Papers of Mary Kelly Watson Smith, 1814-1884 (bulk 1857-1866).

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Papers of Mary Kelly Watson Smith, 1814-1884 (bulk 1857-1866).

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Includes letters, 1857-1866, primarily of Mary Kelly Watson Smith to her sister, Hortensia Hay Watson; other correspondents include, Rev. Jacob Henry Smith, Egbert R. Watson, and other Watson and Smith family members. Topics include family news, description of James Rives, Charlottesville, Va., social news, travel to Greensboro, N.C., and Richmond, Va., life in Greensboro, N.C., Presbyterian congregation and church life, hiring slaves, family finances, keeping a kitchen garden, religious matters, Afro-American congregation members, Egbert R. Watson's remarriage, Hortensia's admirers (1860), and women friends who became mentally ill. Other topics include news and rumors concerning the Civil War, opinions of Abraham Lincoln, a demonstration in favor of Secession, the effects of war on social life in Greensboro, N.C., and Charlottesville, Va., concerns for war refugees, a story of Union woman leaving the North to marry Confederate sweetheart, and Irish immigrants' opinions of Jefferson Davis. Also include letters, 1814-1850, to Mrs. Kelly concerning family news and donations; letter, 1864, from a slave to his master, Jacob Henry Watson, thanking him for a favor; letters, 1877 and 1884, concerning family news; and two manuscript poems, n.d., dedicated to Hortensia Hay Watson.

1 reel : positive ; 35 mm.

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University of Virginia. Library

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