Box 2
Contains 9 Results:
Correspondence, 1880 February 4-1889 August 29
Nathaniel V. Watkins, Brookland, North Carolina, to his brother, Dick (Richard H. Watkins)
Richard H. Watkins, Prince Edward County, Virginia, to his brother, Nathaniel V. Watkins
Is sorry to hear of Nathaniel's bad health; has been forced to give up his low profession and concentrate on his farming; mentions his poor health; refers to the troubles of their sister, Pattie Watkins Scott and the nursing of her husband (?); is now taking in boarders and is teaching; relays crop news; is getting poorer each year; refers to an attempt to form a Farmer's Club; deer hunting seems to be the last profitable venture in Virginia.
Richard H. Watkins, Prince Edward County, Virginia, to his sister-in-law, Nannie V. Watkins
Gives details of the schooling and boarding of their children.
Susan Roberts, Ripley, Tennessee, to Annie Watkins, Sassafras, North Carolina
Relays family news; refers to their good cotton crop in the area.
Pattie J. Watkins Scott, Smithville, Charlotte County, Virginia, to her brother, Nathaniel V. Watkins
Refers to her running the farm and matters of the household; is also maintaining a school in the house; mentions her declining appearance; has been forced to raise her step-son Emby (Scott) in a strange manner; gives details of her garden and livestock; is upset that she seldom sees her even closest family; refers to the declining health throughout the family.
Mary O. Ballantine, Bloomington, Indiana, to her uncle, Nathaniel V. Watkins
Informs him of her father's (?) death.
Fannie Hundley, Rotherwood, (?), to her uncle, Dick (Richard H. Watkins)
Responds to Richard's request for a loan; refers to family illnesses; discusses her trip to Texas; apparently times in Texas are not as hard; also revisited Mobile and states its people are "real Virginians."
M. E. Edmunds, to her brother and sister, Richard H. and Mary Watkins
Scope and Contents Thanks them for sending Emma Watkins to care for them while they are ill.