Coweta County GaArchives History - Letters .....Maggie Phillips To Mary E. Moses Bridges July 9, 1881
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Linda Blum-Barton http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000645 February 1, 2008, 3:40 am

Transcribed from a letter in my possession.

Stephenville, Texas

July 9th, 1881

Dear Mother & Sisters:

It has been some time, about three weeks, since I received your last letter: 
but you know procrastination is thief of time.

When I wrote last Ben had gone to the “rail road’ he only stayed one week, said 
the water was so bad he could not drink it. He is with us now and will stay 
until fall. I don’t know how much longer his leg is swollen some at present and 
somewhat painful. Ma you told us not to let Ben see your letter, but we could 
not avoid it, he was sitting in the hall with me when I read it and of course 
wanted to see it, he wrote to you a few days after and if he said anything 
about it I hope you will not think hard of us. I talked to him and told him he 
must not get mad as it was natural that you should want to know something of 
him. He has been here since April and so far he has been as steady as anyone 
could wish; I don’t think he is at all dissipated, works well and stays at home 
most of the time.

Our crops are tolerable good. Corn will be light owing to dry weather cotton 
not suffering as yet, we had a very good rain of the 1st.

I am afraid it come too late to do my garden any good. We have plenty of 
roasting ears have had a few small watermelons, it looks something like rain 
now, hope it will.

The schools round here and in town closed Friday. They had a Picnic out here in 
the country and a concert in town. I went to the concert.

We get the “Senoia” paper every week like it very much. You must all answer 
this.

With much love I remain...........Your affectionate

Daughter & Sister

Maggie Bridges

 


Additional Comments:
A letter written to Mary Elizabeth Moses Bridges from her daughter-in-law, 
Maggie Phillips who married Nathaniel S. Bridges, son of Thomas W. & Mary 
Elizabeth Moses Bridges.

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