United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794Lumpkin, Edward P., 1833-18721851-12-07On a break from college at UGA, Edward P. Lumpkin writes a letter dated December 7, 1851 to his sister Callie Lumpkin, daughter of Joseph Henry Lumpkin and future wife of Porter King. He reports that [Mary Ann] Cobb had a daughter, Laura Rootes, and that he read in the "Christian Index" a flattering write-up about Dr. Quintard, who is a professor in the medical college in Memphis. He also reports that Callie ought to write to Marion, their sister, and Miss Sallie Jackson as they are impatient for a letter from her. In addition, Edward writes that he is busy during the day copying law documents and that he is currently courting a girl, and mentions that Black Duke, the family dog, has died. He asks Callie not to show this letter to anyone because he is ashamed of his handwriting.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/jpegjhl0081http://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 2, folder 5, document jhl0081.Cobb familyLawyers--GeorgiaAthens (Ga.)--Social life and customs--19th centuryLumpkin, Edward P., 1833-1872--CourtshipChristian Index (Atlanta, Ga.)King, Callie, 1826-1905Letter: Athens, [Georgia] to Callie [Lumpkin], 1851 Dec. 7Text