United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794Bird, Sallie, 1828-19101856-03-17Letter from Sallie (Baxter) Bird, wife of Hancock County plantation-owner Edgeworth Bird, to Callie King, daughter of Joseph Henry Lumpkin and wife of Porter King, dated March 17, 1856 about her and her sister's return to Athens because of their mother's illness. While there, Sallie visits with the Cobb family, Margaret Cantey McDowell Venable, the wife of new University of Georgia professor, Charles S. Venable, and other Athens friends and has dinner with Alonzo Church, president of University of Georgia. She gives news of her husband and their two-year old daughter.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO.image/jpegjhl0008http://american-south.org/http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Joseph Henry Lumpkin family papers, 1821-1862 (bulk 1852-1857), box 1, folder 8, document jhl0008.Women--Health and hygieneAthens (Ga.)--Social life and customs--19th centuryWomen--GeorgiaCobb familyChurch, Alonzo, 1793-1862Venable, MargaretKing, Callie, 1826-1905Letter: Athens, [Georgia] to Callie [King], 1856 Mar. 17Text