Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902 to Charley

GLC08165.08

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GLC#
GLC08165.08-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
January 18, 1860
Author/Creator
Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902
Title
to Charley
Place Written
Gillisonville, South Carolina
Pagination
4 p. :
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Writes he is now in Gillisonville at work. He likes the power but enjoys going home every week and being a subordinate in his parent's house. Comments on a dance he attended in Gillisonville which he enjoyed even though he did not know many. Describes using corporal punishment on his boys. Mentions Emmeline Colcock. Asks Charley how it is being a senior at college. States Marion went to Charleston to live with William Colcock. Hutson graduated from South Carolina College in 1859. He was engaged to Emmeline Colcock before he entered service but she died in 1861.

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