continued |
Previous | 187 of 195 | Next |
|
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
Large
Extra Large
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
|
This page
All
|
Loading content ...
6
during the week past from Mrs. Armfield & Jane__ Mrs. A. enclosing one from Hattie. Everything with them she says is scarce & high__ provisions scarce, very,__ & as for all superfluities, everybody, rich as well as poor, do without them. There is a Contraband Camp a few miles from her Uncles where she says poor wretches literally freeze to death by dozen during this severe weather__ they have no clothes scarcely__ bedding, etc. shelter, etc; & food the same, while their friends (?) the Yankees curse & abuse them for everything low & vile, & no-account. Of course__ who expected anything else?__ The papers at present are full of Peace rumors. I think the Yanks are becoming quite as weary of the war as the Rebs are reported to be. F. P. Blair & his son Montgomery have gone to Richmond to see if they can fix anything up with Mas Jeff,__ but it seems their mission is not official, & so nobody expects much to result from it. A more important rumor is the old one revived __ Intervention of England & France. It is stated that they will, on, or shortly after the 4th of March next recognize Mr. Lincoln as President only of the States which elected him__ thus recognizing the Confederacy. And further the rumor goes that an agreement is to be affected between these Powers & the Confederacy, to wit, the latter is to abolish Slavery & the former is in consequence thereof to form treaties & alliance with the South and guarantee her independence. This makes the North begin to look about her__ she does not relish the idea of the South making alliances & trading be direct with foreign Powers, and she losing all the profits she hitherto reaped from Southern trade,__ also she says if slavery is abolished__ that is what we want.__ Why cant we then have peace upon this basis & secure the alliance & the profits for ourselves as heretorfore? Why indeed? Besides the North too seems to be thinking something of a foreign war, if England & France form alliances with the Confederacy__ & certainly things do look equally
Object Description
| Title | Lucy Virginia French diary |
| Historical Note | Lucy Virgina Smith French was the daughter of Mease W. and Elizabeth Parker Smith. She was born on March 16, 1825. She was married, on Jan. 12, 1853, to Col. John Hopkins French. By the time of the 1860 U.S. Census of McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee, they had three children ages six and under, one boy and two girls. Her profession on the 1860 census is listed as "Poetess, Author." She died on March 31, 1881. |
| Creator | French, L. Virginia (Lucy Virginia), 1825-1881 |
| Transcription Link | http://sostngovbuckets.s3.amazonaws.com/tsla/digital/teva/transcripts/36059.pdf |
| Subject - TGM |
Civil wars Women |
| ID# | 36059 |
| Microfilm number | 1816 |
| Physical Location | VII-M-2 |
| Copyrights | No copyright - United States: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Ordering Information | To order a digital reproduction of this item, please send our order form at http://tsla.tnsosfiles.com/general/forms/ImagingOrder.pdf to Photo Orders, Tennessee State Library & Archives, 403 7th Ave. N., Nashville, TN 37243-0312, or email to photoorders.tsla@tn.gov. Further ordering information can be found at the following location: http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/ordering-images-and-microfilm-digitization . |
Description
| Title | continued |
| Description | Cold snap has brought the temperature to 15. LVF is bringing in the wood for her fires herself as they have some bad wood. Her shoulders need to be broad & strong but they are not. LVF did not write of their anniversary on the 12th as it was dull as all their days are now. Col. & Mr. Humble were busy all week tearing down a town ivery stable for the timbers. Papers are full of peace rumors. In describing some of the military actions she uses the words -- mizzle, drizzle & fizzle. |
| Date | 1865 January 24 |
| Place | McMinnville (Tenn.) |
| Transcript | 6 during the week past from Mrs. Armfield & Jane__ Mrs. A. enclosing one from Hattie. Everything with them she says is scarce & high__ provisions scarce, very,__ & as for all superfluities, everybody, rich as well as poor, do without them. There is a Contraband Camp a few miles from her Uncles where she says poor wretches literally freeze to death by dozen during this severe weather__ they have no clothes scarcely__ bedding, etc. shelter, etc; & food the same, while their friends (?) the Yankees curse & abuse them for everything low & vile, & no-account. Of course__ who expected anything else?__ The papers at present are full of Peace rumors. I think the Yanks are becoming quite as weary of the war as the Rebs are reported to be. F. P. Blair & his son Montgomery have gone to Richmond to see if they can fix anything up with Mas Jeff,__ but it seems their mission is not official, & so nobody expects much to result from it. A more important rumor is the old one revived __ Intervention of England & France. It is stated that they will, on, or shortly after the 4th of March next recognize Mr. Lincoln as President only of the States which elected him__ thus recognizing the Confederacy. And further the rumor goes that an agreement is to be affected between these Powers & the Confederacy, to wit, the latter is to abolish Slavery & the former is in consequence thereof to form treaties & alliance with the South and guarantee her independence. This makes the North begin to look about her__ she does not relish the idea of the South making alliances & trading be direct with foreign Powers, and she losing all the profits she hitherto reaped from Southern trade,__ also she says if slavery is abolished__ that is what we want.__ Why cant we then have peace upon this basis & secure the alliance & the profits for ourselves as heretorfore? Why indeed? Besides the North too seems to be thinking something of a foreign war, if England & France form alliances with the Confederacy__ & certainly things do look equally |
| Collection Name | Lucy Virginia French Smith Diaries |
| Accession Number | 1989-200 |
| Subject - LCSH |
French, L. Virginia (Lucy Virginia), 1825-1881 -- Diaries United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives |
| Owning Institution | Tennessee State Library and Archives |
| ID# | 36105_02 |
| Copyrights | No copyright - United States: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Ordering Information | To order a digital reproduction of this item, please send our order form at http://tsla.tnsosfiles.com/general/forms/ImagingOrder.pdf to Photo Orders, Tennessee State Library & Archives, 403 7th Ave. N., Nashville, TN 37243-0312, or email to photoorders.tsla@tn.gov. Further ordering information can be found at the following location: http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/ordering-images-and-microfilm-digitization . |
