]> <hi rend="bold"> Letter from Arthur McKimmon to Sophie Manly, November 15, 1859 :</hi> Electronic Edition. McKimmon, Arthur Funding from the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supported the electronic publication of this title. Text transcribed by Bari Helms Images scanned by Brian Dietz Text encoded by Caitlin R. Donnelly First Edition, 2007 ca. 16K The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2007

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 Manly Family Papers (#4409), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Letter from Arthur McKimmon to Sophie Manly, November 15, 1859 Arthur 5 pages, 6 page images 1859 Call number 4409 (Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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Miss. <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Sophie</name>.</salute> </opener> <p>I received your letter the other day & now take the pleasure of answering it, which I should have done sooner, had not so many things happened which prevented me. But as you know that dilatoreness is not — generally speaking — one of my faults I take it for granted that you will excuse me & will proceed to give you all the news.</p> <p>Since my last letter to you I have had a charming time — I mean for five or six days. I was invited to <name key="name0000484" reg="Hillsborough, NC" type="place" rend="yes">Hillsboro</name> to Gov <name key="pn0000604" reg="Graham, William Alexander" type="person" rend="yes">Grahams</name> party & of course I went. We left the <name key="name0000165" reg="Chapel Hill, NC" type="place" rend="yes">Hill</name> — or rather I did — with the intention of returning on Saturday afternoon & it was Wednesday before I did so. Soon after my arrival I went to call on Mrs <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Roulhac</name> & was speaking of what a nice time I had at the fair with Miss <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Connally</name>, when I was informed that she was in town. You may well imagine how delighted I was, on hearing<pb id="unc06-83-p02" n="2"/>it. I immediately wrote her a note asking her permission to allow me to escort her to the party. She of course said yes & the consequence was I went with her. We all had a nice time considering it was a "<hi rend="underscore">dog hanging.</hi>" But as Mrs <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Graham</name> is a strong Baptist it could not be helped. <hi rend="underscore">Miss <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">C.</name></hi> said she was delighted to see me & looked very pretty in fact I thought she was the prettiest one in the room & a majority agreed with me. Saturday I was invited to dine at Mr <name key="pn0003033" reg="Cameron, Paul Carrington" type="person" rend="yes">Camerons</name> where she was staying. I had a dull time that day. Miss<name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend=""> M. Lillie</name> gave me the cold shoulder & I began to think that Miss <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Ida's</name><hi rend="underscore">prediction</hi> had come true viz — that she was a great flirt. But all that was made up that night at Mrs <name key="x" reg="x" type="person">Roulhac's</name> where she took tea Sunday night Miss <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Sallie Mitchell</name> & Miss <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Pattie Ruffin</name> & <hi rend="underscore">Miss <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Mary Lillie</name></hi> took tea & staid all night & Mrs <name key="x" reg="x" type="person">Roulhacs</name> & me had a nice time sure enough. The young ladies left us in one corner of the room & we conversed very pleasantly of course for two or three hours — it did not seem fifteen minutes to me so you can conjecture how I enjoyed it. I went with her to the party on Monday night & was to have went to walk with her on Tuesday<pb id="unc06-83-p03" n="3"/>But all the gayety was brought to a close by the death of one of the nicest ladies I ever saw. I mean Miss <name key="x" reg="x" type="person">Sallie Mitchell</name>. It was one of the most awful & sudden things that I know of. She was in perfect health on Monday & was sitting in the parlor entertaining gentlemen, when she lost her voice & complained of a slight head-ache. No one thought any thing of it & on Tuesday morning she seemed to be better but in twenty six hours after she was taken sick she was a corpse. She was much beloved by the people of <name key="name0000484" reg="Hillsborough, NC" type="place">Hillsboro</name> as was shown by the sympathy exhibited by them. The attendance at her funeral was the largest that I ever saw & all the young ladies walked behind the hearse. Her remains were carried up to <name key="name0001020" reg="Salisbury, NC" type="place" rend="yes">Salisbury</name> on Wednesday morning. Thus ended my trip to <name key="name0000484" reg="Hillsborough, NC" type="place">Hillsboro</name> & it will never be forgotten by me as long as I live.</p> <p>Miss <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Mary</name> told me to give her love to you & tell you that she would write to you as soon as she arrived home. She seemed to be dreadfully distressed. She left with the corpse for <name key="name0001020" reg="Salisbury, NC" type="place">Salisbury</name>.</p> <p>I am in hopes of meeting you in <name key="name0000484" reg="Hillsborough, NC" type="place">Hillsboro</name> before long. If I am<pb id="unc06-83-p04" n="4"/>invited I think I will come. My love to Miss <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Ida</name> & tell her that I am certainly going with her to <name key="x" reg="x" type="place" rend="">H.</name> this vacation. Excuse this letter if you please & do not notice the paper for it is the only sheet that I have in my room. Write soon to your affectionate friend.</p> <closer> <signed rend="center">Arthur</signed> </closer> </div1> <div1 type="card"> <pb id="unc06-83-p05" n="5"/> <p> <figure entity="unc06-83-p05"> <head type="original" rend="center">CALEDONIAN QUADRILLES,<lb/>AS TAUGHT AT<lb/>R. SLATER'S ACADEMY.<lb/>From the New York Academies.</head> <figDesc> <note type="size" place="unspecified" anchored="yes"/> <note type="physical description" place="unspecified" anchored="yes">One printed card</note> <note type="description" place="unspecified" anchored="yes">Printed dance card enclosed in 1859 letter from Arthur McKimmon to Sophie Manly listing a sequence of steps comprising five figures of a quadrille dance.</note> <note type="file format" place="unspecified" anchored="yes">JPEG</note> <note type="spatial resolution" place="unspecified" anchored="yes"/> </figDesc> </figure> </p> <pb id="unc06-83-p06" n="6"/> <p>[Reverse side of dance card pictured on previous page:]<lb/> RC Slaters Academy.<lb/> <gap reason="[unrecovered]"/><lb/> January 1859 -</p> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI.2>