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+ | Hattie Powell Blenheim Albemarle County Virginia to Mother Selina Powell Richmond Virginia 10 November 1864 | ||
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+ | Blenheim November 10th | ||
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+ | Thursday Evening | ||
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+ | Darling Mother, | ||
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+ | I suppose you are by this time in Rich- | ||
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+ | mond and very anxious I do feel to hear how you are | ||
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+ | & how you like your new house & new occupation. I | ||
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+ | so hope Mrs. Poleski is as sweet and pleasant a person | ||
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+ | as I have heard she is & that you will be more comfor- | ||
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+ | table than you have been & will be able to see a great | ||
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+ | deal of Nina, which I know will be a very great comfort | ||
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+ | to you both. I hope you will be able to help Nina too with her | ||
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+ | scholar, she seems to be exactly like Maria who you are very | ||
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+ | much mistake in supposing was uniformly polite to me out | ||
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+ | of school, and I would not have Nina to go through what I did | ||
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+ | for anything in the world, however B seems to be doing better | ||
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+ | now & I hope will continue to improve. And now dearest Mother | ||
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+ | I have such a quantity to tell you that I hardly know where to begin. | ||
+ | |||
+ | You remember what a dreadful day the day of Minna's wedding | ||
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+ | was nevertheless I went, got there about 2 oclock adn worked | ||
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+ | all the evening making wreaths & pyramids for the cakes & tables. | ||
+ | |||
+ | I found Ellie and Fannie there & we had a pleasant time; I wore the | ||
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+ | low necked dress & all but the diamonds which Mrs. L did not | ||
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+ | send & I was very glad she did not, but I did not take a bit | ||
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+ | of cold. I reckon one day people told me I was the handsomest dressed | ||
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+ | person in the room, but my handsome dress prevented me from en- | ||
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+ | joying myself so much as I should have done for it was so long I could | ||
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+ | not dance with any comfort so did not dance much. It was | ||
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+ | such a dreadful night that no one could go home, & the house | ||
+ | |||
+ | was so small there was no place to sleep, so we had to keep it up | ||
+ | |||
+ | until day-light & then all went home to rest. The bride looked as | ||
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+ | sweet & pretty as possible, but considering the number there I think | ||
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+ | there was very little [?]. We had two elegant suppers & rather | ||
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+ | too free a folow of brandy, wine, & champaigne. The two decidedly most | ||
+ | |||
+ | agreeable gentlemen there were the Mr. Bollings of Fauquier. | ||
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+ | [Page 2] | ||
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+ | I quite lost my ehart with them both, but especially with | ||
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+ | Mr. John, he is so handsome, so agreeable & made a perfect | ||
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+ | gentleman. Well as soon as I got back from the wedding & | ||
+ | |||
+ | got a little sleep, I set to work to make my new dress so that | ||
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+ | I might have it to wear to the dinner at Mr. W Hobsons | ||
+ | |||
+ | & here, I actually finished it in time to put it on Tuesday | ||
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+ | when I went over to Vernon, besides helping Ms. Hobson | ||
+ | |||
+ | to prepare for the dinner here. Saturday evening Mr. John came | ||
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+ | over to see me & I had a delightful chat with him of about | ||
+ | |||
+ | two hours. While he was here Mr. Clay a friend of Mrs. H's from Bed- | ||
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+ | ford came & I had to entertain him all the evening. Sunday | ||
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+ | morning he went down with us to church & there left us. I made | ||
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+ | my dress body with a pointed yoke with a quilling of blk braid | ||
+ | |||
+ | all around it, and [?] sleeves with the quilling down | ||
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+ | the [?] & I like it very much & everone tells me it is a | ||
+ | |||
+ | breautiful dress. It is a much better color than the other & tho' this | ||
