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Roxana Chapin Gerdine To Emily Mckinstry Chapin (1878 December 4), Roxana Chapin Gerdine
Roxana Chapin Gerdine To Emily Mckinstry Chapin (1878 December 4), Roxana Chapin Gerdine
Correspondence
Roxana writes about her school; financial affairs; high rate of taxes; the cotton crop; the financial problems of their half-brother Edward and she advises him to sell Aunt Roxey's place
Tom Gerdine To Roxana Chapin Gerdine (1878 August 20), Thomas Cobb Gerdine
Tom Gerdine To Roxana Chapin Gerdine (1878 August 20), Thomas Cobb Gerdine
Correspondence
Most likely written by Tom Gerdine, Roxana and W.L.C. Gerdine's first born son, while she was on vacation up north visiting family. Tom mentions town events, and talks about his father's grave and Greenwood Cemetery
Roxana Chapin Gerdine To Emily Mckinstry Chapin (1878-), Roxana Chapin Gerdine
Roxana Chapin Gerdine To Emily Mckinstry Chapin (1878-), Roxana Chapin Gerdine
Correspondence
Roxana writes about the end of the school semester and returning to the plantation. She notes the loneliness of the plantation (Mr. Gerdine would have died after 1878); she mentions Greenwood Cemetery; her step-daughter Lucy coming to visit from Florida where she was teaching; mentions her interest in Emily's daughter Carra