\n [Uncle Richard's daughter?]; describes a\n fishing trip; mentions finding several Indian\n graves with skeletons and other items; tells\n story of a \"mad\" dog who bit many people.","Gives news of Illinois relatives; describes\n a trip that he and Uncle Richard took through\n Stark County, emphasizing the changes that have\n taken place in the last five years; comments on\n Charley's [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] development\n into a young man; reports that Uncle Richard\n will leave the land business on September 1st;\n discusses his involvement in the business and\n his desire to visit Virginia.","Expresses his relief that his brother\n Charles arrived safely in Virginia; comments on\n how scattered the family is at present;\n mentions Cousin Fanny Cochran's wedding in\n Middleburg, [Virginia]; discusses Mr. Hyde's\n trip in the \"aerial vessel\" Atlantic from St.\n Louis to New York, as reported in the\n \"Republican\"; reports that Frank has another\n son, Horatio Nelson; news of other Illinois\n relatives; describes the July 4\n festivities.","Discusses an unprofitable year for his\n business; discusses a business proposition made\n to his brother Charles and Harry and Benton\n Janney by Uncle Richard, concerning the opening\n of the store; gives news of Illinois relatives;\n comments that his Uncle Richard, who just\n turned 43, may begin to use his middle name\n again and become Richard H. Lloyd; comments on\n how, in the past twenty years, the Powell\n family has spread from \"New York to Salt Lake\n City, and from the 'Lakes' to the Gulf of\n Mexico.\"","Reports that Uncle Richard, \n Min[na] will stop at\n Fulton County to visit relatives; gives his\n opinion about Minna not returning to Winchester\n [Virginia] for school, stating that she has\n become too undisciplined and used to complete\n freedom in Illinois to be effectively taught in\n a school; describes Frank's son Horatio Nelson;\n comments on the family's health, saying that\n his father [Charles L. Powell] weights twenty\n pounds more than he does and his mother [Selina\n L. Powell] weighs only six pounds less, and\n also weighs more than any of her three brothers\n in Illinois; asks her if she is finished school\n and will make her debut.","Reports that Charley [Charles L. Powell,\n Jr.], \n Harry and \n Benton\n [Janney] have begun their business named\n \"H and TB Janney and Co.\"; asks about the\n boarding school and discusses the difficulties\n of running one; reports that Frank's family and\n Mrs. Hammond[?] are on their way to Memphis to\n live; reports that Uncle Fred is planning an\n extended visit to Virginia, and then will\n probably move to Memphis; says he and Uncle\n Richard dissolved their partnership and that\n Uncle Richard plans to move to Memphis as well;\n reports that crops are poor, so his business\n will be slow; plans to see them for\n Christmas.","Reports that there is a County Fair next\n week; describes in detail an incident of a\n burning well; expresses sorrow that the family\n school will be so small this year; reports that\n the 'W S Fair' in Chicago is now over.","Discussing fall and winter goods being\n stocked at \"Lloyd's Big Brick\" in Henry,\n Illinois.","Much family news; mentions marriage of Miss\n Hutchins, and deaths of 2 children of Mrs.\n Clara Ferguson; received invitation to wedding\n of \"Miss Mittie\"; gives his opinion of\n marriage.","A french teacher at the boarding school\n died; mentions excitement due to 'John'\n Browne's execution and that there are 26\n companies of soldiers at Charlestown, [West\n Virginia]; mentions growing discontent of\n slaves; describes how men have loaded pistols\n ready in their homes; tells how many people are\n being imprisoned; tells of other strains\n between North and South; some family news;\n mentions \n [Robert\n Young] Conrad.","Reports that Uncle Richard's baby has been\n christened \n Elizabeth\n Jenkins [Lloyd]; comments that this is\n the day that \n [John] Brown is\n to be executed; comments on the number of\n arrests in Virginia of strangers traveling\n through the state. \n Including newspaper clipping, n.d., of a\n poem about infants.","Discusses Professors Wise and LaMountain's\n attempt to establish daily balloon\n transportation from the \"western\" states to the\n East Coast; family news; says he is anxious for\n the family in Illinois to move southward;\n mentions the execution of \"Cook and his\n confederates\" [involved in John Brown's\n attempted insurrection] on December 16.","Invitation to a \"Leap Year\" party.","Mentions and encloses invitation to a \"Leap\n Year\" party; describes events at the party;\n describes weather and reports of a sleighing\n party; reports marriage of Mary Ann Hoyt,\n friend of the family. \n Including ANS from Maggie J. Richmond,\n Henry, [Illinois], to \n Charles\n [L.] Powell, [Jr.], [Henry, Illinois],\n [February 1860], inviting him to a \"Leap Year\"\n party.","Talks about Uncle Richard's[?] baby girl;\n gives report of Charles L. Powell and some\n family news.","Discusses \"spring fever\" concerning work;\n describes weather; speaks of Uncle Nelson's\n Lloyd death and how it should be a happy time;\n thanks his father for \n \"Alex[andria]\n Gazettes\" containing articles about the\n Whig convention; much family news.","Writes about her feelings during the time\n following her brother Nelson's death; recounts\n the last days she spent with Nelson Lloyd.","Talks about assessed value of some land or\n property and makes reference to Lloyd Brothers\n and Co.; speaks of crops and the effects of the\n weather; mentions how road being finished would\n provide trade with those on the other side of\n the river; township will vote on how to acquire\n additional funds to complete the road; mentions\n the whig convention and how they now represent\n such a small minority of people.","Talks of spring dresses and bonnets;\n mentions hearing address by William McDonald;\n discusses opening of a shoe and book\n manufactory; speaks of beating \"the Yankees\n with their own men\"; family news; religious\n advice; mentions use of telegraph.","Discusses agriculture and effects of weather\n on crops; talks of visiting New England and of\n dislike of their attitudes; expresses extreme\n negative opinion of Yankees.","Family news; mentions work at the store;\n discusses events around town. \n Including [poem?] written in Latin on\n both sides of envelope. Locks of hair also\n enclosed.","Discusses crops and agriculture; describes\n Illinois scenery; family news; inquires about\n trip to Capron [Springs]; mentions \"Uncle\n Richard's\" card selling tour.","Discusses Congressional race; mentions\n Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky and his visit to\n Illinois; talks about rise in crime; family\n news.","Discusses confusion about having joined the\n church; religious discussion; some family and\n neighborhood news.","Inquires about trip to New England; mentions\n \"Alexandria Sentinel\"; family news.","Discusses climate and busy season of\n Christmas; debates issue of [Civil War] and\n effects; gives religious advice; family news; \n [Robert\n Young] Conrad .","Discusses problems due to political and\n financial situation of the country; talks about\n boils on his hand; family news; mentions\n kindness of Mayor Turner.","Nina's eighteenth birthday; discusses the\n weather; talks about sleighing and skating;\n mentions \" \n Pickwick\n Papers \"; describes hunting interest;\n makes reference to several literary works.","Talks of trade being slow; election of a Mr.\n McFadden as \"Justice of the Peace\"; mentions\n sleighing and the weather; describes hayride in\n snow and people he went with.","Discusses his indebtedness to his father and\n his financial situation.","Discusses political situation and \"imminent\n danger of civil war\"; comments on government\n involvement and troops in a war; mentions\n social life.","Discusses the imminent war and that it will\n be the third one in her lifetime; talks about\n effects of a war from past experience; family\n news. \n Including ANS from \"Grandmother,\"\n Catharine Powell, Belvue, [Virginia?], to \n Rebecca\n [Powell], [Winchester, Virginia], 20\n January 1861, inquiring about being able to\n paint for her. 1 page.","Describes his dog and its habits and\n actions; talks about a fight at a warehouse;\n family news.","Discusses pros, cons, and possibilities of a\n war; talks about being able to cross\n North/South Line if comes to Virginia;\n describes weather; mentions indoor winter\n activities; refers to marriage and courting\n habits; family news.","Briefly discusses the Navy; describes\n wedding of Nelie Hall and a Mr. Kellogg; family\n news.","Information concerning troop movements\n around Harper's Ferry; mentions a Col. Bowen,\n superintendent Barbour, and a Col. Moore.","Discusses explosion of armory at Harper's\n Ferry; speaks of united southern forces;\n mentions involvement of friends including\n Powell Grady; Powell and Holmes Conrad; family\n news.","Suffering from inflammation of eyes;\n discusses possibility of Illinois and Virginia\n residents being separated during the war;\n Virginia's succession from the Union; Democrats\n opposition to the war with the South; talks\n about surrender of Fort Sumter; confusion about\n whether to leave or stay in Henry; some family\n news.","Discusses \n Col[onel]\n Robert Lee and movement of troops;\n mentions Georgetown Heights, Alexandria\n Heights, and the Valley counties; some family\n news; mentions Rockingham Rifles.","Blockade established at the mouth of the\n Ohio; southern trade suspended; some family\n news; inquires about situation in Virginia\n concerning the war.","Discusses a proclamation of Lincoln;\n politics and effects of the \n [Civil] War ;\n dominance of Lincoln's party in Louisville,\n [Kentucky]; some family news.","Orders to stop mail from Virginia.; \n \n Alex[andri]a occupied by North; Fairfax\n cavalry taken prisoner; family news.","Wars effects on postal service; family\n news.","Thanks her for package of food and lists\n contents; speaks of newspaper \n Richmond\n Dispatch as a rare luxury; describes\n camp life; enemy is at Williamsport,\n [Maryland].","Discusses camp life and its required\n adjustment; mentions accidental shooting of two\n men as their only pessimistic experience so\n far; gives account of battles reported in the \n Balt[im]o[re] Sun\n [Baltimore Sun] ; majority of men in\n army are under 21; describes how soldiers try\n to get food from surrounding farmers and their\n families.","Discusses uniforms, saying that they are\n everywhere, and that a \"John Brown\" has\n increased the \"military spirit\" in Virginia;\n asks about Lloyd; discusses books he has read\n and that she recommends; describes their daily\n schedule and when she has time to read;\n discusses food in season; news of family and\n friends.","Prepares for battle; states that he is ready\n to do his duty for his country; mentions that\n the Continentals lost two men in the engagement\n the day before.","Regrets that he cannot keep their date for\n the afternoon due to Army business.","Mentions her husband's attack of dysentery;\n much family news; gives news of friends and\n family; hopes war will soon be over so that the\n family can all be together; expresses religious\n feelings; wishes that they could write more\n freely; tells him to send his letters to E. J.\n Lee in Maryland who will forward them South to\n them. \n Including AN, from [Selina (Lloyd)\n Powell], Winchester, [Virginia], to \"Charlie,\"\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.], n.p., relating more\n family news. 1 page. 22 July [1861].","Asks for specific items of clothing to be\n sent because he does not know when he can\n return home; refers to Haresack[?] and asks\n that she make him a smaller one.","Includes description of L. Powell.","Description of how Lloyd Powell was shot in\n battle [of Manassas]; details of his personal\n characteristics and attitudes.","Expresses sympathy in regard to Lloyd\n Powell's death; offers comforting words from\n the Bible. \n Including ALS, from Sue P. Lee,\n [Lexington, Virginia] to \n Nina\n [Powell], [Winchester, Virginia], 29 July\n 1861, offering condolences on the death of her\n brother, Lloyd Powell. 1 page.","Thanks Nina for her letter of sympathy\n concerning the death of her mother; gives news\n of her brothers and sisters; says that she has\n terminated her relations with cousin R.