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Start Over Collection Powell Family papers, 1775/1929 Date range 1865

Lizzie Stringfellow?, "Retreat, " Raccoon Ford, to Nina Powell, 1864/1865 Box 4, Folder 6

Reports she is staying with relatives but that it is so crowded, she will leave soon; says the house has been burned down, so they are living in log cabins; tells that she will soon go to Canada to visit her brother Horace; discusses where Nina could set up a school in that neighborhood.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Powell Family papers, 1775/1929
  3. Series 1: Papers of the Powell Family., 1785/1927
  4. Papers, 1865

Mary Custis Lee, Richmond, Virginia, to Selina Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, 1865 Box 4, Folder 6

Discusses health, says she has rheumatism; says they will stay in Richmond until July; tells their options of where to go; considers the cost of the Civil War; discusses the condition of President Davis, prisoner at Fort Monroe; says the "Yankee officers" are being kinder to Richmonders; says Pierrepont has just arrived in Richmond.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Powell Family papers, 1775/1929
  3. Series 1: Papers of the Powell Family., 1785/1927
  4. Papers, 1865

Mary Custis Lee, Richmond, Virginia, to Selina Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, 1865 Box 4, Folder 6

Discusses where they may move; says the 'Yankees' have possession of her home in Arlington; says the situation in Richmond is better since Pierrepont Pierpont arrived; gives news about family; mentions Robert E. Lee (1843-1914) and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Powell Family papers, 1775/1929
  3. Series 1: Papers of the Powell Family., 1785/1927
  4. Papers, 1865

"Mother" Selina L. Powell, to one of daughters Rebecca, Hattie, or Nina, 1861/1865 Box 4, Folder 7

Discusses the importance of having nice handwriting; describes Kate's ? studies; grieves over how many have lost their homes and hopes that her daughter could have a couple of years off from teaching; says those who must have employment are happiest; writes of family and friends; discusses her Uncle G's ? method of teaching. Including attached insert saying that Mr. H. ? declined her father's services.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Powell Family papers, 1775/1929
  3. Series 1: Papers of the Powell Family., 1785/1927
  4. Papers, 1865

"Mother" Selina Powell, Mr. Booker's, Prince Edward County, Va.?, to "daughter" Nina or Hattie, 1861/1865 Box 4, Folder 7

Says that she just realized that it is her 56th birthday; discusses some issues on etiquette; says that she is glad that she is pleased with her new house; has heard that the 'Yankees' are advancing on Charlottesville; says Gloucester is having problems with the Yankees, so she will not return there; expresses disappointment that Mr. Powell did not secure a certain job that would have allowed them all to live together; says that the Redds and the Bookers have been very kind to her and do not want her to leave; writes that the Dupuy's son Willie? has bullet wounds in both thighs and in the foot.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Powell Family papers, 1775/1929
  3. Series 1: Papers of the Powell Family., 1785/1927
  4. Papers, 1865

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