[Eleanor Stuart Tate Bowen at [probably Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia] to Louisa Smith Bowen Johnston at Abingdon, Virginia, November 26, 1818, anonymous typescript copy, folder 40, Trigg-Floyd Collection, Special Collections, John Cook Wyllie Library, The University of Virginia's College at Wise (formerly Clinch Valley College), Wise, Virginia.]
Novr 26 1818
My Child,
I rec'd the two Caps by your Brother Charles, and is [sic] happy to hear personally from him that you and the famaly [sic] is well, we have answered your Scolding letter of the 13th of this instant and sent it on by Mail we have nothing worth your attention to inform you of but we are all well and Should be glad to see you and the Doctor and little Henry here
Excuse Haste this from your Affectionate Mother
E. S. Bowen
[p.s.] I send you a note inclosed [enclosed] of five Dollars which may answer you to get and little thing you may want
[Your Brother Charles = Charles Clement Johnston (1795-1832), technically her brother-in-law.
Eleanor Stuart Tate Bowen (1778-1833)
We = includes Henry Rees (aka Reese) Bowen (1770-1850)
Louisa Smith Bowen Johnston (1800-1873), eighteen going on nineteen years old at the time of this letter.
The Doctor = Dr. John Warfield Johnston (December 14, 1790-December 10, 1818), died within weeks (not sure of the details of his death at this juncture, but he was just shy of twenty-eight years old).
"Little Henry" = Henry (Henry Johnston) must have been the original given name of John Warfield Johnston (September 9, 1818-February 27, 1889), undoubtedly renamed for his father after the latter's sudden death. Henry would have been in honor of Louisa's father.]
[Many thanks to William Myers, Mary Davy and Sally Young for their ongoing research collaboration.]
Novr 26 1818
My Child,
I rec'd the two Caps by your Brother Charles, and is [sic] happy to hear personally from him that you and the famaly [sic] is well, we have answered your Scolding letter of the 13th of this instant and sent it on by Mail we have nothing worth your attention to inform you of but we are all well and Should be glad to see you and the Doctor and little Henry here
Excuse Haste this from your Affectionate Mother
E. S. Bowen
[p.s.] I send you a note inclosed [enclosed] of five Dollars which may answer you to get and little thing you may want
[Your Brother Charles = Charles Clement Johnston (1795-1832), technically her brother-in-law.
Eleanor Stuart Tate Bowen (1778-1833)
We = includes Henry Rees (aka Reese) Bowen (1770-1850)
Louisa Smith Bowen Johnston (1800-1873), eighteen going on nineteen years old at the time of this letter.
The Doctor = Dr. John Warfield Johnston (December 14, 1790-December 10, 1818), died within weeks (not sure of the details of his death at this juncture, but he was just shy of twenty-eight years old).
"Little Henry" = Henry (Henry Johnston) must have been the original given name of John Warfield Johnston (September 9, 1818-February 27, 1889), undoubtedly renamed for his father after the latter's sudden death. Henry would have been in honor of Louisa's father.]
[Many thanks to William Myers, Mary Davy and Sally Young for their ongoing research collaboration.]
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