Letter from Mary Anne Mason Anderson to her sister, Sue
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Title
Letter from Mary Anne Mason Anderson to her sister, Sue
Subject
Domestic life
Description
Mary Anne "Molly" (Mason) Anderson (1834-1928), was the daughter of John Young Mason (1799-1859) and Mary Ann (Fort) Mason, and wife of Archer Anderson (1838-1918). Mary Anne married Archer Anderson, son of Joseph Reid Anderson, president of Tredegar Iron Works in Paris in 1859 while Mary Anne's father served as minister [the equivalent of ambassador] to France.
They returned home to Richmond after a honeymoon in France where their first child was born; Archer left shortly thereafter to serve in the Confederate Army.
Mary Anne Mason Anderson was a copious letterwriter, generally confining her discussion to family and domestic life. In this letter to her sister, she speaks of an illness, troubles with servants, an pride at her children's achievements in school.
The year of this letter is omitted; however, Mary Anne refers to her daughter Kate (Kathleen Graham Anderson) who was born in 1876, and her references to her daughter's inability to dress herself yet suggest a possible window of 1877-1882 or thereabout.
They returned home to Richmond after a honeymoon in France where their first child was born; Archer left shortly thereafter to serve in the Confederate Army.
Mary Anne Mason Anderson was a copious letterwriter, generally confining her discussion to family and domestic life. In this letter to her sister, she speaks of an illness, troubles with servants, an pride at her children's achievements in school.
The year of this letter is omitted; however, Mary Anne refers to her daughter Kate (Kathleen Graham Anderson) who was born in 1876, and her references to her daughter's inability to dress herself yet suggest a possible window of 1877-1882 or thereabout.
Creator
Mary Anne Mason Anderson
Source
Mason Family Papers, 1825-1902, Section 36. Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia
Date
February 25, 1876-?
Contributor
Lee Ann Ghajar
Rights
Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia
Format
PDF of photograph of document
Language
English
File Group
Citation
Mary Anne Mason Anderson
, “Letter from Mary Anne Mason Anderson to her sister, Sue,” Omeka + Scripto, accessed May 25, 2013, http://scripto.org/omeka/items/show/3.
