Letter from Mary Pugh in Texas to Richard Pugh, December 15, 1862

Mary Pugh to Richard Pugh, December 15, 1862, Pugh-Williams-Mayes Family Papers, Reel 7, Frame 151.jpg

Dublin Core

Title

Letter from Mary Pugh in Texas to Richard Pugh, December 15, 1862

Description

Mary W. Pugh writes from Rusk, Texas, after a recent trip with her father back to Louisiana. He is leaving again in the morning and she wishes to send a letter to her husband Richard. She notes that with all the white men leaving, "there is no one left to look after the negroes but poor little me. Pa tried to find some suitable man to put on the place during Mr Williams' absence but as nearly every man in Texas is a conscript he found it impossible." As a result, Frederick (one of the slaves) will be left in charge, and she thinks he "will do as well if not better, then any of these low white men." She herself will be staying with a neighbor in the men's absence, as neither of her parents would consent to her staying on the place alone. She adds that "I never saw the negroes look better or happier," and they frequently ask her when Richard Pugh will return. She wants to come join him in Mississippi. She has knit him a shirt while "amongst these black jacks."

Creator

Mary W. Pugh

Source

Publisher

Image scanned from 35mm microfilm published by UPA. Published here by W. Caleb McDaniel.

Date

December 15, 1862

Rights

This item is published solely for personal research and nonprofit educational use under the terms of <a href="http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html">fair use</a>. No copyright in the item is asserted or implied by its publication here.

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

F06A5CAC-9E2D-46EC-AAEA-507D212A981A

Document Viewer