9 April 1878 Letter from James M. Smith to his future (second) wife, Eva Slaton

Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by Robert S. Hendrick, 5/2005

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Materials from the Personal Collection of Dr. Robert S. Hendrick, Jr.
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9 April 1878 Letter from James M. Smith to his future (second) wife, Eva Slaton
This letter was written seven years before Smith married his first wife
Smith became the Union Parish Clerk of Court in 1879
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Farmerville, LA 
April 9, 1878 
 
Miss Eva Slaton 
W. T. Institute 
Stauton, VA 
 
Esteemed Friend: 
 
   Although frequent opportunities having presented themselves in the memorable 
past, when in your charming company of ascertaining whether or not an epistolary 
correspondence during your sojourn at Wesleyan Institute, would meet with your 
hearty approbation and approval; but knowing you to be a lady copiously 
endowed(?) with these gentle and pure virtues which under their possessors 
objects of great admiration and so generally characteristic of your sex. I felt 
that it would be somewhat out of place and almost an imposition to propose a 
correspondence at that particular time, in the mean time, well aware that you 
were not familiar with the rules and restrictions of the Institute and 
therefore, (?) to respond at least, favorably. 
 
   However, presuming that you have long since become intimately acquainted with 
the rules and requirements of the Institute, I now embrace this, (?)ing it the 
most suitable and opportune time, to solicit a pleasurable correspondence with 
you if fully congenial with the dictates of your sentiments and views on the 
subject. 
 
   Hoping this epistle may meet your kind reception and I anxiously await your 
immediate reply. With best wishes, 
 
 
					I remain Your Friend, 
 
					Jas. M. Smith 


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