1857-07-25: Carrie Lambert to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, Letter
This document is a letter from Carrie Lambert to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, written from Bath, Maine, on July 25, 1857 . The Fitzpatrick family emigrated from Ireland to the Virginia colony in the early 1700s. Over time, the family moved from Virginia through the Carolinas and into Georgia b...
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1857-07-25: Carrie Lambert to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, Letter |
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This document is a letter from Carrie Lambert to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, written from Bath, Maine, on July 25, 1857 . The Fitzpatrick family emigrated from Ireland to the Virginia colony in the early 1700s. Over time, the family moved from Virginia through the Carolinas and into Georgia before finally settling in Line Creek, Alabama and Verbena, Alabama. Several members of the family were active politically including William Fitzpatrick, who served in the Georgia legislature, and Benjamin Fitzpatrick, who served two terms as governor of Alabama. Sarah Fitzpatrick, a descendant of this family, married Columbus White Mitchell who was from a prominent Alabama family. The couple had ten children, seven of whom survived infancy. Three of their sons served in the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy (Phil F. Mitchell, Joseph A. Mitchell, and Columbus White Mitchell). Their daughter Mary Louisa, a central figure of this collection, married Dr. Samuel "Trinley" Thomas Williamson in September 1861 shortly after the war began. Williamson was a medical doctor who also fought in the Confederate armed forces. With Williamson and the three Mitchell brothers away fighting, Mary Louisa was left home to run the household with only the help of her sick mother and her sisters. At this time she was also pregnant with her first child who was born in 1862. All three brothers and Williamson survived the war. The family continued to live in Alabama following the Civil War. Since the mid-1900s, some branches of the family have spread out while some continue to live in Alabama. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project. |
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1857-07-25: Carrie Lambert to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, LetterThis document is a letter from Carrie Lambert to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, written from Bath, Maine, on July 25, 1857 . The Fitzpatrick family emigrated from Ireland to the Virginia colony in the early 1700s. Over time, the family moved from Virginia through the Carolinas and into Georgia before finally settling in Line Creek, Alabama and Verbena, Alabama. Several members of the family were active politically including William Fitzpatrick, who served in the Georgia legislature, and Benjamin Fitzpatrick, who served two terms as governor of Alabama. Sarah Fitzpatrick, a descendant of this family, married Columbus White Mitchell who was from a prominent Alabama family. The couple had ten children, seven of whom survived infancy. Three of their sons served in the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy (Phil F. Mitchell, Joseph A. Mitchell, and Columbus White Mitchell). Their daughter Mary Louisa, a central figure of this collection, married Dr. Samuel "Trinley" Thomas Williamson in September 1861 shortly after the war began. Williamson was a medical doctor who also fought in the Confederate armed forces. With Williamson and the three Mitchell brothers away fighting, Mary Louisa was left home to run the household with only the help of her sick mother and her sisters. At this time she was also pregnant with her first child who was born in 1862. All three brothers and Williamson survived the war. The family continued to live in Alabama following the Civil War. Since the mid-1900s, some branches of the family have spread out while some continue to live in Alabama. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project. [page 1]
Bath July 25 1857
Have you quite forgotten me dear
cousin Lou - that you have not sent me
one line all these long weeks? I expected
you all would forget me, but not quite
so soon. I should have written to you
before this in spite of your promise to write
first. if I could have found time but
I am always so occupied the first few
weeks after I get home, in receiving and
returning visits that I have but little
time for anything else. Today happens
to be a miserably rainy day, & we have
no company, excepting those that are spending
the summer with us. Mr & Mrs David Owen &
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family. I have wished so many times
that I had your's & Cousin Fannie's daguerrotype.
Wont you have them taken together & send them
to me? I should be so delighted to have them
Are you going to Mobile this winter? I expect
you will have a splendid time if you do-
you must write me all about it. and
don't forget that you promised to tell me
when you are engaged. I am hoping to
go to New York this Fall to study French
& Music. but it remains a little doubt-
ful yet. I shall enjoy so much if I do.
Is your brother well & Cousin Phil
Give my love to them. How does cousin
Phil & Miss Moultrie come on? are they
flirting as desperately as ever?
Has Mr. Green left yet? Do you
remember that night you & Mr. Boyd played
whist with Mr Green & I at your Uncle
Clem's?
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You must remember me to your Uncle
Clem & Aunt Celia. I respected & loved them
very much. I expect you are having
fine times on Line Creek now, as you always
are. How much I would give to see you
all. I have been accused since I came
here of having left my heart behind me.
What do you think of it? Who is in
possession of yours now. I know who was
when I left. [So ?] write to me as soon
as you possibly can. I should be so delighted
to receive a letter from you cousin Lou.
I will enclose any quantity of love, which
you may distribute among my friends on
Line Creek according to the best of your
knowledge. a very large share of it however
much be retained in your family.
I shall look for a long & confidential letter
such as you promised to write me very soon.
Ever your friend & Cousin
Carrie L.
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Direct to Miss C. A. Lambert Care of Capt. J. L. Lambert.
Bath [Maine ?]
Miss Carrie A. Lambert
Miss C. A. Lambert
Miss C. A. Lam
Miss Carrie A. Lambert
Care of Capt J. L. Lambert
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[envelope front]
[stamp: Three cents, U.S. Postage, depicts George Washington]
Line Creek
Ala August 10
Miss Mary Louisa Mitchell
Care Col. Griffins
Wetumpka
Ala.
Wife Fannie [Kavenaugh ?]
[Jule ?]
1857-07-25Lambert, CarrieMitchell Family; Alabama--Social life and customs--19th century; Letters; Peoples -- Domestic Life; History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction;Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States1857-07-25Fitzpatrick-Mitchell-Williamson Family Papers, 1850-1989, Auburn University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives, Auburn University, Auburn, AlabamaRecord Group 1223, Fitzpatrick-Mitchell-Williamson Papers, Folder 85 pages, 18 cmengAuburn, Ala. : Auburn University LibrariesThis image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of this image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.Stillimage; Text;1857-07-25_LambertC_to_WilliamsonMLM_letter.pdfapplication/pdfDeeply RootedAuburn University Librarieshttp://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/fmw01/id/24 |