+ | |||
+ | is all wool it cost 165 & I sold the other for 170 so I think altogether | ||
+ | |||
+ | I decidedly made by the exchange. I will send you a sample | ||
+ | |||
+ | in this letter. Tuesday was the dinner at Uncle Willis's & I did enjoy | ||
+ | |||
+ | it exceedingly. The fact is dearest Mother they but flatter & spoiled | ||
+ | |||
+ | me so much there that I am very much afraid I shall be spoil- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ed entirely. I went over in the buggy with Dr. H attended by Dr. Ware- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ing & Mr. Vinning & found Mr. John just getting into the buggy to | ||
+ | |||
+ | come over for me. Fannie came over after I did, & then the bridal | ||
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+ | party & various gentlemen from the neighborhood & until din- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ner I talked to Maj. Leigh, the two Billings & Mr. Goodman. Mr. John | ||
+ | |||
+ | took me in to dinner & there we had another nice long talk, | ||
+ | |||
+ | I like him so much, he is so agreeable. It was dark when we came | ||
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+ | out from diner, so we took up the carpet & danced & talked & | ||
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+ | [?] until eleven o clock, when Fannie, Ellie, Marietta Brudin, | ||
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+ | & myself, Mr. Brudin, Nelson Harris, Dr. Wareing, & Mr. Venning | ||
+ | |||
+ | came over here & went quietly to bed. The enxt day the whole party | ||
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+ | dined here & a handsome dinner we had, & a pleasant time of it | ||
+ | |||
+ | except that the bollings were obliged to leave that morning. | ||
+ | |||
+ | This morning they all went down to Mr. Harris's & from there Ellie will | ||
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+ | return to Lynchburg. So now dearest Mother you have a history of my frol- | ||
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+ | icking & now I reckon we will have a very quiet time for the rest of | ||
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+ | the winter. I am over tomorrow night to stay all night at Mr. | ||
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+ | Hurts with Sue Hooper. I forgot to tell you that Capt Morgan came | ||
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+ | on Tuesday & will be here for some time I expect as he is still on | ||
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+ | [?]. And now dearest Mother I believe I have told you all | ||
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+ | I have to tell so I will close. Pelase write soon I am so anxious to | ||
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+ | know how you like your new home & how you are. Give much love | ||
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+ | to darling Nina & tell her I will write to her in a few days. | ||
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+ | [sideways on page 1] | ||
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+ | Tell her too that | ||
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+ | Fannie goes to | ||
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+ | Richmond on | ||
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+ | Saturday & will | ||
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+ | stay for two or three | ||
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+ | weeks with Mari- | ||
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+ | etta Brudin on the | ||
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+ | corner of 5th & | ||
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+ | Grace streets & if | ||
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+ | she can possibly | ||
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+ | get into the city | ||
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+ | she must go in | ||
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+ | to see her, I told | ||
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+ | Fannie she would | ||
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+ | come & she is very | ||
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+ | anxious to see her. | ||
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+ | your loving daughter | ||
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+ | Hattie. |
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This transcription has not been verified by Special Collections Research Staff. Please also consult images of the document.
Hattie Powell Blenheim Albemarle County Virginia to Mother Selina Powell Richmond Virginia 10 November 1864
Blenheim November 10th
Thursday Evening
Darling Mother,
I suppose you are by this time in Rich-
mond and very anxious I do feel to hear how you are
& how you like your new house & new occupation. I
so hope Mrs. Poleski is as sweet and pleasant a person
as I have heard she is & that you will be more comfor-
table than you have been & will be able to see a great
deal of Nina, which I know will be a very great comfort
to you both. I hope you will be able to help Nina too with her
scholar, she seems to be exactly like Maria who you are very
much mistake in supposing was uniformly polite to me out
of school, and I would not have Nina to go through what I did
for anything in the world, however B seems to be doing better
now & I hope will continue to improve. And now dearest Mother
I have such a quantity to tell you that I hardly know where to begin.