[?]\n because she could not marry a first cousin;\n discusses their friendship.","Complains of poor postal service; tells him\n of \n Lloyd's\n [Powell] death; remembers about Lloyd's\n characteristics and qualities; says that\n typhoid fever is spreading in the town; talks\n about her servants; family news; reports of \n Willie Lee\n [Chilton's] death, a second cousin;\n expresses religious view.","Love letter to her; proposes marriage to her\n and her guardian and asks for a reply.","Signed also by J. R. Bowen, \n J[ustice]\n [of the] P[eace], stating that \n Charles L.\n Powell, [Jr.] has taken necessary oaths\n to become Deputy Marshal. \n Including on verso ADS, from \n Brig[adie]r\n Gen[era]l James H. Carson, 24 October\n 1861, \n Charles L.\n Powell, [Jr.] permission to cross back\n and forth over enemy lines.","Thanks her for package she sent him;\n describes his situation and effects of the \n [Civil] War.","Thanks her for cap she sent him; his company\n is located at the \"Big Spring\" near Mr.\n Gray's.","States that Yankees were in Shepherdstown,\n [West Virginia] a few nights ago; family news;\n sends condolences on loss of her brother [Lloyd\n Powell].","Sympathizes upon loss of Nina's brother,\n Lloyd Powell; relates her story of when her\n father died; expresses indebtedness to Nina's\n mother [Selina (Lloyd) Powell]; mentions\n sickness prevalent in Winchester, [Virginia];\n discusses her brother's [Bob Lucas] experiences\n as a soldier; Charles L. Powell, Sr., has\n accepted position in Richmond; news of spending\n summer at Col. LaRue's in Clarke to escape the\n Yankees.","Thanks her for a cap she made and sent to\n him; expecting to go to camp soon; some family\n news.","Tells of explosion that a Mr. Hubard caused\n trying to perfect something like \"Greek fire\"\n to sell to the government, similar to a powder\n to use in shells; describes condition of Mr.\n Hubard, his subsequent operations and\n death.","Wanted to give her news from Winchester,\n [Virginia], but \"the spy\" had to burn his\n information for fear it would fall into Enemy\n hands; tells stories of houses being searched\n by soldiers; news of friends and relatives;\n decorated with \"Confederate States of America\"\n seal.","Trying to catch up with \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's troops; describes camp life and\n strategy concerning the Yankees.","Possibility of Yankees taking Richmond;\n discusses importance of trust in God during\n battles; inquires about Robert Lee.","General information on troop movements;\n mentions Battle of Williamsburg.","Describes being a member of Jackson's Army;\n mentions \"Rockbridge Artillery\" being full;\n family news. Decorated with \"Liberty and Union\"\n seal.","[Stonewall]\n Jackson captured two entire enemy\n regiments; enemy took part of Central Railroad;\n troop movements.","Family news; disappointment about not being\n able to be with \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson in his last fight.","Discusses the family's living arrangements;\n thanks her for finding a home for her to stay\n in, but feels it would be less imposing if she\n stayed where Nina is teaching in Prince Edward\n County; hopes that they can all live together\n soon; rejoices over Jackson's victory in\n retaking the \"old town\"; says that the Garlands\n have been very kind during her stay with them;\n discusses her traveling plans.","Death of friends, Willie Gray and Marshall\n Barton; death of various others in war\n including \n [Turner] Asby ;\n talks of having made herself a sun-bonnet; news\n of family and friends.","Speaks of getting a job as a clerk in Major\n Vaun's office; information about \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's victories; reports Colonel\n Ashby's death.","Reviews routine activities; much family and\n friend news; discusses \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's troops.","Everyone feeling ill and weighing less;\n Family news; possible fighting in Richmond,\n [Virginia]; \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson is at Hanover Junction,\n [Virginia]; problem with fleas.","He cannot get into the Rockbridge Artillery;\n she is staying with a Col. and Mrs. Tucker;\n battle of Richmond has begun; family news.","Got position as a clerk in the Quarter\n Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin\n of [Selina (Lloyd) Powell]; \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's army passed through\n Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of\n deserters from both sides wandering in\n mountains west of Winchester, [Virginia]; South\n won battle in Richmond, [Virginia].","Fighting around Richmond, [Virginia]; \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's Army arrived to help; describes\n strategies and events of war.","Details about progress of the war; much\n family news.","Personal experience in Army. \n Including NCl of a poem by Jno. R.\n Thompson, entitled \"Ashby\" from a Richmond,\n [Virginia] newspaper dated 13 June 1862, about\n the war. 1 page. \n Verso bears Becca [Rebecca Powell] to\n Selina (Lloyd) Powell. 1 page. ALS.","Makes reference to \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's Army and his efforts in\n Richmond, [Virginia]; relates events of war and\n involvement of friends and relatives; family\n news.","Discusses people she knows who have been\n wounded or killed in the war; refers to battles\n at Richmond and Chickahominy, [Virginia];\n family news.","Expresses disappointment that her parents\n didn't get to visit her; complains of \"M's\"\n temper; gives list of supplies that she has\n purchased or ordered.","Preparing to go to Gordonsville to join\n Braxton's Battery; family news.","Has joined Braxton's Artillery; give details\n of battles and accounts of those wounded and\n killed.","Describes battle between his Battery and the\n Yankees; describes Capt. Braxton.","He has jaundice; personal account of stay in\n Richmond; discusses salary; accounts of the\n war.","Charles L. Powell, Jr. was killed; [added to\n letter later] her husband is still yellow with\n jaundice; saw the \n President\n [Davis] and his wife; family news.","Explains events of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s\n death near Warrenton Springs, [Virginia];\n includes sketch of battlegrounds.","Town gossip; tells story of a Dr. Conrad's\n arrest and ordeal; family news.","Talks of our troops making it into Maryland;\n family news; prevalence of typhoid fever;\n discusses southern attitudes about the Civil\n War, and northerners.","Religious account and explanation of Charles\n L. Powell, Jr.'s death.","Informs her of \"Charley's [Charles L.\n Powell, Jr.] death; encloses a copy of Capt.\n Carter M. Braxton's report of the events\n leading to Charles L. Powell's death.","Offers sympathy for the loss of his son,\n Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes the death of\n their sister \n Ellen [Powell\n Gray] ; reports on the welfare of Ellen's\n family - Mr. [William Gray], Kate and Arthur;\n news of family. \n Including ALS from \"Mother\" [Selina L.\n Powell], n.p. to [Hattie Powell], n.p.\n Discusses the state of their belongings [in\n their former house in Winchester] and what will\n be sold through cousin \n Sarah [Powell\n Conrad] ; says if they do not intend to\n return, then it should all be sold. 1 page.","Thanks her for her sympathy upon death of\n Rebecca's brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.;\n expresses religious views; family news.","Responds to news of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s\n death; family news; reports on her own\n health.","Includes description of Charles L. Powell\n and the battle.","Much family and town news; mentions that\n army is located near her in Winchester,\n [Virginia].","Gives her daily routine schedule; involved\n in knitting for the soldiers; doesn't seem to\n think Yankees will approach Richmond,\n [Virginia]; remembers her son \"Charley\"\n [Charles L. Powell, Jr.] often.","Discusses their friendship and situation of\n the Civil War.","Expresses sympathy for the death of her\n brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes in\n detail the death of her mother, Ellen Powell\n Gray and reveals her feelings concerning it;\n gives news of their Powell relatives.","Discusses daily routine; problem with\n typhoid fever; family news.","Much family news.","Comments on incidents of typhoid fever;\n family news; discusses her minister and baptism\n of a baby.","Describes circumstances of her daughter\n Annie's sickness and death; offers sympathy for\n death of Charles L. Powell, Jr.; family news;\n including recital of Fenella's funeral rites;\n \"Earth to Earth, Dust to Dust...\".","Discusses business matters in Winchester\n that she is taking care of for Charles L.\n Powell; discusses the ear and the situation in\n Winchester; sends him some books, stating that\n the Yankees carried off the rest of them;\n reports of a proposed armistice.","Describes sickness causing a delirious state\n for a few days; family news; knitting as a\n popular pastime; discusses weather; Yankees\n still have Gloucester Point as a fort; soldiers\n suffering from \"rot\" that kills them.","Discusses \n [John]\n Milton's works; family news; Longstreet's\n Corps has occupied many points near Culpeper\n Court House. \n Including ANS from Nina Powell, Kenmuir,\n [Louisa County, Virginia] to \"sister,\" [either\n Hattie or Rebecca Powell], n.p., \n 5 November\n [18]62, reporting family news. 1 page. \n Also including ANS from \n S[elina]\n P[owell], Kenmuir, [Louisa County,\n Virginia]. Expresses grief over Annie Lee's\n death; asks about Robert E. Lee; prevalence of\n typhoid fever; describes weather and landscape;\n Yankees did not disturb Charles L. Powell,\n Jr.'s grave; family news. 2 pages. ALS.","Sends this letter with a letter from Hunter,\n her brother; comments that Hattie has now been\n gone from Winchester eight months; says life\n ins find when Confederate soldiers are in\n Winchester, but that it is miserable when the\n Yankees come; says General Jackson has visited\n them and has his headquarters on the road to\n Front Royal; says he gave her his photograph\n and se will send a copy; writes that they are\n working very hard because the few servants in\n town are cooking for the soldiers; lists people\n who will leave town if the Yankees return; says\n Cousin Betty look unwell because she works so\n hard in the hospitals ; writes that they only\n have 500 sick beds in the hospitals; mentions\n the destruction by Yankees in other counties;\n fears they will soon suffer.","Sends thanks for present he received because\n [it] will be useful during the winter;\n expresses desire for peace in the country.","Much family news; expresses concern that the\n southern army is suffering from a lack of\n clothes and the elements.","Expresses her feelings of loneliness, as she\n lives among strangers; expresses other worries\n of disease and of the war; discusses problems\n with diphtheria in the neighborhood; comments\n on the shortage of men in the neighborhood, in\n particular healthy, attractive ones; discusses\n the hardships of Uncle Prosser and \n Aunt\n [Re]Bec[ca] whose former servants burnt\n much of their property; news of friends and\n family.","Discusses the condition of Charles L.