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Letter from Selina Powell to her daughter Hattie Powell [Brunswick Cty., VA]29 May 1862
Powell Papers – 65 P875, Box III, Folder 1
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May 29th Thursday
My dearest Hattie
I received your letter enclosing Mr Atkinson's
yesterday and thank you very much for the trouble you have
taken to get me near you – I think however we had better go to Pa
Conrad; Rebecca has obtained a situation for Nina as teacher in
a pleasant family where I can board if I please, as I shall do,
unless I decide to board near & take Rebecca & Mary with me.
I shall see when I get there. I would rather be in the same
house with Nina, but still I want to relieve Fred & shall
decide after consulting with him, after I get there. Mr Redd
offers Nina 20 dollars a month & will charge me 15 for
board. Thank Mr Atkinson for his kindness in offering us a
home near you. I wish very much you & Rebecca were near to-
gether so that I could be near you both – but I hope it will
not be necessary for us to live so separated & broken up very
long – Are you not delighted that Jackson has had such a
victory and retaken the old town? What rejoicing there must
have been when the wretched Yankees had to leave in such a
hurry, and our men get once more to their homes & misses
and jackets! I hope your father will hear from Sarah or
some of our friends there before long; and Getty will really get
home as soon as she said she would! Though where the good
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news found her, I am sure I cannot tell. The ladies who were
staying here from Lynchburg had not heard anything of either the
old doctor or Getty there though they said she might possibly have
been there without them knowing it. I feel very sorry to leave here,
though at first, it seemed so lonely and far away from everybody, that
we felt as if we had quite gotten out of the world, but Mr & Mrs Gordon
have been so kind that we feel very much attached to them.
Indeed they could not have been kinder if we had been their nearest
relatives. Mr. G. insists on sending us to Blacks & Miles in his carriage
on Sunday, because he says if I were to send for the hack from there,
very likely I could not get it, but in truth it is only another
instance of his extreme kindness – We shall have to stay at Blacks
& Miles all night, which will not be very pleasant, as the
Hotel is very indifferent & crowded I am told, but the cars come
at 9 in the morning and it wd not be possible for us to get
there by that time. I rather dread the ride – that plank seat is
so rough – and it is so unpleasant to go off by one's self, though
my experience has been that it is more unpleasant in antici
pation than in reality. I am sorry darling that I cannot be
near you, but besides that I suppose it is better for Nina to teach
and that this is as pleasant a situation as we cd expect to get.
I should not like to go to Mr. Atkinson's, where we pay so very
small a board but make it ensured that he takes us only be-
cause of our necessity & when no doubt it is much more
agreeable for the family to be without boarders. If it were a necessity, I would accept his kindness & be thankful to
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them for it, but as
Nina can get em
ployment --- there
is ___ no one but me
I do not think it
wd be right for me
to clean a house
lately which I can
do! Indeed I have
a good deal the
same feeling here,
that they are so kind
that I feel it as
little as I can
do any where –
I will write
you again as
I get fixed
and tell you
all my arrange
ments – My
pen & paper are
so bad that I
have serious fears
you will not
be able to read
my writing –
God bless you dear
____ - Yr Mother SP
