Letter to HAR from M.R. Singleton

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Letter to HAR from M.R. Singleton

Entry/Object ID

2009.016.1q

Tags

Needs review

Scope and Content

Letter to HAR from M.R. Singleton Envelope: Mrs. Burnett Rhett Charleston, SC Politeness of Mr. Clarkson Handwritten on back of envelope: "The 'watch' alluded to herein no have in our office," signed J.D. Aiken(?), Oct. 2 Letter: [side 1] Sep 28 Dearest Etta, I was not very much surprised to find by your letter that you were not coming up - for it was getting rather late for the Sandhills(?) & not late enough for the plan- tations. It is a great regret to me not seeing you thrice, as I didn't know when that pleasure may come to me again. Unless you would make the effort to come to Kensington. You will ______ make me so happy when you do. I was very glad to hear that all your wedding ar- rangements went off so well, and I can easily imagine how much you enjoyed your "large family." What in the world took Uncle [side 2] Charles and Bina to VA at this late season. I won- der whether it might be in order to take Em ______ Sim somewhere. Soon the old place will be full of people come home from their different excursions and your house too will soon be full. Where do you expect the Richard & ______- and is there any talk of Catherine's marriage & _______ Rhett's love (!) affair with Annie Hempton is spoken of by the good people of Columbia as are "old attachments" and I suppose ________ will support all the courtship between "now & then" The Miss Adams to whom Young Stephen (?) is engaged does not [side 3] live in this benighted(?) _____, tho' she belongs to the family. She is our only child, is said to be very accomplished & to sing beautifully. I think her par- ents have lived in Bath none since the war. I ______ her branch are very superior to their Torkite(?) cousins. I want this eve(?) to make a visit to Mr.(Mrs.?) Bryce, a daughter of Mr. Clarkson. Her husband is the Superintendant of the Alabama Insane Hospital. They live in Tuscaloosa at war at her house. Samy(?) Ferfusm(?), & his Brigade had a _______, of which he wrote me an account. She is really a most agreeable, well had woman & knows so many people & is so well _____ _____ what is going on in the world that it was very pleasant to meet her. She goes town(?) the day after tomorrow with her Father and I am going [side 4] to send a little parcel by her & ask Burnet to attend to a Commission for me. The parcel contains the old watch which belonged to Grandmama & if I can get it repaired & put it in a little stand, it will serve me as a clock. But I want to know what it will cost to repair it first. I don't care about the repeating work being fast in ______ - that, will, I know be very expensive. My idea is that it wants a new main spring & to be cleaned. Ask Burnet to be kind enough to take it to your friend Behr, & ask him what it will cost to make it new, & send me a line and then I will decide. Love from us all, Formost affecte, M.R. Singleton

Collection

Aiken-Rhett House

Acquisition

Accession

2009.016.

Source or Donor

Maybank, Thomas

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Thomas Maybank

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Letter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Correspondence, Personal Papers, Rhett, Henrietta Aiken--Correspondence, Aiken-Rhett family, Aiken-Rhett family--Correspondence

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 page, 1 envelope

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: Sept. 28, 18-- Level of Description: Item

Location

Location

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Rhett, Henrietta Aiken

General Notes

Note

Tag Date: 2010-12-20 16:24:32 Notes: Transcription by Elise Haremski, graduate student in the Clemson Historic Preservation program, Dec. 2010. Needs to be reviewed/revised.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

August 4, 2009

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

May 24, 2023