\n Powell's estate and what business has been\n transacted; lists what articles from their home\n have been sold, commenting that most people in\n Winchester are not buying things because they\n are leaving to journey \"up the Valley\"; reports\n that 4000 men are guarding Winchester, that\n some tobacco has been burned, and that\n preparation for evacuation is underway;\n describes Yankee attacks in Charlestown;\n comments on the effect of the fear of attack on\n everyone in the town; gives news of\n friends.","Comments on problems with influenza; refers\n to a Capt. Duff and his defense of Leesburg,\n [Virginia]; gives news of town since troops\n have arrived; family news.","Makes references to the Clarke Cav[al]ry and\n a Capt. Carter; possessions have been pillaged\n and towns have been ruined; has to quit farming\n because of war.","Wishes Nina a Happy Birthday; refers to God\n and task to enter his Kingdom; mentions a\n friend who died from diphtheria; discusses \n [Stonewall]\n Jackson's opposition to the \"enemy\"\n [Yankees] at Port Royal, [Virginia]; family\n news.","Discusses everyone's fear of diphtheria;\n much family news.","Makes references to \n Gen. [Robert\n E.] Lee's victories; much family\n news.","Expresses the difficulty of losing so many\n brave men in the \n [Civil] war.","Reminisces about their last Christmas\n together; discusses the servants and their\n ability to be dangerous.","Expresses desire for peace and to return to\n Winchester, [Virginia]; much town and family\n news; sorry they can't spend Christmas\n together.","She has been ill with a cough and cold;\n family news.","Inquires about a John Tabb; tells activities\n of \n Kate\n [Gordon] who is staying with them;\n mentions a bombazine [fine twilled silk\n fabric]; people looking for teaching positions;\n family news.","Much town and family news.","Problems with smallpox; much family news;\n mentions Judge Lee's[?] suicide.","Her husband, Charles L. Powell, Sr., is\n still looking for a teaching job; recommends\n reading as a worthwhile hobby.","Describes how her family spent Christmas;\n thanks her for the cap she made for her brother\n Rob; discusses the sadness of Hattie's\n Christmas; discusses friendship; reports that\n she heard from Mary[?] who is living behind\n Yankee lines in King George.","Mentions a Col. Tucker[?]; talks about her\n personal health; refers to the \"conscript act\";\n gives impressions of deaths resulting from the \n [Civil] War and\n ideas of a forthcoming peace; family news.","Family news; refers to robbery of all\n servants; tells stories of confrontations with\n the enemy and experiences while at war;\n discusses food he has to eat; mentions has\n heard news of Grandma's death; mentions William\n Edmonson Jones.","Much family news; discusses her pay for\n tutorial services.","Mentions their father's new employment in\n Greenville; news of family and friends.","Family news; describes some of daily\n activities. \n Including ANS from N. C. E.[?], n.p., to\n Nina Powell, n.p., post 13 March 1863, giving\n neighborhood news.","Comments on Cavalry's victory in Culpepper\n [sic], [Virginia]; describes poverty situation\n in Winchester, [Virginia], as result of \n [Civil] War ;\n discusses situations in Romney, West Virginia;\n much family news.","Found a teaching job in Powhatan; describes\n location and plans to build a house.","Comments on his activities in the Army;\n refers to \"the Picketts\"; tells of damage and\n destruction in Winchester, [Virginia], as a\n result of Yankee invasion.","Comments on experiences in Army; expresses\n sadness that young men can't receive education\n during the war; family news; states that Tip[?]\n Powell and Frank Grady were captured in\n Loudoun, [Virginia].","Discusses clothes; family news; says they\n will visit \n Shirley\n [Plantation] soon; says Mary[?] must\n remain within the Yankee lines because the only\n way to leave is to walk eighteen miles at\n night, carrying baggage; mentions Robert E.\n Lee, George Washington, and Custis Lee.","Mentions interest in soldiers, especially\n the South Carolina gentlemen; talks about\n sources of entertainment; family news.","Describes his house and surroundings; family\n news.","Mentions \"taking bitters (a tea) made of\n sarsaparilla root\" for strength and to purify\n her blood; expresses hopes for war to soon be\n over; Yankees now have Fauquier under their\n control; family news; refers to receiving news\n through the Enquirer.","Discusses when the family members will see\n each other; gives news of Powell relatives at\n Locust Hill; says that goods cannot be sent to\n them from Locust Hill [Leesburg, Virginia]\n because of a blockade; inquires about the\n fighting in Fredericksburg.","Talks about General Stuart's decision to\n review his Division; refers to great loss at\n Battle of Chancellorsville in the death of \n \n Gen[era]l [\"Stonewall\"] Jackson ;\n describes events of war near Rowlesburg, [West\n Virginia]; comments on his troops various\n attacks on different Railroads; gives details\n about other battles.","Much family news; comments on how quickly\n her chickens are dying.","Discusses fighting [in the Civil War] and\n loss of servants; family news and sick and\n wounded from Battle of Gettysburg.","Comments on war, pestilence and famine;\n discusses the \n [Civil] War .","States that Nina Powell has been recommended\n to him to take care of his children as well as\n tutoring them; requests response to his\n offer.","Discusses pillaging by the Yankees; comments\n on men who have given their lives for the\n southern cause; much family news.","Comments on scarcity of various staples;\n offers her $300 to come and teach his\n children.","Discusses \"keeping house\" and how much it\n costs to do so; family news; comments on the\n Battle of Manassas. \n Including AN from [?], n.p. to \n Hatty [sic]\n [Powell], n.p., n.d., discussing delivery\n of enclosed note to \n Custis [Lee] . 1\n page.","Attempts to appease Nina's apprehensions\n about coming to Hanover County if the enemy is\n there; wants her to begin working the first of\n October.","Offer to substitute himself [for William\n Henry Fitzhugh Lee as a Northern prisoner of\n War].","Much family news; questions Nina about her\n \"beaux\" and his courting ways; discusses\n education.","Refers to burning her previous letter in\n case of a fight whence it could become public;\n relates news of troops; family news; discusses\n fight from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan\n [Rivers].","Much family news.","Much family news; stats that a man named\n Taylor Johns has fallen in love with Nina\n Powell; discusses situation at the\n Stringfellow's, where Nina now lives.","Discusses in detail his new teaching\n position; family information.","Gives cotton prices as $3.75 a yard;\n discusses Battle at Manassas; much family\n news.","Comments on her husband's new position in\n Albemarle; much family news; mentions some\n events in reference to the Civil War.","Says she saw her father [Charles L. Powell,\n Sr.] on his way to move into Cousin R's[?];\n describes her trip to Charlottesville;\n expresses satisfaction that her mother is able\n to stay with Uncle Fred and Lute; reports she\n has eleven scholars.","Family news; discusses her job as a teacher;\n discusses \"preserving with molasses\"; expresses\n anger and confusion about Nina's beaux David\n [?].","Discusses his teaching position.","Much family news.","Gives opinion on attitudes of young people;\n family news; expresses interest in\n religion.","Discusses plans for Christmas, including\n costs involved and where they can stay;\n discusses death of [Cousin?] Temple Grady and\n its effect on other relatives; discusses\n teaching and their role in the war effort.","Refers to a battle at Chattanooga,\n [Tennessee]; and [General] Longstreet;\n discusses cotton and its discount price of $18\n a bale; comments on young gentlemen who have\n come to visit her; other town and family\n news.","Thanks Hattie for her kind gift of The\n Bible; gives details of present experience as a\n soldier in the \n [Civil] War ;\n expresses sadness for those who died in the\n battle.","Mentions a Carrie Hobson's death resulting\n from a \"perforation of the bowels,\" (typhoid\n fever); family and town news; mentions Temple\n Grady's [brother of C. Powell Grady?] death;\n refers to having some corsets made.","Much family news.","Family news; expresses concern about\n \"national affairs\"; discusses religious point\n of view.","Much family news; discusses General Bragg\n and his great ability as a leader.","Much family news; states that he met Mr.\n Seddon, Secretary of War and they discussed \n [Judah]\n Benjamin ; gives some views of what is\n happening with the \n [Civil] War .","Mentions [General] Longstreet's retreat from\n Knoxville, [Tennessee]; comments on giving Nina\n some linen for \"sleeves or sleeve bands\",\n family news; discusses harvesting of crops;\n comments on threats that \"Yanks\" are\n making.","Discusses insufficiency of cotton crops;\n mentions that her son is on a war vessel, in\n the ocean, \"larger than the \n Florida and the \n Alabama .\"","Refers to travel by carriage; discusses\n mailing \"bleached cotton\"; family news.","Mentions story where Yankees come into towns\n and arrest southerners; refers to\n daguerreotypes; writes a poem/prayer to God\n about grief he and others have experienced.","Wishes Nina a Merry Christmas since she\n (Nina) will be together with her parents;\n family news.","Discusses the inclement weather; states that\n she had butter and tea for celebration on\n Christmas morning; gives price of calico as 6\n dollars per yard.","Comments on her friends spending New Year's\n Eve at the President's; mentions walking to the\n University\n [of Virginia] in Charlottesville,\n [Virginia]; family news; refers to cotton vs.\n bleached cotton; discusses typhoid fever;\n comments on subject of religion.","Much family news; expresses hopes for an end\n to the \n [Civil] War ;\n mentions a book \"Home Influency\" that deals\n with raising children.","Mentions losing her heart to a Lieutenant\n Blackford; much family news.","Mentions having forgotten Nina's birthday\n and becoming more absentminded; states that\n demonstrating affection ins public is not good\n practice; gives advice and opinion on men and\n courting; has put \"vie dollars in gold and $25\n in Virginia. Bank notes\"; and discusses school\n teaching; much family news.","Has been suffering from sickness similar to\n typhoid fever; mentions that many servants have\n the measles; states that the key to her watch\n is worn out and she cannot wind it.","Offers advice about teaching; has seen [John\n C. Pemberton]; family news.","Discusses her illness [typhoid fever?];\n describes her Christmas diversions.","Comments on how he misses having the women\n in his family at home; family news; discuses\n some aspects of the \n [Civil] War ;\n mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Much family news; expresses hope that the \n [Civil] War will\n soon end; expresses grief of her Mother's\n death.","Expresses concern about Hattie Powell's\n sickness; much family news and town gossip;\n mentions some of the types of food they've been\n eating; talks about \"yanks\" and their\n disruptiveness; mentions Robert Young\n Conrad.","Gives Nina advice on how to terminate her\n engagement with [John Dupuy]; writes of the\n death of Hunter McGuire's sister, May; says she\n now has twelve scholars; news of family and\n friends; discusses books and mentions Robert\n Young Conrad.","Says she has been busy knitting gloves,\n sewing, teaching, nursing, and being sick; says\n she is nearly \"well and fat\" again; says that\n her hair has not started to come back yet, but\n that when it does, she has been told to shave\n it; asks who Nina's friend Lizzie is; describes\n people she has met; reports where troops are;\n discusses ways she is trying to get cotton.","Advises Minnie not to be grieved about their\n mother's death; some family news.","Article in which Jefferson Davis praises the\n Confederate soldiers for their \"devotion and\n self-sacrifice,\" and assures them of their\n capabilities against the declining enemy; also\n includes a commentary about Davis' speech,\n stating that the present spirit of the South\n has never been paralleled in history.","Congratulates Nina on her engagement to \n [John J.]