United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, Milledgeville, 33.08014, -83.2321United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794Cobb, Marion, 1822-18971852-10Letter from October 1852 from Marion Lumpkin Cobb, wife of Thomas Read Rootes Cobb and daughter of Joseph Henry Lumpkin, to Callie King, wife of Porter King and Marion's sister, about life in Athens. Cobb had enclosed a drawing of the improvements on their home which no longer remains. She delivers news of her children and of the health of her parents. Her husband, Thomas Read Rootes Cobb, is in Milledgeville attending to the business affairs of Uncle Miller [Grieve?]. She also reports that her brother Miller Lumpkin is undergoing examinations for entry into the University of Georgia.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/jpegjhl0017http://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 17, document jhl0017.Athens (Ga.)--Social life and customs--19th centuryDomestic lifeLumpkin familyKing, Callie, 1826-1905Letter: [Athens, Georgia] to Callie King, Marion, Alabama, 1852 Oct. [no day]Text