Title	1856-01-05: Carrie Lambert to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, Letter
Description	This document is a letter from Carrie Lambert to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, written from Macon County, Ala., on January 5, 1856. The Fitzpatrick family emigrated from Ireland to the Virginia colony in the early 1700s. Over time, the family moved from Virginia through the Carolinas and into Georgia before finally settling in Line Creek, Alabama and Verbena, Alabama. Several members of the family were active politically including William Fitzpatrick, who served in the Georgia legislature, and Benjamin Fitzpatrick, who served two terms as governor of Alabama. Sarah Fitzpatrick, a descendant of this family, married Columbus White Mitchell who was from a prominent Alabama family. The couple had ten children, seven of whom survived infancy. Three of their sons served in the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy (Phil F. Mitchell, Joseph A. Mitchell, and Columbus White Mitchell). Their daughter Mary Louisa, a central figure of this collection, married Dr. Samuel "Trinley" Thomas Williamson in September 1861 shortly after the war began. Williamson was a medical doctor who also fought in the Confederate armed forces. With Williamson and the three Mitchell brothers away fighting, Mary Louisa was left home to run the household with only the help of her sick mother and her sisters. At this time she was also pregnant with her first child who was born in 1862. All three brothers and Williamson survived the war. The family continued to live in Alabama following the Civil War. Since the mid-1900s, some branches of the family have spread out while some continue to live in Alabama. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
Transcript	[page 1] Macon Co. Jan. 5. 1856 My dear Mary Louisa I found among my clothes when I got home this skirt and as Mrs Thomp- son is going over the Creek this morning, take the opportu- nity to return it. Have you gotten rested from Christmas yet? I found a very pretty Christmas present of a breast pin & ear rings when I got home. [page 2] I wish you and your cousin Fannie could come home with Mrs. Thompson. Ask your ma to let you come here & study the rest of the winter I reckon Mrs. Thompson would board you. Wouldn't we have nice times. If you all are invited to Mrs. Pond's party you must be sure & come Come here & go with us I enjoyed my visit at your house so much. Remember me to your mother & brother I send the book your [page 3] brother asked me to, & two others I think you would all like to read. Send me a note by your Cousin Martha when she comes back if you see her. Yours truly Carrie Lambert
Date	1856-01-05
Creator	Lambert, Carrie
LC Subject	Mitchell Family Alabama--Social life and customs--19th century Letters
EOA Categories	Peoples -- Domestic Life History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction
Location	Macon County, Alabama, United States
Coverage-Temporal	1856-01-05
Source	Fitzpatrick-Mitchell-Williamson Family Papers, 1850-1989, Auburn University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Original Item ID	Record Group 1223, Fitzpatrick-Mitchell-Williamson Papers, Folder 6
Original Item Format	3 pages, 14 cm
Language	eng
Digital Publisher	Auburn, Ala. : Auburn University Libraries
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Type	Stillimage; Text;
File Name	1856-01-05_LambertC_to_WilliamsonMLM_letter.pdf
File Type	application/pdf
Relation	Deeply Rooted
Contributor	Auburn University Libraries
Submitted by	Coates, Midge