\n Dupuy ; discusses their friendship; news\n of family and friends.","Much family news.","Mentions a girl's death from diphtheria;\n refers to traveling by train; discusses\n blockade of the Potomac River; comments on\n greenbacks and their value; refers to the\n Yankee Congress; general Civil War news.","Gives consent for him to marry Nina after\n listing the pros and cons of the situation.","Much town news and family news; refers to\n knitting as a pastime; states that her hair has\n not begun to \"come out yet\".","Discusses her new beau; much family and town\n news; refers to events of the \n [Civil] War and\n the Powhatan troop.","Says that her employer, Mrs. Stringfellow,\n has offered to allow her two weeks for Easter;\n asks permission to come home; gives detailed\n plans on how she could get there cheaply; says\n the \"troop\" will return before Easter; asks if\n her father is coming home for the holiday.","Discusses selection of a minister; comments\n on her knitting for the soldiers; town gossip\n and family news.","Discusses sale of a draft on New York for\n $625.","Thanks her for gloves she knitted and set to\n him.","Comments on her sister's problem with\n inflammatory rheumatism; much town and family\n news; tells stories of soldiers who have\n returned home; comments on lack of patriotism\n in the country; mentions readying.","Tells of a shopping trip she took to\n Charlottesville, and the people she saw;\n describes a visit to see their father at Cousin\n R. Nowland's; discusses the new tax law, the\n \"panic,\" and the new monetary issue; news of\n friends and family; mentions reading.","Makes reference to needing a straw-splitter;\n discusses financial situation; comments on\n Nina's engagement to \"Brother \n John\"\n [Dupuy?] .","Mentions interruption of communications due\n to Yankee Raid; states that he sat near \n Gen. [Robert\n E.] Lee and Mr. Edmund Lee on a train car\n and talked with them; describes conversation;\n discusses the events of the \n [Civil]\n War [including Lee's near capture by\n Custis' divisionary raid through Albemarle\n County, during the Kilpatrick - Dahlgren Raid\n on Richmond]; mentions Holmes Conrad.","Much town news; discusses Yankees and their\n progression; comments on her attempts to hide\n her silver on her body in order to keep it from\n the Yankees.","Much family news; expresses religious\n views.","Much family news; discusses events of the \n [Civil] War ;\n including raid by Custis on Albemarle; mentions\n Homes Conrad.","Much family news.","Discusses the weather; much town and family\n news.","Says her Easter plans have been cancelled\n because of the snow storm; mentions how close\n she (Nina) has been to the Yankees; says she\n feels much better and now weights 114 pounds;\n reports on fatal measles in the area; reports\n on how she has spent her time with Captain\n Morgan.","Sends her a letter from Kate[?].","Discusses buying and selling cotton;\n comments on college opportunities; family\n news.","Much family news and town gossip; comments\n on gold lace on the coats of those who make\n rank of Captain.","Much family news; refers to Nina's\n grandmother's [Anne Harriotte (Lee) Lloyd]\n death; discusses Yankees and their progress;\n mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Comments on reading as a pastime and\n mentions [?] Cooper's novels; much family news;\n refers to Yankees taking hostages; mentions\n Robert Young Conrad.","Describes her daily schedule; reports how\n their Aunt Jeanie Lloyd and \n Aunt\n [Re]Bec[ca] are doing in relation to the\n war; describes social visits; mentions an Aunt\n Nannie; news of family and friends.","Discusses weather and its effects on gardens\n and crops; comments on Yankees and news about\n the \n [Civil] War ;\n much family news.","Much family news; comments on news of the \n [Civil] War .","Gives detailed description of fighting near\n Beaver Dam, [Virginia], as told to her by some\n of the soldiers; mentions visit by Gen. Stuart;\n describes other events of the war from personal\n point of view.","Much family news; discusses struggle on the\n Rapidan [River]; tells of other \n [Civil]\n War news.","Discusses general battle news; expresses\n concern about struggle in Hanover County,\n Virginia.","Discusses events of the war; comments on\n actions of Yankees.","Comments on armies being at Hanover Junction\n and expresses her concern and fears; refers to\n burning of Powhatan depot by Yankees. \n Including AN from [Selina (Lloyd) Powell,\n Charlotte County, Virginia], to Nina Powell,\n [Verdon, Hanover County, Virginia], 24 May,\n 1864, correcting some spelling errors. 1\n page.","Expresses relief that the Yankees did not\n come through the area where Nina is; says that\n her father wants her [Nina] to leave soon\n because of the danger; says things are so\n scarce in Charlotte that there would not be\n enough to feed her; expresses relief that Nina\n is not living between the two railroads; says\n the news they get about the war is encouraging,\n but she thinks the conflict will be a long one;\n discusses plans to get the family together.","Refers to battle of Vicksburg; tells of\n other developments of the \n [Civil] War .","Refers to a cousin, Mrs. Randolph Tucker\n whose house is at the corner of Grace and Adams\n street in Richmond; much family news.","Asks about Nina's daily schedule and when\n she says prayers; expresses sorrow that\n Hattie's teaching position near Nina did not\n work out; tells her she must be self-reliant;\n says she is waiting to find out if she can join\n Mr. Powell; discusses the fashions of hats;\n sends her respects to Mr. Stringfellow.","Much town and family news.","Describes her social schedule; encourages\n her to pursue a relationship with Willie\n Booker; news of family.","Recounts all he has been doing for the past\n two years (has been in charge of a prison.","Asks Nina to change her mind and work for\n them another year; claims they are safe from\n the Yankees and that the war will soon be over;\n praises her teaching of their three girls.","Discusses Yankees' burning of houses in\n Richmond; gives views on death; much family\n news.","Comments on typhoid fever; family news.","Much Family news. mentions not being able to\n find a nail-brush in the city and forgot india\n ribbon; comments on Yankees treating people\n badly; refers to buying lip-glue at Randolph's\n Book Store; discusses her, Nina's, new\n house.","Describes Mr. Powell's teaching position\n with the Scott family; says he is trying to\n find a place near him for her to stay; says\n there was a Yankee raid near where he is\n staying; discusses where friends who are\n soldiers are stationed; mentions families who\n are looking for wounded soldiers to employ as\n teachers.","Much family and town news.","Comments on symptoms of the \"fever\";\n expresses religious beliefs concerning deaths\n resulting from battles; much family news and\n town news.","Much family news; discusses teacher's\n pay.","Much family and town news; inquires about\n her new home in Richmond, Virginia.","Discusses one of Nina's pupils and how Nina\n should act towards the family that is employing\n her; mentions arrangements to exchange a pair\n of shoes; reports on friends and family;\n reports on \"her Willie,\" and where he is\n stationed; mentions soldiers for whom she has\n knitted gloves.","Discusses the suitability of Mr. Starke's\n teaching offer for her mother.","Chides Nina for not writing her; asks if she\n is spending all her time with Willie Dupuy] who\n has a wounded shoulder; reports on what she has\n done socially; asks her to get some cartridges\n for her pistol when she buys some for her own\n gun; says Minna Booker is to be married\n November fourth; discusses sewing.","Complains about difficulties in the teaching\n profession; family news.","Describes her situation at the Garrett's,\n teaching Lizzie and others; emphasizes the\n importance of letter writing now that they are\n apart; discusses Mr. Irving's[?] failing\n health; says Lizzie has diphtheria; describes\n social events; discusses Nina's problems with\n teaching Blanche; reports on friends who have\n been wounded or killed in the war; asks bout\n Cousin Mary Lee and Cousin Emily.","Reports that her brother Rob has been\n wounded and may have to have his leg amputated;\n says her brother Jimmie is in Charleston where\n there is much yellow fever; says they work all\n day without rest; more family news.","Gives advice on how Nina should manage one\n of her pupils; reports on what she is doing;\n discusses clothes; mentions Minna's\n wedding.","Gives reasons why she hasn't written of\n late; describes her brother's episode of being\n shot in the hand and its effects; comments on\n amount of men that are off at war and those who\n remain are \"quaking\"; much family news;\n expresses hope that God will get them through\n \"these difficulties.\"","Describes her social activities; discusses\n balancing work with pleasure; news of family\n and friends.","Asks about her \"new home\" in Richmond and\n her \"new occupation\" with Mrs. Paleski;\n describes Minna's wedding; says the weather was\n so bad that no one could go home, so the\n reception lasted all night; reports what she\n has done socially; describes in detail a dress\n she just made.","Expresses joy that Nina and their mother can\n live close to each other; reports on her social\n activities; discusses plans for Christmas;\n mentions how well the Confederate Cavalry is\n doing; discusses friends that are soldiers, and\n which of them she has knitted gloves for.","Describes a preacher, Mr. McGill, who is\n visiting; describes social events; discusses\n clothes she is making; questions Junius\n Powell's decision to go to Bermuda instead of\n joining the army; mentions Harry Harrison [Mrs.\n Huge's brother] who came home after a prisoner\n at Fort Delaware.","Discusses how her home was destroyed;\n details experiences with the Yankees; comments\n on incarceration of many Southerners in\n northern prisons and their suffering; family\n news.","Describes her trip to Charlottesville and\n the people she visited, including cousin Gert;\n mentions Sally's[?] death; says she must soon\n accept an offer for teaching from Mr. Frank\n Cabell; discusses depreciation of money;\n mentions a cousin Ann and a cousin Laura;\n reports that Tip Powell was taken prisoner.","Discusses the bad weather and muddy roads,\n says she has not heard from Custis Lee, for\n whom she made gloves; discusses clothes;\n discusses Christmas plans; tells Nina to\n \"change her dress\" whenever she desires, since\n she will always mourn inside; says she and\n Rebecca will change theirs in the spring;\n discusses the problems Winchester is having\n with the Yankees; mentions Minna's wedding.","Discusses a prospective teaching job for her\n and his plan for her.","Much family news; begs her to spend\n Christmas with them.","Expresses happiness that her mother and\n father will finally be able to live together\n again; comments on Nina Powell's loss of hair;\n refers to suffering Loudoun County, due to\n Yankees; family news; describes how a friend\n spends time trying to find hiding places for\n her possessions.","Describes a \"homespun\" dress that she has;\n family news; describes weather; tells her to go\n to a Christmas get-together where she can met\n many people, including Robert E. Lee, Custis\n Lee, and perhaps \"our beloved President\"\n [Jefferson Davis]; later mentions rumors that\n President Davis may be dead.","Mentions pastime crocheting a cap; comments\n on delay of mail; discusses ordering some\n supplies from her sister; refers to troop\n movement on \"the Danville road\"; family\n news.","Describes social activities; urges Nina to\n spend Christmas in Richmond with Cousin Emily;\n discusses cotton and where to buy it. \n Including fragment of ALS from \"cousin\"\n Laurence B. Taylor, to [?], n.p., n.d., stating\n that he hopes they will see much of each other\n in \n Albemarle\n [County] .","Discusses the difficulties of sending mail;\n inquires about their mother's health; news of\n friends and the war.","Thanks her for the gauntlets, testament, and\n book of psalms that she sent him.","Tells what she did during Christmas\n holidays; discusses her job as a teacher as\n well as who and what subjects she teaches;\n family and town news.","Comments on Robert E. Lee's thoughts that\n the South is in danger; discusses her knitting\n and whom she has made gloves for; states how\n she doesn't understand men; family news.","Discusses the possibility of Nina being\n engaged to Willie Dupuy; says she would like to\n know him better before she can consent; would\n like for her to make the final decision\n herself; says their engagement would last\n indefinitely because they are both poor and\n Willie was \"disabled\" from the war; asks her to\n consider these issues.","Responds to her requesting permission to be\n engaged to \n Mr. [William]\n Dupuy[?] ; gives feelings about entire\n situation; refers to evacuation of Richmond,\n [Virginia].","Family news; asks her to send her stamps and\n black glazed cotton and to look for\n strawsplitters; describes episode of being\n thrown from horse.","Discusses how busy she is making gloves;\n mentions Nina's engagement/involvement with a\n \"brave, Christian soldier\".","Discusses possibility of Nina moving to\n Norwood if Richmond is given up.","Much family news; discusses the bond between\n two who love each other.","Expresses happiness about Nina's now\n official engagement to Mr. [William] Dupuy;\n other family news.","Discusses Nina's engagement and her fiance's\n [William Dupuy] financial status and\n personality.","Gives advice on how to express feelings of\n love to her fiance, in her correspondence.","Gives her advice about her situation with\n Mr. D[upuy]; tells her to make up her own mind\n and to be sure of his character and their love;\n advises that if she is certain that she wants\n to be engaged to him, then not to hold back her\n feelings and to show her trust; gives more\n advice.","Much family news; expresses her approval of\n William Dupuy as Nina's fiance. \n Including Cy of L, 10 February 1865, from\n [William Dupuy], n.p. to \"Sir\" [Charles L.