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Letter to William Marshall Bullitt from Mildred Chenoweth Stites discussing Louisiana Taylor, February 23, 1912

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Letter to William Marshall Bullitt from Mildred Chenoweth Stites discussing Louisiana Taylor, February 23, 1912

Description

A letter from Mildred Chenoweth Stites to her cousin, William Marshall Bullitt, dated February 23rd, 1912. Mildred signs the letter as "Cousin Nan." Mildred Chenoweth goes into great detail about what she remembers about growing up at Oxmoor plantation, including the farm work, her grandparents, William Christian Bullitt and Mildred Ann Bullitt, and the daily lives of the people they enslaved. She mentions Louisiana Taylor and Aunt Caroline, two women who were enslaved by the Bullitt family, and refers to Louisa as "Teush" or "Grandmammy." She also describes a wedding between people who were enslaved, and argues that many of the enslaved people at Oxmoor were "cared for" after the Civil War and Emancipation.

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Manuscript Collection, Bullitt Family Papers, The Filson Historical Society

Publisher

The Filson Historical Society, Special Collections

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Mss_A_B937c-1398_001

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Mildred Chenoweth Stites, “Letter to William Marshall Bullitt from Mildred Chenoweth Stites discussing Louisiana Taylor, February 23, 1912,” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed July 17, 2025, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/4599.

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