Letter to My Dearest Sally, n.y. September 19.

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Letter to My Dearest Sally, n.y. September 19.

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Mrs. Seddon's letter gives advice to her daughter and news of home. She urges Sally (and her husband?) to continue their tour of duty in Canada with "new zeal and interest," to improve their handwriting, and to write "not only a correct but a graceful letter." She regrets that Sally has not written about having her tooth extracted and she should use chloroform if necessary. She mentions that a Miss Stringfellow has gone to Powhatan and notes that the Bishop (who is very stern) will visit to make arrangements for the festival at Dover Mills. Mr. Farrar is expected to deliver "a fiery speech."

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Seddon, Sally Bruce,

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Seddon, Sarah Bruce, 1822-1882.

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Sarah Bruce Seddon. Wife of congressman and Secretary of War of the Confederacy James A. Seddon. The couple were married in 1845. She was the daughter of James Bruce of Halifax, a member of a distinguished Virginia family. The Dictionary of American Biography entry for her husband describes her as "vivacious and charming, with musical propensities." She was the hostess of Sabot Hill, Goochland County, Virginia, a center of hospitality during the century preceding the Civil War. From ...