\n Powell, Sr.], n.p., discussing his and Nina's\n relationship and betrothal. 4 pages.","Gives advise on Nina's relationship with a\n young man [Willie Dupuy?]; says that if they\n ever get married they would always be poor;\n discusses what he will want in a wife;\n discusses Nina's fear that her ways are not\n elegant enough for him because he was brought\n up in higher society; reveals her philosophy on\n how to act in society, how to view oneself, and\n how to act towards men to keep them\n interested.","Comments on attempts to regain some of their\n family possessions; discusses the break-up of\n Nina Powell's engagement; mentions Hattie\n Powell's arrival in Goochland, [Virginia],\n family news.","Discusses Nina's problem with an employer,\n Mrs. Powell, and suggests other families she\n could work for; says she can spend $350.00 on\n material for summer clothing; discusses the\n plight of the South; reveals her feelings about\n Nina's engagement; describes a visit to Norwood\n where her parents are working for Mr. Cabell;\n reports that cousin Lizzie Powell, fourth\n daughter of Uncle Llew, is to be married; news\n of family and friends; mentions teaching.","Discusses materials for sewing dresses;\n expresses her anger at how Mrs. Powell (an\n employer) treated Nina; discusses her neighbors\n where she is teaching, saying none are suitable\n for Nina to live with and teach for; gives news\n of friends and family; says they have a soldier\n staying there; mentions teaching. \n Including newspaper clipping advertising\n for teachers.","Thanks her for presents she sent him;\n expresses hope of seeing her again soon.","Much family news; discusses Yankees.","Says Mr. Philip Cabell is stopping by\n \"Bremo\" on his way to Richmond, so she is\n taking this opportunity to send a letter;\n discusses opportunities for her to work with\n other families and how she should set this up;\n wishes she could come to see them but says it\n is impossible because the canal is \"broken up,\"\n the roads are bad, and the Yankees destroyed\n the carriage; hopes that she is comfortable at\n Gen[eral] Cocke's; hopes that he doesn't mind\n her being there since he is a wealthy man.\n Letter is continued on a small slip of paper -\n advises on the different uses of \"shall\" and\n \"will\" in writing letters.","Expresses relief that she is safe after\n traveling through dangerous area; says that\n their Mother and Father had some trouble when\n traveling, and that they lost some clothes;\n discusses an offer to teach in Keysville,\n Charlotte County; reports battle action in the\n area; asks what she thinks about her giving her\n silver cup to \"the government\"; mentions the\n death of their Aunt Ann's baby, Fannie.","Mentions sending carpet bags to her parents\n filled with necessary items she could spare;\n comments on Yankees being on southside of the\n James [River], [Virginia] and dreading a\n raid.","Send the key to her bonnet box; mentions a\n cousin Kate Noland and an Aunt Bettie Conrad;\n news of family and friends.","Discusses surrender of Confederates in\n detail; expresses religious beliefs about\n result of the \n [Civil] War ;\n describes battle in Richmond, [Virginia].","Comments on prohibition from traveling\n North; mentions recognition by France and the\n French position; gives religious opinions;\n describes some of the remnants left by\n Yankees.","Reports news of post-war events since Hattie\n receives no news in the country; expresses the\n sentiments and anxieties of those in an\n occupied city, discusses [Robert E. Lee and his\n sons]; reports rumors about Booth, Jefferson\n Davis, and the surrender of the army of \n [Joseph E.]\n Johns[t]on to \n [William T.]\n Sherman ; discusses the sacrifices of the\n last four years and where it has led.","Describes the people with whom she is\n staying; expresses joy that she feels\n comfortable in Richmond; says she hears rumors\n about whether Richmond will be given up or not;\n tells her to come to them if there is any\n danger; news about friends.","Describes a battle at Fort Jackson that she\n was able to witness from her cousin's house;\n says Hunter [?] is the medical doctor of\n Ewell's Corps; mentions lack of provisions;\n says she had to work very hard last winter.","Refers to \"free negroes\" and the fall of\n Richmond; tells stories of robbers in various\n neighborhoods; discusses difficulty to have\n faith in God where there is so much suffering;\n also refers to bands of negro robbers and\n describes their actions.","Much family news; expresses sorrow and grief\n about living through these times.","Much family news; comments on problems with\n servants; refers to death of Lincoln and\n memorial service for him.","Reports that Mr. Cabell bought a horse from\n a Mississippi soldier; reports that a Yankee\n soldier came to the house asking for brandy;\n says that she and Fan [?] are closing school\n for the summer; says she will soon come to\n Norwood to visit them.","Discusses health, says she has rheumatism;\n says they will stay in Richmond until July;\n tells their options of where to go; considers\n the cost of the Civil War; discusses the\n condition of President Davis, prisoner at Fort\n Monroe; says the Yankee officers are being\n kinder to Richmonders; says Pierrepont has just\n arrived in Richmond.","Reports she is staying with relatives but\n that it is so crowded, she will leave soon;\n says the house has been burned down, so they\n are living in log cabins; tells that she will\n soon go to Canada to visit her brother Horace;\n discusses where Nina could set up a school in\n that neighborhood.","Tells of her religious belief about the \n [Civil] War and\n how she prays daily; discusses subject of white\n vs. black labor; much family new; comments on\n cruel treatment of \"our\" President [Jefferson\n Davis]; refers to a Dr. Hoge who denies trying\n to begin a colony in Brazil.","Expresses difficulty in accepting downfall\n of Confederacy; family news; discusses Nina's\n engagement to Willie Dupuy.","Much family news.","Poem entitled \n The Bachelor's\n Consolation written by \"Goodman A.\n Bachelor.\"","Much family news; comments on Nina's\n engagement; discusses situation with Negroes;\n comments on elections and how soldiers were put\n into many of the civil offices; plans for\n jousting tournament.","Discusses the family's moving to a new house\n and how they all can be reunited once\n again.","Discusses where they may move; says the\n Yankees have possession of her home in\n Arlington; says the situation in Richmond is\n better since Pierrepont [Pierpont] arrived;\n gives news about family; mentions Robert E. Lee\n (1843-1914) and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee.","Discusses Nannie's [?] wedding; says their\n father will need her [Nina] home for the\n opening of school; tells how she has been\n spending her time; discusses the school;\n reports that Mary [?] is there; expresses fear\n for her Aunt Mary because of the threats of\n Negro uprisings in southern Virginia; asks if\n everything is going well between Nannie and\n Willie B[ooker].","Discusses the continuing uncertainties of\n where their family will live; says she will\n return to work at Mr. Cabell's because she\n cannot depend on family plans; describes her\n visit to Greenwood.","Discusses a horse riding [jousting]\n tournament and social event that followed; much\n family news.","Reports travel plans; lists social events;\n news of friends; says she will begin at Mr.\n Cabell's in two weeks.","Says that she just realized that it is her\n 56th birthday; discusses some issues on\n etiquette; says that she is glad that she is\n pleased with her new house; has heard that the\n Yankees are advancing on Charlottesville; says\n Gloucester is having problems with the Yankees,\n so she will not return there; expresses\n disappointment that Mr. Powell did not secure a\n certain job that would have allowed them all to\n live together; says that the Redds and the\n Bookers have been very kind to her and do not\n want her to leave; writes that the Dupuy's son\n [Willie?] has bullet wounds in both thighs and\n in the foot.","Much family news.","Describes a boat trip she took with Sallie\n [?] to Norwood; gives news of Mr. William\n Cabell; discusses literature; news of friends\n and family.","Says Hunter has a small (medical) practice;\n gives news about what her other brothers[?] are\n doing; says Willie is doing well despite the\n time he spent in prison; tells how he was\n marched by their home last winter by the\n Yankees and taken to prison; tells how their\n house was used as a hospital, her family was\n put under arrest, and they were forced to live\n with the Yankees for six months; expresses her\n hatred of the Yankees; discusses how the last\n four years have changed her; tells how Gert [?]\n was working in the hospitals and on the battle\n field, caught a disease and has been bedridden\n for the last thirteen months; says she was very\n weak last winter because of the hard work and\n anxiety; says she could no longer work in the\n hospitals because of how the sights of war\n affected her.","Much family news; comments on the meeting of\n Congress and its result on the restoration of\n southern property.","Writes about Presbyterian Conference she is\n attending; gives town and family news.","Gives history of a family, telling which\n troop each son is in; comments on the scarcity\n of paper, which is why she is writing on the\n back of a letter written to her by her mother. \n Including on back: \n S[elina\n Powell], Charlotte\n C[ourt] H[ouse], [Virginia], to\n \"daughter\" [Hattie Powell], n.p. Asks her about\n her fever and if it is interfering with her\n teaching; says Mr. Powell visited her for a\n week; says she will stay in Charlotte all\n winter; mentions death of Carry Hobson. 1 page.\n ALS.","Sends her a pair of slippers which she made\n the best she could with the materials\n available; says she wanted to do something for\n her during \"these war times\"; says her father\n is not home yet; gives list of things Rebecca\n needs.","Discusses the importance of having nice\n handwriting; describes Kate's [?] studies;\n grieves over how many have lost their homes and\n hopes that her daughter could have a couple\n years holiday (from teaching); says those who\n must have employment are happiest; writes of\n family and friends; discusses her Uncle G's [?]\n method of teaching. \n Incomplete (first part missing).\n Including attached insert saying that Mr. H.\n [?] declined her father's services.","Describes the scene when the Yankees came\n into the home of Dr. Robert Baldwin; says Dr.