You remember what a dreadful day the day of Minna's wedding
was nevertheless I went, got there about 2 oclock adn worked
all the evening making wreaths & pyramids for the cakes & tables.
I found Ellie and Fannie there & we had a pleasant time; I wore the
low necked dress & all but the diamonds which Mrs. L did not
send & I was very glad she did not, but I did not take a bit
of cold. I reckon one day people told me I was the handsomest dressed
person in the room, but my handsome dress prevented me from en-
joying myself so much as I should have done for it was so long I could
not dance with any comfort so did not dance much. It was
such a dreadful night that no one could go home, & the house
was so small there was no place to sleep, so we had to keep it up
until day-light & then all went home to rest. The bride looked as
sweet & pretty as possible, but considering the number there I think
there was very little [?]. We had two elegant suppers & rather
too free a folow of brandy, wine, & champaigne. The two decidedly most
agreeable gentlemen there were the Mr. Bollings of Fauquier.
[Page 2]
I quite lost my ehart with them both, but especially with
Mr. John, he is so handsome, so agreeable & made a perfect
gentleman. Well as soon as I got back from the wedding &
got a little sleep, I set to work to make my new dress so that
I might have it to wear to the dinner at Mr. W Hobsons
& here, I actually finished it in time to put it on Tuesday
when I went over to Vernon, besides helping Ms. Hobson
to prepare for the dinner here. Saturday evening Mr. John came
over to see me & I had a delightful chat with him of about
two hours. While he was here Mr. Clay a friend of Mrs. H's from Bed-
ford came & I had to entertain him all the evening. Sunday
morning he went down with us to church & there left us. I made
my dress body with a pointed yoke with a quilling of blk braid
all around it, and [?] sleeves with the quilling down
the [?] & I like it very much & everone tells me it is a
breautiful dress. It is a much better color than the other & tho' this
is all wool it cost 165 & I sold the other for 170 so I think altogether
I decidedly made by the exchange. I will send you a sample
in this letter. Tuesday was the dinner at Uncle Willis's & I did enjoy
it exceedingly. The fact is dearest Mother they but flatter & spoiled
me so much there that I am very much afraid I shall be spoil-
ed entirely. I went over in the buggy with Dr. H attended by Dr. Ware-
ing & Mr. Vinning & found Mr. John just getting into the buggy to
come over for me. Fannie came over after I did, & then the bridal
party & various gentlemen from the neighborhood & until din-
ner I talked to Maj. Leigh, the two Billings & Mr. Goodman. Mr. John
took me in to dinner & there we had another nice long talk,
I like him so much, he is so agreeable. It was dark when we came
out from diner, so we took up the carpet & danced & talked &
[?] until eleven o clock, when Fannie, Ellie, Marietta Brudin,
& myself, Mr. Brudin, Nelson Harris, Dr. Wareing, & Mr. Venning
came over here & went quietly to bed. The enxt day the whole party
dined here & a handsome dinner we had, & a pleasant time of it
except that the bollings were obliged to leave that morning.
This morning they all went down to Mr. Harris's & from there Ellie will
return to Lynchburg. So now dearest Mother you have a history of my frol-
icking & now I reckon we will have a very quiet time for the rest of
the winter. I am over tomorrow night to stay all night at Mr.
Hurts with Sue Hooper. I forgot to tell you that Capt Morgan came
on Tuesday & will be here for some time I expect as he is still on
[?]. And now dearest Mother I believe I have told you all
I have to tell so I will close. Pelase write soon I am so anxious to
know how you like your new home & how you are. Give much love
to darling Nina & tell her I will write to her in a few days.
[sideways on page 1]
Tell her too that
Fannie goes to
Richmond on
Saturday & will
stay for two or three
weeks with Mari-
etta Brudin on the
corner of 5th &
Grace streets & if
she can possibly
get into the city
she must go in
to see her, I told
Fannie she would
come & she is very
anxious to see her.
your loving daughter
Hattie.