[Henry "Harry" Scarsbrook Langhorne at Chestnut Hill, Virginia to Sarah "Sally" Tate Steptoe Massie at [Pharsalia,] Nelson [County, Virginia,] May 22, 1828. Care of "Robbin Daggen[?]." Massie Family Papers, Virginia Historical Society. This is my rough, annotated transcription from a copy graciously provided by William Myers. Extra paragraph breaks inserted for easier reading.]
Chestnut Hill 22nd May 1828
Dear Possum
Doc't Steptoe left my house yesterday morning, he intended to have gone on to Nelson for the purpose of accompanying you up, such [is] the badness of the weather & the prospect of a continuance of it, had induced him to return; He requested me to give him the earliest information of Robbin's arrival, & that he would go down immediately he should be informed that the carriage had gone on.
I have sent up to him & expect him here to Breakfast in the morning should he not get down tomorrow night you must not be uneasy; it being possible that his professional durties, may have called him from home.
I assure you, you need not fear the paint at my home, I cannot discover the least smell from it; I shall have a room prepared for you & you must make your . . . election between it & Mrs. Bradfute's.
Bob I understand cannot go down as he expected when he passed here.
I have a rod in soak[?] for you, & as soon as there is meat enough on your stack of bones to stand a good flogging I shall use it.
Fanny sends her love to one & all for myself accept my best wishes.
yours affectionately
H. S. Langhorne
[added at bottom margin: "Alas, no meat ever came on those dear bones. [S]he succeeded in reaching her brother's Dr. Wm. Steptoe a few days after this & lived only a month or so. Thos. J. Massie June 1873."]
[Frances "Fanny" Callaway Steptoe Langhorne (1798-1832) married Henry "Harry" Scarsbrook Langhorne (1790-1854) on March 13, 1816. Their son John Scarsbrook Langhorne (1817-1896) was born on June 1, 1817 (in later years, sometimes changed to 1818 or 1819). Their son William Maurice “Wee” Langhorne (1818-1900) was born on June 30, 1818.
Sarah "Sally" Tate Steptoe Massie (1796-July 28, 1828) was married to William Massie (1795-1862) and was the daughter of James Steptoe (1750-1826). Their son Thomas James Massie (1817-1877) was born on March 23, 1817.There is a massive Massie collection at the University of Texas here
Chestnut Hill 22nd May 1828
Dear Possum
Doc't Steptoe left my house yesterday morning, he intended to have gone on to Nelson for the purpose of accompanying you up, such [is] the badness of the weather & the prospect of a continuance of it, had induced him to return; He requested me to give him the earliest information of Robbin's arrival, & that he would go down immediately he should be informed that the carriage had gone on.
I have sent up to him & expect him here to Breakfast in the morning should he not get down tomorrow night you must not be uneasy; it being possible that his professional durties, may have called him from home.
I assure you, you need not fear the paint at my home, I cannot discover the least smell from it; I shall have a room prepared for you & you must make your . . . election between it & Mrs. Bradfute's.
Bob I understand cannot go down as he expected when he passed here.
I have a rod in soak[?] for you, & as soon as there is meat enough on your stack of bones to stand a good flogging I shall use it.
Fanny sends her love to one & all for myself accept my best wishes.
yours affectionately
H. S. Langhorne
[added at bottom margin: "Alas, no meat ever came on those dear bones. [S]he succeeded in reaching her brother's Dr. Wm. Steptoe a few days after this & lived only a month or so. Thos. J. Massie June 1873."]
[Frances "Fanny" Callaway Steptoe Langhorne (1798-1832) married Henry "Harry" Scarsbrook Langhorne (1790-1854) on March 13, 1816. Their son John Scarsbrook Langhorne (1817-1896) was born on June 1, 1817 (in later years, sometimes changed to 1818 or 1819). Their son William Maurice “Wee” Langhorne (1818-1900) was born on June 30, 1818.
Sarah "Sally" Tate Steptoe Massie (1796-July 28, 1828) was married to William Massie (1795-1862) and was the daughter of James Steptoe (1750-1826). Their son Thomas James Massie (1817-1877) was born on March 23, 1817.There is a massive Massie collection at the University of Texas here
Dr. Steptoe = Dr. William Steptoe (1791-1862).
Mrs. Bradfute = Davidson Bradfute (1781-1831), one of Peggy Bradfute's brothers, married Maria Byrd (1786-1854) in 1809, and served as Cashier for Farmer's Bank of Lynchburg. Alexander Tompkins (1784-1864) acquired Davidson Bradfute's house, in the vicinity of New London, Virginia, after the latter's death, and was Head Cashier at the same bank. Among these folks would have been possible candidates for portraits by Harvey Mitchell (1799-1866).
Bob = Robert Callaway Steptoe (1791-1870).]
Bob = Robert Callaway Steptoe (1791-1870).]
[Many thanks to Sue Davis, William Myers, Mary Davy and Sally Young for their ongoing research collaboration.]
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