\n Baldwin was kicked out of town because he\n refused to pay a servant; describes how the\n town has changed since the Yankees have taken\n over; mentions a man named Milroy who seems to\n be their leader; gives news of family members\n many of whom has been sick; describes a puppy\n he has gotten; describes a battle in which many\n Yankees were taken as prisoners; says Milroy\n has escaped and has gone to Washington; says\n all of her furniture is not sold and that they\n cannot try to sell it while the Yankees are\n here; discusses Dr. Daniel Conrad's\n practice.","Asks what Jeanie [?] will do all summer;\n says she has heard that all the carriage horses\n in Gloucester have been carried off; says she\n will go to Powhatan to join her husband who is\n working for Mr. Michaux; says the Yankees are\n in Shepherdstown but that the Confederates have\n Winchester.","Speaks of the last four years, the\n excitement and the trials; discusses \"the\n college\" that Robert is involving with;\n discusses the difficulty of finding good help;\n describes their house, saying it is handsome to\n \"confederate eyes\"; expresses sadness that her\n home is still used by the Yankees; discusses\n Alexandria.","Comments on the postal problems and hopes\n she has been receiving her letters; gives news\n of the Bookers; writes of her anxiety over how\n she [Nina] is and discusses her travel plans to\n Prince Edward; discusses where the Yankees are\n stationed; writes of the family's plans for the\n summer.","Sends her cotton for stockings; comments on\n postal problems; discusses the safety of\n Richmond; discusses sewing and fashions; news\n of family and friends.","Discusses the dilemma of Southerns taking\n the \"oath\" with the Northerners so that they\n can protect their property.","Reports that Captain Watkins and Willie\n Dupuy have been wounded; says she does not know\n which battle they were in; news of friends;\n says she has heard from Mr. Powell recently;\n discusses dresses.","Says that she sent socks to Willie [?] who\n is in the army; mentions the death of \n James\n M[coughty?].","Describes how to make Mrs. Sharpe's [?] hat;\n describes Lute's hat; says she will get two or\n three hundred dollars in Northern money from an\n Uncle William.","Discusses teaching; describes trip to\n Charlottesville and adventurous train ride;\n mentions Sandy Pendleton's [?] wedding;\n discusses Trip's [?] health.","Sends Rebecca a picture of Robert E. Lee,\n taken during the war (picture is dated 20\n January 1866); writes of Lexington where they\n have just moved; gives news of family.","Describes her social activities; gives\n teaching position that Hattie is considering;\n reports that Yankees are being strict in their\n town.","Discusses poor mail service; describes\n Alexandria as dull town with spirit of\n despondency, town may be forced into the\n District of Columbia; describes visit of Henry\n Hallowell [?]; much family and town news.","Discusses crocheting, books they have read;\n much family news and gossip.","Discusses family news; speaks of financial\n situation of buying a house in Baltimore;\n discusses problems of retrieving household\n items (portraits, furniture, etc.) and where to\n put them.","Discusses details of retrieving family\n possessions from the Office of Confiscation;\n includes list of objects missing.","Describes her trip and her stay with Cousin\n Lee; tells of relatives and other people she\n has seen; will continue traveling.","Discusses daily life and schedule; family\n news.","Describes her trip to Dr. Wights' and tells\n of the people she met there; discusses dresses;\n asks about the family.","Description of the political happenings in\n Washington D.C.: the disputes between President\n Johnson and the \"Radicals\", Mr. Johnson's veto\n message, the South's need to have\n representation in Congress; tells his view of\n these happenings; discusses attempts to\n retrieve articles from the confiscation office;\n family news.","Tells of difficulty she has dealing with\n hard life of times, \"Yankee\" rule, and free\n Negroes; much news about friends in the\n neighborhood.","Describes dinner at New Market and the\n people she saw there; describes conditions of\n roads, outlawing carriage rides; much news of\n family and friends.","Tells of people she has seen or heard\n from.","Discusses family news and news of friends;\n talks of sewing projects.","Gives an account of her \"Easter excursion,\"\n reporting what she did and whom she met; says\n Mrs. Atkins has no servants, so she will have\n to clean her own room.","Describes events of neighborhood; tells news\n of friends; tells of religious happenings, Mr.\n Wharey's [?] reform in the church, and her\n religious sentiments; writes of her gloomy\n feelings about the South, her distrust of the\n Yankees, and her rebellious feels toward them;\n congratulates Nina on having her own\n \"home.\"","Tells of stay in Cumberland with her \"sister\n and brother\"; tells of problems in retrieving\n household items lost in war; \n Douglas'\n [Forrest?] [her husband?] law practice is\n improving.","Asks Nina to welcome her friend, Mr. Henry\n T[heodore] Wight, who brings the letter, and\n make his stay in Alexandria pleasant.","Tries to convince Nina to take a trip next\n summer; describes new bonnet styles; describes\n her friend \n [Henry]\n Theodore Wight who will be taking a trip\n to Alexandria; discusses clothes.","Gives her view on the family taking in\n boarders, saying children would be easier for\n their mother to handle; asks about the\n \"Council\"; reports on what she has done\n socially; discusses the dresses she has made;\n says that yesterday the people of Richmond\n decorated the Confederate soldiers' graves;\n says she wishes she had gone; says Mrs. Adkins\n did not go, but sent flowers to Richmond. \n Written on ALS from J. Walker, Dover [?],\n to \n Hattie\n [Powell], Rolling Views, n.d. Sends her\n flowers and asks her to come to visit him. 1\n page.","Describes her visit to Richmond, people she\n visited, and how many commented on how well she\n looked compared to last winter; describes\n clothes she is making.","Asks her to send ribbon for a dress she will\n wear to a day-long affair at Norwood; news of\n friends.","Discusses their plans to go to Prince Edward\n County; discusses what clothes she has and what\n she may need; news of family and friends.","Explains why she cannot attend the gathering\n at Mr. Redd's that night; says she must listen\n to her head and not her heart so that she may\n get well; says she is tired of feeling ill and\n weak.","Invites Nina and Hattie Powell to come stay\n with them; says she feels better and is very\n excited to see them.","Expresses her joy that she arrived home\n safely, and her regret that her mother [Selina\n Powell] has taken ill; describes a [jousting]\n tournament among young boys or \"knights,\" in\n which the girls were honored as Queens and\n Maids of Honor; news about family and\n friends.","Gives her condolences for her uncle's death\n and her mother's illness; tells her of Nancy's\n [Lettie's sister] engagement and tells Nina not\n to leave her to marry a man; much news of\n family and friends.","Thanks Nina for her letter congratulating\n her and Willie Booker on their engagement; news\n about her fiance; tells her adventures of\n keeping the house while her mother was gone;\n news of family and friends.","Writes that her father is looking for board\n for her [Selina] and until then she will stay\n in Charlotte; recommends that Nina not write to\n men unless she is engaged to him or unless he\n is an old family friend; news of family and\n friends.","Discusses how far they are apart but thinks\n it is best that she (her mother) stay at Uncle\n Fred's; says she will stay at school for\n Christmas; writes of family and friends; tells\n that her health is very good and that she\n weights 106 pounds; discusses her school duties\n and her sewing.","Describes the parties she has had at her\n home recently; speaks of the engagement between\n Willie Booker and Nancy [her sister], and Lou\n Edmunds and Captain Hill; news of family and\n friends.","Tells how she and her friends have been\n together for three weeks now, staying at\n different homes; wishes Nina could be there;\n news of courting, engagements and weddings;\n tells Nina that she will not become an old\n maid; much news about family and friends;\n discusses Reading Societies and books read.","Tells of courtings, engagements and\n weddings; tells of Christmas plans; discusses\n the struggle in the Christian life to be\n pure.","Describes Christmas holidays; discusses the\n Christian struggle for purity; says she is\n having more headaches; discusses poor financial\n situation with no patrons paying for her\n teachings.","Describes the changes taking place: their\n Uncle Joe has died and she, Lavalette and her\n mother have moved to Falkland to take care of\n his children; she and Lavalette will teach the\n children; Lavalette is feeling worse; her\n brother and sister May will take care of\n Linden; news of engagements, weddings, family\n and friends.","Describes her new home and her new schedule;\n news about family and friends.","Tells about her fiance's [Willie Booker]\n work in [Medical School]; describes reactions\n to the Territorial Bill and to \n Gen[eral]\n Scofield[s] ; wonders if Lavalette will\n keep her promise to become an old maid; says\n the weather is so bad that they will not be\n able to go to Church for a month because of the\n roads; says she is trying to guess when\n weddings will be by who is making their wedding\n clothes.","Describes her teaching job with her sister\n Nancy; describes her students; tells how\n spirits have been low since the passage of the\n Territorial Bill, says their district is\n commanded by Gen[eral] Schofield; describes the\n \"demoralizing\" incident of one of the county\n men running off with a Negro girl and marrying\n her; news of family and friends.","Sends this letter through a friend and asks\n Rebecca to mail a package to Washington, D.C.\n for her; may have some frames sent to her,\n which could then be sent to them by steamboat\n to Richmond and canal boat to Lexington; says\n Mildred is in Richmond; Rob and Fitzhugh may go\n to Jennie's[?] wedding.","Describes the commencement exercises that\n she and Lavalette attended at Hampden Sydney;\n describes the fashions she saw there; says the\n scrub worm is seriously damaging the tobacco\n crop; describes their summer bonnets bought in\n Richmond.","Says that Nancy [her sister] has been ill;\n says that she, Nancy and their mother will take\n a trip North for their health; says she dreads\n to be among the Yankees; tells that Lou Booker\n has typhoid fever and so her wedding must be\n postponed; discusses the advantages and\n disadvantages of being an old maid and whether\n they will be one.","Gives news of gentlemen who are courting\n her; says that John Smith has been visiting her\n every other night; tells Nina that it is\n becoming serious and that she better come home\n soon or she will be gone; gives advice on the\n gentlemen that Nina is seeing.","Describes their stay in Danville; tells that\n her engagement with Willie Booker has been\n terminated; discusses their plans of where to\n live next year; news of family and friends;\n discusses fair.","Thanks Hattie for her announcement of her\n \"change of condition\" [marriage or\n engagement?]; gives her best wishes for her\n health and happiness.","Discusses which furniture and portraits she\n would like to be sent to her.","Discusses details of sending furniture from\n Alexandria to Lexington and of having portraits\n framed and sent. \n Includes notes to Selina and Nina.\n Including Xcy.","Discusses her transactions to acquire more\n furnishings for their home; news about family\n and friends.","Asks about her interactions with Mr. D[?];\n says Nina's happiness is the only bright spot\n in their lives; says she hasn't been to church\n much; says she has seen a lot of Willie S.[?];\n regrets that she can't say everything she would\n like to, because the letter must go through so\n many hands; writes of the broken Southern\n spirit; asks if there are any \"situations\" near\n them that she could take; says that she cannot\n write much because it works her \"into such a\n state\".","Tells of their new life at Linden, helping to\n take care of \"Sis\" May's children; comments on\n Nina's sister Hattie's marriage; discusses\n religion; describes a trip to Richmond; news about\n family and friends.","Recommends that she or Rebecca go with her to\n visit friends in Prince Edward County; tells her\n that since \n Mrs.