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Tag Archives: Annie Maney Schon
28 March 1864: “…he knows of no disease so prostrating as diptheria & that in such a severe attack as Johnnie’s has been it takes weeks and sometimes months to recover entirely…”
Item description: Letter, dated 28 March 1864, from Annie Schon in Atlanta, GA to her sister Bettie Kimberly in Chapel Hill, NC. Annie describes her husband John and son Johnnie’s diagnosis with diphtheria and their subsequent treatment and recoveries. [transcription … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Maney Schon, Atlanta (Ga.), Bettie Kimberly, diptheria, illness, medicine
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3 November 1863: “…it is the nicest article I can find any where now, so I got forty yards…”
Item description: Letter, dated 3 November 1863, from Annie M. Schon in Atlanta to her sister Bettie Kimberly in Chapel Hill. She discusses their family, children, and the prices of clothing and food. [transcription available below images] Item citation: From … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Maney Schon, Atlanta (G.A.), Bettie Kimberly, Chapel Hill (NC), clothing, commodities prices, food, illness, John Kimberly, Kimberly family, travel
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9 August 1863: “I don’t know how the professors can be expected to live on the same amount they received formerly when prices have increased so much.”
Item description: Letter, dated 9 August 1863, from Annie M. Schon to her sister Bettie M. Kimberly in Chapel Hill, N.C. She discusses the devaluation of Confederate currency and difficulties in obtaining household goods, specifically shoes and clothing. [Transcription available … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Maney Schon, Bettie Kimberly, Chapel Hill (NC), clothing, currency, inflation, shoes
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19 June 1863: “I wish you could see Johnnie in his dress, it hangs & fits beautifully.”
Item description: Letter, dated 19 June 1863, from Annie Maney Schon in Atlanta, Georgia, to her sister Bettie Maney Kimberly. The letter discusses the sewing of clothes, as well as whether the sisters’ parents would take the oath of allegiance … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Maney Schon, Atlanta (G.A.), Bettie Kimberly, Braxton Bragg, clothes, John Kimberly, Nashville (T.N.), oath of allegiance, scarcity, sewing
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28 January 1863: “Well, Judge, if they are our enemies we will have to admit they have fine music…”
Item description: Letter, 28 January 1863, Annie Maney Schon, Atlanta, Ga., to her sister, Bettie Maney Kimberly, Chapel Hill, N.C. (replying to Bettie’s letter of 18 January). Item citation: From the John Kimberly Papers #398, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Maney Schon, Bettie Kimberly, clothes, family, home front, Kimberly family, Nashville, Schon family, supplies
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