Box 4
Contains 156 Results:
Rebecca Powell, to Nina Powell, 1861-1865
Says that she sent socks to Willie ? who is in the army; mentions the death of James Mcoughty?
Selina Powell, to one of her daughters, 1861-1865?
Describes how to make Mrs. Sharpe's ? hat; describes Lute's hat; says she will get two or three hundred dollars in Northern money from an Uncle William.
Papers, 1864 January- February
Papers, 1864 March-May
Papers, 1864 June- October,
Papers, 1864 November- December
Papers, 1865 January - February
Papers, 1865 March- August
Papers, 1865 September- December
Rebecca Powell, Greenwood Depot, Albemarle County, Virginia, to mother Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Charlotte County, Virginia, 1864 January 3
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.
Lettie?, "Linden," Prince Edward County, Virginia, to Nina Powell, Hanover County, Virginia?, 1864 January 4
Family news; expresses hopes for an end to the Civil War; mentions a book, "Home Influency" that deals with raising children.
Hattie Powell, Mill Quarter, ?, to Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Charlotte Court House, Virginia, 1864 January 6
Mentions losing her heart to a Lieutenant Blackford; family news.
Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Charlotte County, Va., to Nina Powell, Hanover County, Virginia, 1864 January 9
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.
Hattie Powell, Mill Quarter?, to Mother Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Charlotte County, Va., 1864 January 21
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.
Mother Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Charlotte County, Virginia, to Nina Powell, Hanover County, Virginia, 1864 January 23
Offers advice about teaching; has seen John C. Pemberton; family news.
Hattie Powell, Mill Quarter, ?, to Nina Powell, Hanover County, Va., 1863 January 25
Discusses her illness typhoid fever?; describes her Christmas diversions.
Charles L. Powell, Sr., Ivy Depot, Albemarle County, Virginia, to wife Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Charlotte County, Virginia, 1864 January 27
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.
Nannie Anne Harriotte (Lloyd) Sterns, Pittsfield, Ill., to "sister" Rebecca (Lloyd) P. Tabb, 1864 January
Family news; expresses hope that the Civil War will soon end; expresses grief of her Mother's death.
Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Charlotte County, Va., to "daughter" Nina Powell, Hanover County, Virginia, 1864 February 4
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.
Rebecca C. Powell, Greenwood Depot, Albemarle County, Virginia, to Nina Powell, 1864 February 7
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.
Hattie L. Powell, "Blenheim," Albemarle County, Virginia, to Nina Powell, 1905-02-06T00:00:00.000
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.
"Sister" Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Charlotte County, Virginia, to Minnie Mary Lee Lloyd, 1864 February 9
Advises Minnie not to be grieved about their mother's death; some family news.
Article from The Sentinel entitled "Address of the President to the Army,", 1864 February 10
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.
Lizzie Stringfellow?, Forest Hill, ?, to Nina Powell, 1864 February 11
Congratulates Nina on her engagement to John J. Dupuy; discusses their friendship; news of family and friends.
Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Charlotte County, Va., to "child" Nina or Rebecca Powell, 1864 February 14
Family news.