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Invitations to attend weddings and commencement ceremonies at the Episcopal Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Va.

Correspondence of Elizabeth Willis "Bettie" (Eubank) Cabell, of "Inglewood," Variety Mills, Nelson co., Va., chiefly with her children and female relatives. Most non-family correspondence are letters of condolence for the deaths of various family members or requests for summer board.
Of particular interest are letters of John Willis Cabell while attending Roanoke College, Salem, Va., 1898-1900, and working on the construction of railroads in Kentucky and Tennessee, 1901-1907; Patrick Henry Carey Cabell of Richmond, Va., concerning his law practice, health, and family news; Royal Eubank Cabell while attending Princeton University and while in Richmond working as his brother Carey's law partner, often discussing his brother's health problems and business activities; Somers Eubank Cabell while attending Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va., 1902-1906, and working as an electrical engineer in Schnectedy, N.Y., 1907; Annie Woolston (Cabell) Flowers concerning her employment as a teacher in Vandemere, N.C., 1903-1905; the Lorraine family of Richmond, Va., concerning mutual friends and relations; Margaret Etta (Cabell) Matthews while teaching school in Farmville and Salem, Va., in the late 1890s, and after her marriage to Rev. Nathan Matthews and move to Liberia, 1905-1907, describing the mission school and local customs; and Lucy Brown (Cabell) Roller discussing her adjustment as stepmother to her husbands' teenage daughters, the birth of her own children, and servant problems.

Including visiting cards, recipe, notes on health care, and lines of verse.

Correspondence of Patrick Henry "Carey" Cabell, chiefly with his brothers and sisters. Letters, 1899-1907, to George Washington Cabell of Inglewood, Nelson co., Va., concern purchases of supplies for the farm and advice on farming and land transactions. Letters, 1897-1920[?], to Mary Caroline Cabell of Inglewood discuss family activities, Carey's health, and his engagements to Ethel Davison McDunnough of Montreal, Canada, in 1900 (later broken) and Mrs. Anne (Renfro) Tomlinson of Philadelphia, Pa., whom he married just months before his death in 1920. Letters, 1913-1918, to Mrs. Mary Hunter of Pendleton, Va., indicate the existence of a close friendship and mutual admiration. Letters, 1896-1912, to Lucy Brown (Cabell) Roller of Harrisonburg, Va., include a letter, 1899 May 31, announcing Carey's engagement to Ethel Davison McDunnough and giving information about her background, and a letter, 1900 March 16, enclosing a sketch by Carey of Samuel Jordan Cabell (1756-1818).

"A lively little journal edited and printed entirely by boys." Percy G. Elsom, editor; Patrick Henry Carey Cabell, associate editor.

Includes a bookplate, business card, and program for University of Virginia Public Day exercises, 1890 July 2, listing Patrick Henry Carey Cabell as receiving a Bachelor of Law degree.

Correspondence of Mary Caroline "Callie" Cabell, primarily with female family members and friends. Many letters are condolences for the deaths of various family members, including Patrick Henry Cabell (1907), Elizabeth Willis (Eubank) Cabell (1907), Lucy Brown Cabell (1911), Somers Eubank Cabell (1919), Patrick Henry Carey Cabell (1920), and Ann Elizabeth (Moore) Cabell (1932). Also included are letters from the parents of students at the Inglewood school, chiefly concerning arrivals and departures and fees.
Prominent correspondents include Elizabeth Henry (Roller) Bottimore (early letters are from Mary Caroline at Inglewood, Nelson co., Va., to Elizabeth as a child living in Harrisonburg; later letters are from Elizabeth in Richmond, Va., just before and after her marriage. Topics include family activities in Nelson co., and activities of Elizabeth and her sisters Lucy Cabell Roller and Anne Woolston (Roller) Pyle), Elsie (Hughes) Cabell (of Tom's Creek, Va., wife of Somers Eubank Cabell, discussing their courtship, marriage, and family life), John Willis Cabell (while attending Roanoke College, Salem, Va., 1899-1900, teaching and working for railroads in Kentucky, 1900-1902, and living in Charlotte, N.C., with his family, 1920-1921), Royal Eubank Cabell (while attending Princeton University, 1898, working as a lawyer in Richmond, Va., as Commissioner of Internal Revenue in Washington, D.C., and after his return to his Richmond law practice, concerning the health of his brother, Patrick Henry Carey Cabell, the activities of the Roller children and the settlement of John Edwin Roller's estate, and family news), Somers Eubank Cabell (while attending Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1903-1906, and working for General Electric in Schnectady, N.Y.), Annie Woolston (Cabell) Flowers (while teaching in Kentucky and Vandemere, N.C., detailing life in Nelson co., illnesses among family members, plans for family weddings, including hers in 1905, and her life in Vandemere after her marriage), Margaret Etta (Cabell) Matthews (chiefly from early in her marriage to Rev. Nathan Matthews and while living in Liberia, and later while living in Danvers, Mass., concerning her husband's abuse and her quandary over whether to leave him), Anne Woolston (Roller) Pyle (early letters concern her childhood in Harrisonburg, Va., and, after her mother's death in 1914, her education and social life in Richmond, Va.), Lucy Brown (Cabell) Roller (chiefly after her marriage to John E. Roller and while living in Harrisonburg, Va., letters written to her from Mary Caroline concerning life in Nelson co., including the comings and goings of Cabell and Micklem family members and boarders, marriages, illnesses, deaths, servant troubles, the activities of sister Margaret Etta (Cabell) Matthews, including her return from Africa for the births of her children, requests for the purchase of various items of clothing, and the well-being of Lucy's three daughters), and Lucy Cabell Roller (while living as a child in Harrisonburg, Va., and after the deaths of her parents, at school and living in Richmond, Va.).