\n B[ooker's] house was used as headquarters\n for them during the war, they must make a pleasure\n visit to her since the war is over.","Thanks Nina for sending her the objects\n repossessed from the war; comments on their\n sentimental value; gives news about Baltimore's\n social events and her husband Douglas' work.","Tells what family has done since she left for\n her trip; says everyone is feeling remarkably well\n on account of the warm weather; tells her to enjoy\n her visit with Lizza and Aggie [?].","Tells what each person in household is doing\n that evening: Mamma, Papa, Lute[?], Lewis[?],\n Fan[?]; says she visited Hattie who is feeling\n well \"under the circumstances\"; news about\n neighborhood.","Describes the health of each family member;\n says Mr. Powell had dyspepsia for which she gives\n him a raw onion; says Hattie is the same and\n cannot leave her room; gives news of friends;\n discusses a fire at Lee's [?] house; hopes she is\n enjoying her visit with Lizzie and Aggie.","Gives news about family and neighborhood; says\n that Cousin Lee's house burned; writes that Bob \n [Robert]\n Powell is now a doctor; news about her\n school.","Discusses news of neighborhood and people who\n have come to visit her; tells Nina to enjoy her\n stay with Lizzie and Agnes [?]; says she is still\n flat on her back but hopes to be better in a few\n weeks.","Regrets that he could not make the picnic that\n Nina planned; says that he had to pick up Josie\n [?] that day, who traveled flat on her back; says\n that he saw \"Cousin Rebecca\" in town.","Tells how she had been preserving many foods\n last summer because of the possible food shortage\n during the coming winter; describes her stay with\n \"Sis\" May in Farmville; describes the situation of\n the churches and Sunday school in her area; news\n about family and friends; one of Nina's students,\n Emma Henry, is getting married.","Apologizes to Nina for not calling on her\n while she was in Baltimore; expresses her job\n in their friendship.","Writes of their sorrow at the death of Hugh\n [Holmes McGuire] (brother of cousin); whose\n wife just had a child; asks Rebecca to come\n visit, since the war is over; gives news about\n who owns the Powell's old home; tells what each\n of her relatives is doing; gives news about\n friends; discusses the death of her aunt who\n never recovered after the Yankees burnt her\n house down; mentions how many soldiers cannot\n find employment. [Hugh Holmes McGuire MW battle\n of High Bridge.]","Discusses Magie's wedding [her niece]; says\n she has been alone in the evenings since Nina\n left her; describes her friends who have called\n during the day.","Apologizes for not writing; describes her\n schedule to taking care of a family of ten\n people; gives news about her gentlemen\n friends.","Extends sympathies to Nina and her family in\n the death of her sister, Hattie Powell Smoot,\n who died in childbirth; offers comfort through\n religion.","Offers her sympathy for the death of her\n daughter Hattie; discusses Hattie's character;\n mentions how Hattie has been looking forward to\n the time of childbirth.","Gives her sympathy for the death of Selina's\n daughter Hattie; speaks of her husband Robert,\n saying she thinks he may never be entirely well\n again; gives news of family.","Tells of her mourning for her cousin\n Hattie's death; offers her sympathies; gives\n news of family.","Offer her sympathies for Hattie's death;\n describes her stay in her Uncle Phil's home in\n the mountains; says she will return home to\n Alexandria in the Fall.","Describes the mountain inn and how they\n spend their time; says the mountain air is\n helping their mother's health.","Expresses her joy that Nina is engaged;\n discusses Nina's mother's health; says she is\n confined to bed and in much pain; says the\n treatment causes much suffering and that she is\n anxious to leave for home.","Says she is glad Nina gets a chance to enjoy\n herself, and visit with her cousin Lizzie,\n without worrying about daily duties; says her\n Aunt Lute is taking good care of her.","Gives a report on everyone's health; says\n she is feeling better; gives news of friends\n and family; hopes that she is enjoying her stay\n with \"cousin\" Lizzie.","Discusses grief and religion; teases Nina\n about her engagement [to Sewell Hepburn]; tells\n her to enjoy her stay and to get well soon;\n news about Alexandria.","News of friends and family; describes the\n trouble of giving a party for a couple to be\n married, and wonders why people have marriages\n in such poor times.","Pleads with her to visit them for\n Christmas.","Reports that they have been trying both the\n \"Alleghany Springs\" and the \"Yellow Sulfur\"\n springs; says the water has helped her health;\n describes the social life at the springs.","Inquires about her friends in Alexandria;\n asks if Mrs. Cassius Lee has information on\n household goods stolen from her.","Tells of her and Nancy's stay in Danville;\n discusses Nina's wedding; says her brother\n Abner will be in the Legislature until it\n adjourns; news about family and friends. \n Envelope included with list of bridal\n attendants on the back.","Discusses her daily schedule; describes a\n sewing machine that she bought; discusses\n Nina's wedding; news about family and\n friends.","Expresses her job in hearing Nina is\n engaged; reports that she has heard Mr. Hepburn\n described as \"intellectual\" and \"pious\"; says\n Capt[ain]. Grady sends his love; sends her a\n gift.","Regrets that she cannot come to Nina's\n wedding; hopes that Nina will be happy living\n in the parsonage; news about family and\n friends.","Apologizes that she cannot be there for the\n wedding; sends her money to buy a wedding\n present; tells that she had to refuse a\n gentleman who revealed his feelings for her;\n wishes her happiness in her new life.","Note accompanying a wedding present, wishing\n Nina happiness.","Gives a report on her health, saying she is\n much stronger; tells what remedies she is\n taking; says they have given most of her\n wedding cake away; says that everyone thinks\n her wedding was beautiful; gives her philosophy\n on marriage and its importance; tells her how\n lucky she is to have found such a \"good man.\" \n Including ALS from \n R[ebecca] C.\n P[owell] to Nina giving a report on their\n mother's health.","Describes how she spent her Easter vacation;\n describes the events that took place after\n Nina's wedding; describes a visit to\n Georgetown.","Reports she is feeling better but that\n Rebecca has neuralgia from a bad tooth; tells\n Nina that she should call her husband \"Mr.\n Hepburn\"; says it is Nellie's wedding day;\n advises her to obey her husband now that she is\n no longer there to control her.","Gives news about home and tells Nina that\n they miss her greatly; says the relationship\n between herself and John [?] is growing\n stronger; hopes that she is enjoying her stay\n in the country with her husband.","Discusses their mother's health, noting\n improvements; expresses eagerness to visit her\n in her own home; asks about Sewell.","Discusses her arrangements to come see them;\n says she is feeling better but she is still\n weak; tells her to ask for what she needs just\n like when she lived at home; gives news of\n family and friends.","Writes to tee her that her health has\n improved since she left home; gives a report on\n her health and what she has done there [at a\n resort?]; says her father will be home\n soon.","Includes description of S. Powell.","Thanks him for the letter of sympathy\n concerning his wife, Selina Powell; gives a\n detailed description of her death and a tribute\n to her life.","Offers her sympathy in the loss of her\n mother; says that her mother [Selina Powell]\n was one of her earliest friends.","Entreats them to warn his wife Lizzie\n against a woman named Mrs. Hubard who he is\n convinced is seeking their ruin.","Tells of friends' illnesses and other\n afflictions; discusses preachers; says she will\n wait to buy cotton until the price goes down. \n Including incomplete AL (written on top\n of) of 8 January 1864 from [?] Danville,\n Virginia, to \"sister.\" Says she would like to\n visit her and also to see her whole family but\n that she cannot leave because of her duties;\n says she can only leave on \"official\n business.\"","Describes their summer in the North; describes\n the Grand Jubilee held in Boston; describes\n Newport, [Maine] and the historical sites there;\n discusses Nina's life in the parsonage; gives news\n about family and friends back home.","Says she is very happy to return from the\n North, though she was treated kindly there and it\n did improve her health; says many people at home\n are ill with an influenza that follows the Horse\n Disease; much news about family and friends.","Asks Nina how her little boy is; reveals that\n she thought she would be getting married this\n fall, but that the gentleman, Dr. Cole, has been\n suffering from an illness; news about family and\n friends.","Expresses hope that she will visit them in\n Maryland soon, and bring her child; comments on\n Nina's settling in Waterford, Loudon County; news\n of family and friends.","Describes the baby Sewell's features; tells how\n the family is adjusting to new baby.","Discusses tuition for Mildred.","Reports news of her school; discusses the bonds\n that their father sold, and his financial\n situation.","Reports that they are taking of \n Uncle\n Lev[en], including paying for his board with\n Sallie Withers, and giving him clothes; expresses\n disappointment that other relatives are not\n helping him; says Uncle Lev had a drinking problem\n at one time and his wife will not see him.","Describes the town of Blacksburg, and the\n College [Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State\n University]; describes her new baby; says that\n when the College is on vacation, her husband must\n travel far to find a congregation; news about\n relatives.","Tells Nina their plans to visit her; says they\n will travel through Baltimore and then by boat\n across the Chesapeake Bay.","Sends a check for Mildred's tuition.","Hopes that Mr. Hepburn has recovered from his\n fall and hopes he will stick to taming men's\n spirits rather than taming men's horses; much news\n about family and friends.","Gives news about family and friends; says that\n they will visit her in a few weeks.","Sends Nina a fur cape and muff; congratulates\n Nina on her pregnancy and hopes she feels well;\n sends a present for the coming baby; asks Nina for\n her preferred style of dress so that she can make\n her some.","Tells of the death of her father-in-law and the\n effects it has had on the family.","Tells of birth of another boy and that Nina is\n doing fine; says they have not named it because he\n wanted a girl; tells story of how his errand boy\n spilled into the well some fish he was cleaning\n and how he [Sewell] had to go down and fish them\n out.","Gives advice on how to take care of oneself\n after childbirth; thinks that she should have more\n than one servant; says that she is having some\n dresses made for her; news about family and\n friends.","Gives news of friends in Alexandria; mentions\n Centennial celebrations; says her school is doing\n well, with 21 scholars; mentions that Robert\n Powell has a new daughter.","Tells of his stay at Selma in Leesburg where he\n visited relatives; tells of weddings in\n Leesburg.","Says she is glad the children are recovering\n from their illness; says Nina must take tonic and\n Lager Beer herself to say well; recommends ways to\n rid the house of the illness; describes a visit to\n Baltimore to see an art exhibit.","Wishes he had a mountain house where his\n grandchildren could go, especially to recuperate;\n discusses controversy between two Churches, St.