Nancy A. Bailey to Darling H. Chadbourn and Elizabeth J. Chadbourn, 3 December 1862
Dec 3, 1862
My Children
you are now all we have we have had a letter from Josepine she says we are childless Our Jimmy is dead yes he died on the 29 day of last June Oh! my poor poor Jimmy how can I give him up Oh Chad Oh! Lizzie what shall I doo Oh! I cannot write doo write to me
Your mother
N A Bailey
Your Pa is so that he is out some. which way does Josie live from Holly Spring / whare is Lumpkins Mills tell me all the roads leading from holly Springs and whare too all the names of all the little places any whare near
Chad was Jimmy a Night of the golden Sircle if he was just say yes in one corner of your letter I shall know what it means
M. Bailey
9446
DATABASE CONTENT
(9446) | DL1524.019 | 130 | Letters | 1862-12-03 |
Tags: Death (Home Front), Illnesses, Sadness
People - Records: 3
- (3453) [recipient] ~ Chadbourn, Elizabeth J. ~ Hamilton, Elizabeth J.
- (3485) [recipient] ~ Chadbourn, Darling H.
- (5637) [writer] ~ Bailey, Nancy A. ~ Chidester, Nancy A.
SOURCES
Nancy A. Bailey to Darling H. Chadbourn and Elizabeth J. Chadbourn, 3 December 1862, DL1524.019, Nau Collection