1873 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

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Letters from the Personal Collection of Dr. Robert S. Hendrick, Jr.
Transcribed and submitted by Robert S. Hendrick, Jr.

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1873 Letter of Elizabeth A. Manning Smith to James Monroe Smith, Union Parish Louisiana
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Jan. 6, 1873
Farmerville, Union Parish, LA

Mr. James M. Smith,

  Dear son as it has bin some time since I have written to you I thought I would write 
you a few lines. This evening I received your kind letter of the 26th on the third. 
Inst I was glad to here you were getting a long so well in school. We also got your 
November report. Jimmie you know it did us a great deal of good to see you had two 
Months report and had not got the first demerit. Go a head my son I know you are as 
smart as any of the boys That is the report I have heard of from any of them there. 
I am confident you will do your best. Pa is very proud of your progress. We are all 
proud to here you are doing so well.  If you need anything you have not got for 
comfort let me know. You know you will get it if I can get it. I hope we will see you 
come home a smart pious temperate young man some day. I want you to show these boys 
up here what you have bin doing. I believe you will do it Jimmie. I wrote to you I 
would send your Pa’s and sisters’ photographs. The weather has been so cold I could 
not get them. There is no gallery here now so I could not get them this time. Your 
Aunt Jennie (Virginia Manning?) is here yet she expected to have gone home yesterday 
but did not get off. Will go home soon. I wish she could stay longer. She is company 
for us. Crawford and Kate (Franklin Crawford Manning & wife) has moved to the tavern. 
Mr. Darby keeps tavern I could not get any cook and I had too much work to keep 
borders. Gus (?) is here. He will stay with us. Mr. Lott (Virginia Manning’s husband?) 
is here. He speaks of going to the tavern. Jimmie your little brother and sister 
often speak of you. Florence says “bud Jimmie is gon to bat use to cool your frony 
and chickens are very nice.” I am going to try and raise lots of chickens for you if 
nothing happens when you come home. This leaves all well I hope. I hope this will 
find you in good health. Write me soon and often.

Your True Mother.

				E. A. Smith


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