\n Stephens and Grace Church, in the neighborhood\n where he is; says they both want Mr. Jackson from\n Charleston, South Carolina, to be their\n minister.","Gives a long description of her boarders and\n her school; gives news about neighborhood, friends\n and family.","Teases him about his \"Destitute condition,\"\n having to take care of himself while Nina is in\n Baltimore; scolds him for not taking good care of\n himself and says she does not want Nina to become\n a widow; tells of a surprise visit by Mrs. Beck of\n his parish to visit one of her students, Hallie;\n discusses past election and Hancock's defeat.","Is happy that she is enjoying her travels in\n the North so much; thanks her for her detailed\n descriptions which allow him to see the places\n through his \"mental vision\"; discusses his routes\n home; says he will be home soon with two boys\n [grandsons].","Discusses her travels in the North; tells of\n his grandsons' (Charles and Sewell) visit to\n Alexandria; discusses news at home.","Discusses the town of Bethlehem; says her Uncle\n William is visiting him; discusses his health;\n tells news of neighborhood.","Says that her \"Scotts Nephew\" has arrived and\n has settled in a room; says he may go to \n Orange\n [County, Virginia?] soon.","Describes a visit by her cousins Kate Powell\n and Carrie; gives a long and detailed description\n of Carrie, her immediate family and her\n experiences.","Discusses Ellen's tuition; says they are\n pleased with her education; says that their move\n to Richmond means that they will have to find\n another teacher.","Describes his journey to Nina's; describes an\n account between Bishop Randolph and Meta Stuart on\n the train concerning Amelie Rives; gives a\n description of each of his grandchildren.","Hopes that she and Mrs. Wailes are steadily\n improving their health while at the springs; tells\n her of the death of Mrs. Braxton and the prospects\n of Ingleside; gives news of grandchildren and\n neighborhood.","Expresses joy that her health is improving;\n tells of the death of General Wickham and how it\n affected the area; gives news of family and\n neighborhood.","Describes the school; says he may join the\n Blackford Society; tells about a grammar exam.","Describes the taking of an arithmetic exam\n which exempted him from taking any more; says he\n got some demerits; tells about football and how he\n is playing well.","Tells about his schedule and about his exams;\n says he had tea with Mr. Hooffs; discusses\n demerits.","Says he cannot teach this week because his nose\n is going to be operated on; says his mother and\n Sewell will occupy the children until then; says\n Sewell will go back to school soon; discusses the\n structure of his classes and asks her advice.","Discusses the nature of geometry and gives\n advice on how to learn it.","Says he has been ill; discusses activities at\n school and grades.","Thanks her for the invitation to come visit\n while they are in Yorktown; says his two boys will\n come by sailing a canoe to Yorktown.","Says they are all home for a week holiday;\n describes how they all got home; says Richard Cook\n came home with Selina; describes a real old timey\n Virginia country dance; says Selina likes\n Alexandria and the new home; describes what each\n person in the family has been doing; gives a\n description of the College of William and Mary;\n says he has overloaded himself with schoolwork\n this year; tells how the Alumni are reorganizing\n the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity; gives a description\n of the fraternity; mentions the burning of St.\n Paul's Church in Hanover; thanks her for the\n presents she sent.","Discusses examination schedule and work load;\n questions validity of mid-term examinations;\n praises the College for its level of academia;\n praises Dr. Hall, a professor of English; says\n that main event at the College now is the contest\n between societies for the society medals; says he\n is in the Phoenix society and may debate for it;\n says he took a trip to New Kent to see his \"girl\"\n and to visit friends; discusses the Daughter of\n the Revolution and the Organization of the\n descendants of the Cincinatti; says he saw Cousin\n Laura and her husband Mr. Roberts, a preacher, who\n are in Williamsburg.","Discusses the new house which he is anxious to\n get home to see; says he and Charles will not\n finish exams until the end of June; discusses the\n social events of the \"final week\"; discusses his\n exams; discusses Selina' academic progress; says\n one must experience College life to understand the\n strength of its temptations.","Says he has spent much time with Nanna Powell\n McCormick, a cousin; describes her and what they\n have done together; says he is in love with her;\n discusses love and cupid; describes a card club he\n belongs to, and a German club.","Hopes that she doesn't feel isolated from his\n immediate family; says that their \"great mutual\n loss\" has brought them all closer together; asks\n about her plans for the future; says he went to\n York to see Charles; discusses his housing at\n College; talks of recent fires in Richmond and\n Baltimore; speaks of his cousins and some girls\n that he has met.","Discusses their family's genealogy; mentions\n Nicholas Lloyd, John Lloyd, and Sarah Lloyd.","Discusses the Presbyterian drive in Alexandria\n to save the old church; discusses church events;\n expresses joy to hear of Nina's marriage; mentions\n the fact that her [Selina's] father is over eighty\n years old.","Describes a house nearby; writes about her\n relatives that are staying there; asks her to come\n visit. \n Including ALS from \n S[elina]\n Powell, n.p. to \n Nina [Powell] .\n Asks Nina to write Lizzie about the house, if it\n can be rented, and who they should talk to.","Wishes her a Merry Christmas; tells what family\n members are making for presents; asks about her\n trip to Alexandria and the people she has seen;\n discusses the propriety of accepting a book for a\n gentleman; tells her to be happy and not to think\n too much.","Discusses offers she has had for teaching,\n saying she will take the offer closest to where\n Mr. Powell teaches; advises her to get her teeth\n fixed; discusses styles; gives advice on how to\n motivate one of her students; says he will not go\n to Gloucester because of the recent \"outrages\"\n there; says she has a \"horror of drunken\n negroes.\"","Advises her to come home after her visit with\n Lizzie Watkins; gives a report on the health of\n family and friends; says almost \"all black and\n white\" went to the \"procession\" in Washington the\n day before; says her cousin Jinny Taylor's family\n is ill; sends her money.","Discusses her poor health, saying she has been\n diagnosed as having a diseased heart; says she is\n staying with her sister Aggie who just got\n married; news of family.","Discusses Nina's visit with her friends and her\n trip to the \"Bear's Den\"; writes of the many\n parties there have been since Nina left; says she\n has not seen Nina' sisters since they got back\n from Capon; discusses their friendship.","Says her father still has not come home;\n describes a trip Nina and Rebecca made and the\n people they visited; writes of young men and\n friends who have come to visit Nina; news of\n friends and family.","Discusses dresses; writes of a \"Mr. C.,\"\n assuring her mother that they are not romantically\n involved; says Mr. And Mrs. Stringfellow left them\n to the care of the housekeeper; gives news about\n friends.","Says that Uncle J. Powell does not think\n Lexington is a good place to open a school and\n Lynchburg would be better; discusses prices for\n boarding; says that her Father may have to look\n for a tutoring job for a family and then she will\n have to find work as close to him as possible;\n discusses sewing she has done; gives news about\n family and friends.","Discusses the remedies \"Mother\" has tried for\n her sore throat; describes Mrs. Wildman's receipt\n for asparagus; says \"Ma\" is experimenting on her\n throat and then will tell Minna how to treat\n hers.","Describes her daily schedule, including\n teaching for \"the girls\"; says the \"Captain\" and\n the girls included her in a visit to Mrs. Cooke's;\n describes the people she met there and the\n house.","Says he spent Christmas at Uncle Frank's and\n Aunt Jane's; reports on what he has been\n doing.","Discusses whether Emily [?] will move to\n Fairlee [as a servant?]; asks if she will take\n someone from the \"Home for Fallen Women,\" if Emily\n declines.","Says she went shopping for her and is sending\n her some articles; discusses fashions; says her\n Aunt Ann is still unwell.","Tells her to take of herself while she is sick;\n discusses whether she should come home; tells of\n people there that are sick.","Discusses Mary's furniture and which of it she\n can use; discusses Frank [?]'s health; says Mrs.\n Hammond has died after being very ill; discusses\n health of friends and family; gives news of what\n her family is doing.","Tells of safe arrival of Maud's baby daughter\n and her appearance; sends greetings to Becca,\n Nina, and herself.","Gives advice on letter writing and\n spelling.","Advises her not to work too hard; discusses\n board prices in Albemarle, where Mr. Powell is\n teaching; discusses hair styles; encloses a sample\n of material of Rebecca's berage [?]; writes of the\n crowded conditions in Mrs. Sharpe's [?] home;\n mentions reading.","Sends this note with a letter she is\n forwarding; hopes she is enjoying her visit; says\n she is feeling better.","Discusses dresses and asks what else she will\n need for the summer; sends her a poem.","Consoles her in her time of \"troubles\"; says\n she has heard from their mother that she \"bear[s]\n them bravely\"; urges her to take an interest in\n life and to try to be happy again.","Describes a dress that Minnie is making;\n discusses other dresses.","News of family and friends.","Describes a walk he took from North Hampton to\n East Hampton; discusses Thanksgiving vacation.","Asks her to send socks.","Tells about her dolls; mentions some Powell\n relatives.","Thanks her for the donation for the restoration\n of a church on Fairfax St., near Selina's Aunt\n Rebecca's home; mentions a celebration for the\n laying of the corner stone of the District;\n describes a light hose that the government gave\n the Mount Vernon Chapter D.A.R.; mentions more\n historic work.","Discusses religious matters; lists social\n events.","Describes duties and responsibilities of\n husband and wife; describes the state of marriage;\n pronounces the couple as husband and wife; states\n Benediction.","Signed as written by Laura [?]; added note in\n different handwriting states \"written by Minna\n when eight y[ea]rs of age.\"","Tells of his appointment as Commander of the\n Continental Army, and his reluctance to accept the\n position due to hopes of a more peaceful solution and\n reluctance in leaving his family; gives information\n as to other Congressional decisions, such as the\n striking of 2 million dollars in Continental currency\n to pay troops.","In answer to a previous letter, he feels that the\n only principle that will affect them [the British?]\n is fear, and that treating them cavalierly will make\n them despair of their undertaking. [Statement on\n verso: Copy is in handwriting of Rebecca C. Powell of\n Alexandria].","Wishes to spend remainder of his life in \"rural\n amusements\"; prediction of what a great city\n Washington, D.C. will become, \"though not as large as\n London,\" and description of how Alexandria,\n [Virginia] has grown; feels that if the United States\n can steer clear of European politics, it could become\n \"one of the greatest and happiest nations in the\n world.\"","Discusses how he saved the papers of the\n Revolutionary Government by taking them to Leesburg,\n [Virginia] before the British burned the District of\n Columbia [in the War of 1812]. These papers included\n the Declaration of Independence, the journals of\n Congress, letter of \n Gen[eral]\n [George] Washington, letters of Gen[eral]\n Greene and papers of the State Department.","Mainly letters written from Illinois to Charles L.\n Powell dealing with land transactions. Also includes\n land certificates and letters to Lloyd Powell.","Concerning the transfer of 100 acres of land in\n St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, [Virginia].","Signed on front by R. E. Lee and on verso by \n M[ary] C[ustis]\n Lee, Lexington, [Virginia].","Signed on front and back by \n M[ary] C[ustis]\n Lee .","Includes detailed descriptions of battles and\n movements of armies.","Book includes a biographical sketch of Col. Leven\n Powell by Maj[o]r Burr Powell [son]: a description of\n the battle at Manassas Junction on July 21, 1861 in a\n letter from Dr. Hunter McGuire, Surgeon of Jackson's\n Brigade, to his Mother (C'y); Civil War Journal (May\n 1 - May 27); list of names: [dead?] under Civil War\n battles; Civil War Journal December 18, 1862-March\n 28, 1863; Leven Powell, Hampton to Sally [Sarah\n Powell], January 27, 1776 (Cy).","Also includes recipes and how to dye cloth.","Includes visiting, baptismal and confirmation\n lists, and marriages performed, accounts and\n prayers."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTabb-Powell Family Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n \u003cunittitle\u003eTabb-Powell Papers, \n \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1797-1894.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e1,847 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection Number: Mss. 65 T14\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003cabstract\u003eGeographic interest includes; Alexandria,\n Leesburg, Winchester, and central Virginia; and Henry\n [Marshall County] Illinois.\u003c/abstract\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Material"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Tabb-Powell Family Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n Tabb-Powell Papers, \n 1797-1894. 1,847 items. 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