Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters and papers of Charles Leven Powell, his wife Selina (Lloyd) Powell and children of Loudoun County, Virginia; Henry, Illinois; Winchester, Virginia; and Alexandria, Virginia.There are also included papers of Charles Leven Powell's father, Cuthbert Powell. Prominent correspondents include Johns Hopkins, Eleanor Agnes Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, George Washington Custis Lee, Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee, Hunter Holmes McGuire and James Monroe.Letters concern Robert Young...

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Comments on her friends spending New Year's Eve at the President's; mentions walking to the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia; family news; refers to cotton vs. bleached cotton; discusses typhoid fever; comments on subject of religion.

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Family news; expresses hopes for an end to the Civil War; mentions a book, "Home Influency" that deals with raising children.

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Mentions losing her heart to a Lieutenant Blackford; family news.

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Mentions having forgotten Nina's birthday and becoming more absent minded; states that demonstrating affection in public is not good practice; gives advice and opinion on men and courting; has put "vie dollars in gold and $25 in Virginia. Bank notes"; and discusses school teaching; family news.

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Has been suffering from sickness similar to typhoid fever; mentions that many servants have the measles; states that the key to her watch is worn out and she cannot wind it.

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Offers advice about teaching; has seen John C. Pemberton; family news.

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Discusses her illness typhoid fever?; describes her Christmas diversions.

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Comments on how he misses having the women in his family at home; family news; discuses some aspects of the Civil War; mentions Robert Young Conrad.

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Family news; expresses hope that the Civil War will soon end; expresses grief of her Mother's death.

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Expresses concern about Hattie Powell's sickness; family news and town gossip; mentions some of the types of food they've been eating; talks about "yanks" and their disruptiveness; mentions Robert Young Conrad.

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Gives Nina advice on how to terminate her engagement with John Dupuy; writes of the death of Hunter McGuire's sister, May; says she now has twelve scholars; news of family and friends; discusses books and mentions Robert Young Conrad.

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Says she has been busy knitting gloves, sewing, teaching, nursing, and being sick; says she is nearly "well and fat" again; says that her hair has not started to come back yet, but that when it does, she has been told to shave it; asks who Nina's friend Lizzie is; describes people she has met; reports where troops are; discusses ways she is trying to get cotton.

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Advises Minnie not to be grieved about their mother's death; some family news.

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Article in which Jefferson Davis praises the Confederate soldiers for their "devotion and self-sacrifice," and assures them of their capabilities against the declining enemy; also includes a commentary about Davis' speech, stating that the present spirit of the South has never been paralleled in history.

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Congratulates Nina on her engagement to John J. Dupuy; discusses their friendship; news of family and friends.

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Family news.

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Mentions a girl's death from diphtheria; refers to traveling by train; discusses blockade of the Potomac River; comments on greenbacks and their value; refers to the 'Yankee Congress;' general Civil War news.

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Gives consent for him to marry Nina after listing the pros and cons of the situation.

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Town news and family news; refers to knitting as a past time; states that her hair has not begun to "come out yet".

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Discusses her new beau; much family and town news; refers to events of the Civil War and the Powhatan troops.

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Says that her employer, Mrs. Stringfellow, has offered to allow her two weeks for Easter; asks permission to come home; gives detailed plans on how she could get there cheaply; says the "troops" will return before Easter; asks if her father is coming home for the holiday.

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Discusses selection of a minister; comments on her knitting for the soldiers; town gossip and family news.

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Discusses sale of a draft on New York for $625.

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Thanks her for gloves she knitted and set to him.