26 Nov 1872 Letter of Elizabeth A. Manning Smith to James Monroe Smith, Union Parish Louisiana Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by Robert S. Hendrick, 1/2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Letters from the Personal Collection of Dr. Robert S. Hendrick, Jr. Transcribed and submitted by Robert S. Hendrick, Jr. ================================================================================= 26 Nov 1872 Letter of Elizabeth A. Manning Smith to James Monroe Smith, Union Parish Louisiana ================================================================================== November 26, 1872 Farmerville, LA My Dear Son, As it has been sometime since you wrote a letter I thought I would write you a few lines to night as I thought you would like to here from home. Jimmie I think this is the third letter I have written to you since I have received one from you. It has been two or three weeks since we had a letter from you. I am getting anxious to here from you. Mr. Lott got one from you the first of last week. It had bin written sometime when he got it. Jennie (Virginia Manning Lott??) is here, will remain this week. She wrote to you on the 15th. Instead I told her to write to you if the smallpox got near by for you to be vaxinated but I suppose that will be attended to by the professors. It is to their interest to keep diseases out of the school. Well that will do for that now I will tell you how glad we were to see your monthly report and to see how well you had made use of your time. It makes us proud to here you are doing so well. Jimmie you know you will never like for anything that is in the reach of your parents while you make good use of your time. Now is the time whiled you are young. It will make a man of you in the future. We will be proud to see you come home after you are through school. We hope to see you a study and a pious young man. You are old enough to think of this. My son Jimmie if the boys should want to get up any mischief down there do not join them in anything you no is wrong. It will do you no good and you maut get hurt. You are old enough to no right from rong and I believe you will do what is right. Do not think hard of me for giving you advise. It is because I love you. I wrote to you in one of the letters. I wrote to you before to no who roomed with you and who they were and how you were all getting along together. Have you any way of warming yourselves in your room and if you sleep warm be sure you write to me all about it. I am anxious to no Jimmie. If you have not written to your Aunt Anna (Anna Manning Thornton) write to her. She often speaks of you not answering her letter. I will say some thing about the little children. They are as smart and as pretty as ever. They often speak of you. This leaves all well except bad colds and hope this may find you in good health. Jimmie your sister is trying to get the prise. You must do the same. You must write to us every chance. We are always glad to here from you. Nothing more. I Remain Your True Mother E A Smith Elizabeth A. Manning Smith ###########################################################