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| Field name |
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| Collection Reference Number
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GLC07019
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| From Archive Folder
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Documents Relating to the 1870s
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| Title
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Fannie to Alexander Stephens complaining about life at Atlanta University and her wish to return home
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| Date
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16 October 1876
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| Recipient
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Stephens, Alexander Hamilton
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| Document Type
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Correspondence
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| Content Description
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"I much rather be at home waiting on your company than be here at this hateful school." Written by Frannie or Fannie, an ex-slave of Stephens. Written from Atlanta University, in Atlanta, Georgia.
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| Subjects
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Woman Author Women's History African American History Slavery Emancipation Education Confederate General or Leader
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| People
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Stephens, Alexander Hamilton (1812-1883)
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| Place written
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Atlanta, Georgia
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| Theme
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Reconstruction; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Education
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| Sub-collection
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The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
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| Copyright
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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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| Module
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Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
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| Transcript
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Show/hide [draft] Atlanta University Oct. 16 1876. Dear Mons. Alex Your [thrice] welcomed letter was rec'd and you can't imagine how glad I was to hear from you. I am real sorry it is so long before you get my letters. I will try and mail time enough for them to go off the same day. I know you all miss when you have company, if know other time. I much rather be at home waiting on your company than be here at this hateful school. They are so strict and I not being [useto] it, it makes me feel so bad. Oh! how I long to see Christmas. Then I can [2] come home. It seems as if I have lived ten years since I've seen any of you. I have tried to be interesting in my studies so the tie would not seem so long, but nothing I do wont satisfie my mind. If ever I get home I will never leave again Quinny is some better pleased now than at first since he knows more of the boys. Remember me to all at home. I was in sure to meet you at the Hotel. Nora sends her love to you and says she would like so much to see you. Always write long letters. Miss Alex as there is nothing on earth that makes me more happy than [3] your letters. We are having very pretty weather now. But I expect it will be pretty cold after we have rain. I will close as it is nearly time for the bell to ring. Write soon. Yours Sincearly [Frannie]
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