Transcription:
April 29, 1866
My Dear Mrs. Rhett
Kate has received your Letter about the hat she expect her french things in day or tow [sic] and will send your bonnet right onn [sic] to you. I am going to leave Kate and look for situation I expect to find it prity [sic] hard as the Ladys [sic] are all leaving the city tha [sic] are so afraid sickness my married sister['s] health is very bad and my sister that is blind depends entirely on me so I do not like at present to go to [sic] far from them in this sicly [sic] times.
I sent you few lines before these peraps [sic] you did not receive them.
Please remember me kindly to Mr. Mrs. Aiken.
I remain yours
Sincerely Mary Bryan
Kate has removed to 131 Ninth St.
Envelope:
Mrs. Burnett Rhett
In Cair [sic] Gov Aiken
Charleston SC
Postage Stamp:
New York
May 4
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
Date(s) of Creation
1866
Archive Size/Extent
1 page and envelope
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: Apr. 29, 1866
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
Notes: Transcription by Christine Mathieson, graduate student in the Clemson Historic Preservation program, Nov. 2009; revised by Karen Emmons, HCF Archivist.
