[Joseph Eggleston Johnston at Washington City to Coralie Henry Johnston at 107 South First St., Richmond, Virginia, December 19, 1888, folder 615, Trigg-Floyd Collection, Special Collections, John Cook Wyllie Library, The University of Virginia's College at Wise (formerly Clinch Valley College), Wise, Virginia. This is my rough transcription.]
Decr 19th 1888
My dear Coraly [Coralie],
I have received your sweet note, and regret very much that my obligations will not let me go to Richmond now. I would love of all things to spend Christmas with you all. I have been intending for a month to visit you as soon as practicable. Tell Ben that his note of yesterday is just come, and is answered by this.
With love and best wishes to your mother, father, Sally and brothers, I am
Yours most affectionately
J. E. Johnston
[Coralie Henry Johnston (1861-1954)
Laetitia Floyd "Letty" aka "Lettie" Johnston (March 1, 1844-November 27, 1888), Coralie's sister, had died in Richmond the month before
Joseph E. Johnston (1807-1891); his wife Lydia McLane Johnston had died in 1887 at the age of 65
Ben = George Ben Johnston (1853-1916)
Your mother = Nicketti Buchanan Floyd Johnston (1819-1908)
Your father = John Warfield Johnston (1818-1889), JEJ's nephew
Sally = Sally Buchanan Floyd Johnston Lee (1848-1925), married to Henry Carter Lee (1842-1889)]
Many thanks to William Myers, Mary Davy and Sally Young for their ongoing research collaboration.
Decr 19th 1888
My dear Coraly [Coralie],
I have received your sweet note, and regret very much that my obligations will not let me go to Richmond now. I would love of all things to spend Christmas with you all. I have been intending for a month to visit you as soon as practicable. Tell Ben that his note of yesterday is just come, and is answered by this.
With love and best wishes to your mother, father, Sally and brothers, I am
Yours most affectionately
J. E. Johnston
[Coralie Henry Johnston (1861-1954)
Laetitia Floyd "Letty" aka "Lettie" Johnston (March 1, 1844-November 27, 1888), Coralie's sister, had died in Richmond the month before
Joseph E. Johnston (1807-1891); his wife Lydia McLane Johnston had died in 1887 at the age of 65
Ben = George Ben Johnston (1853-1916)
Your mother = Nicketti Buchanan Floyd Johnston (1819-1908)
Your father = John Warfield Johnston (1818-1889), JEJ's nephew
Sally = Sally Buchanan Floyd Johnston Lee (1848-1925), married to Henry Carter Lee (1842-1889)]
Many thanks to William Myers, Mary Davy and Sally Young for their ongoing research collaboration.
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