1 50 1 https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/38506cfdd781193c9eca1f6d4062cf08.jpg 6b61f075ea1dfb7fe64b8ed3cd48c611 PDF Text Text Breckenridge Cty [?] June the 29th day 1873 Dear Father and Sister and neace i Take my pen in hand to let you noe that wee ar all in comen health at this time hoping these fiew loins [lines] may find you all well and doing i hant got mutch to rite at this time i got your letter last Sunday and was glad to hear from you all one time more But was Sarry to hear that the old man thought i had slited him i did not mean it i cold not reed the letter and i did not noe what was in it so he must look over mee if he pleses and you all and him come out this fall for i wold Bee very glad if you all wold come out i think you cold do Better hear and you can ther i think your children cold get Better wagis [wages] and molley can soon Marry as ther is so many Boys that wants to marry a girl can almost get pick and chois you need not take my word for it come and see for your self and if you take a notion to come get you a threw ticket to Louisville and get off at Elizabeth Town and then you can hier a wagon to fetch you to the Big Springs it is only 20 miles and then you will Bee in 5 miles of my house and if C you come you will come Bristol first and to noxville next and to Chattanooga next Nashville next and then you set sale for Elizabeth Town you can get off any wher you please https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/d941178277522336abde4f46bd35e94f.jpg 8162fb6cdb8d77af75a8aae4d9559ddf PDF Text Text i got a letter a fiew days ago from my Brother John and my sister Sally Sed if me an Elisha wold come in This fall she wold come home with us i rote to hear i cold not come and if you all did take a notion to come for her her to come with you all and if you all have any notion of coming i want you to rite me and let mee no i wold Bee very glad to see you all come i want you to rite as soon as you can and i will rite again so i will come to a close for this time so nothing more only remains your friends tell death From Thomas Simmons To george Short and lidda Stanley and Children Uncle georg you must not think hard of me for i think as much of you now as did 20 years ago and wold do you a favor as quick if it lad in my power So houdy to you all no more Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Southwest Virginia Counties Collection (Ms2000-092) Subject The topic of the resource History of Food and Drink Local/Regional History and Appalachian South Description An account of the resource The collection includes letters from various members of the Godwin, Young, Trevey, Williams and other families of Botetourt, Rockbridge, and Roanoke Counties establishes the relationship between them. In addition to correspondence, the collection also contains deeds, promissory notes, invoices for goods and services, toll bridge fee receipt, a child's watercolor, 13 pen and ink drawings of weaver's coverlet designs with titles of designs included. The collection also contains five bound leather volumes include accounts and recipes Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Figgat, Nancy Godwin Godwin, Ann Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00640.xml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the finding aid for the Southwest Virginia Counties Collection.</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1783/1878 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish material from Southwest Virginia Counties Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Ms2000_092_SWVACounties Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Southwest Virginia Counties Collection, Ms2000-092, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Ms2000-092_F05_1844-1878_Letter_1873_0629a Title A name given to the resource Thomas Simmons Letter, Jun. 29, 1873 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Simmons, Thomas Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1873-06-29 Description An account of the resource Letter from Thomas Simmons to his family, George Short, Lidda Stanley, and children. Language A language of the resource English Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Ms2000-092, Box 1, Folder 5 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/</a> Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. [identification of item], [box and folder number], Southwest Virginia Counties Collection, Ms2000-092, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://aspace.lib.vt.edu/repositories/2/resources/2132" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://aspace.lib.vt.edu/repositories/2/resources/2132</a> archived