Attala County MsArchives History - Letters .....Fannie Bridges October 3, 1898
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Linda Blum-Barton lblumb@gmail.com February 3, 2008, 1:45 am

Transcribed from a letter in my possession.

Riley, Miss
Oct 3rd, 1898

Mrs. Elizabeth Bridges,

I recieved your letter a few days ago was glad to here from you but sassy that 
you have been sick. There is a lots of sickness here slow fever mostly. There 
is a right smart of excitement here now about the yellow fever all of the towns 
are quartened against the trains. The pasengers have stoped. One of our 
neighbors boy’s Bob Jones got back last week from the war. he did not belong to 
the company that Ben does. We are looking for Ben home every day. I guess he 
would have done ben here if it had not been for the yellow fever. he could not 
get to New Orleans to muster out of service on the account of the yellow fever. 
it has ben over a week since we have heard from him he said he was going to 
start to Baton Rouge, La. the next day after he wrote to us and that is where 
we directed out last letter to .

Well the cotton crops are sassy and pr___ low only gets and it rains so much it 
looks like it will rot in the patch. Well, Newton is well only he has had the 
whooping cough, but it did not hurt him. He never went to bed at all for it and 
he eat hastier than ever.

We would be glad for you to come to see us and stay awhile. With best wishes.

Your friend, Fannie Bridges
 




Additional Comments:
This letter is referencing Benjamin Hill Bridges, who was first married to 
Fannie Bridges' sister Eliza Sanora Bridges.  Their father was William Jasper 
Bridges and Benjamin H. was the son of Thomas W. Bridges. The letter was 
written to Mrs. Thomas W. Bridges (Mary Elizabeth Moses) of Coweta Co., GA

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