Letter of Martha Hendley Poteet to Francis Marion Poteet, June 16, 1864
Title
Letter of Martha Hendley Poteet to Francis Marion Poteet, June 16, 1864
Description
In this letter, Martha Poteet wrote her husband, Francis Poteet, informing him about some of the hardships the Poteet family faced while Mr. Poteet was away fighting in the war. Mrs. Poteet implored him to ask for furlough so Mr. Poteet could come home and help bring in the July harvest due to the lack of men able to help her.
Creator
Martha Hendley Poteet
Source
"Civil War Collection," North Carolina
Digital Collection, accessed October 2, 2014,
http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15012coll8/id/2067/rec/12.
Digital Collection, accessed October 2, 2014,
http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15012coll8/id/2067/rec/12.
Date
1864-06-16
Contributor
Brandon Denton
Type
Document
Coverage
McDowell County, North Carolina
Original Format
Correspondence
Text
June the 16 1864
Dear husband I cant get no
person to cut my wheat the
men says that they dont know
what will be don with the
wheat for there aint men to
cut it and if I dont get Mine
cut me and the children
will be bound to suffer I would
like for you to show this to your
Capt and tell him if he pleases
to let you come home a few
days the first of July to take
Care of it for me I have about 8
bushels sowed and no person
to cut a straw of it it rains
so much that we cant get
to work the corn scearsley and
the Mare has had the distemper
and scurvey but is better now
I had her bled and I want to
know what to do with hink
Dear husband I cant get no
person to cut my wheat the
men says that they dont know
what will be don with the
wheat for there aint men to
cut it and if I dont get Mine
cut me and the children
will be bound to suffer I would
like for you to show this to your
Capt and tell him if he pleases
to let you come home a few
days the first of July to take
Care of it for me I have about 8
bushels sowed and no person
to cut a straw of it it rains
so much that we cant get
to work the corn scearsley and
the Mare has had the distemper
and scurvey but is better now
I had her bled and I want to
know what to do with hink
Bibliography
Letter: Martha Hendley Poteet to Francis Marion Poteet, http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15012coll8/id/2067/rec/12
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Martha Hendley Poteet , Letter of Martha Hendley Poteet to Francis Marion Poteet, June 16, 1864, Civil War Era NC, accessed December 18, 2024, https://cwnc.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/905.