Addie Boyd Wagner's Letters

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Transcribed by Debby Dyer Neves ©1999, all rights reserved
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Addie Boyd Wagner's Diary

Mountain City Tenn
Nov 15 1891

Dear Aunt Carrie,
I thought I would write to you.  Aunt Fronia is here.  Her and Aunt Ellen and Carrie spent the day at Mrs. Yerbrough, yesterday and had a nice time there.  Aunt Fronia and Aunt Ellen is down to cousin Callie Rheas after dinner.  I wrote to Charlie and Hugh a few days ago.  Tell cousin Sallie to write to me and don't wate for me to write to her.  Carrie spent the night at our Aunt Sallie's last night and had a nice time there.  Aunt Sallie and Mary and Dick Donnelly all came over here last night.  Aunt Fronia has her cold yet.  It seems that everybody has some.   I haf got one.  I wrote to Uncle Tom
a few days ago.  It is awful cold here now.  How is Faw now?  I wish I could see him  I am going to see him some time.  Charlie and Hugh may comes home. Charlie maby and if papa will let them they want to come bad and maby papa will let them.  Thay say something about coming some time thay write.  I wish thay could some how.  You must write to me soon.
Aff your niece

Addie Boyd Wagner

Footnotes:
1. Addie is 8 at the time she writes this letter.
2. Aunt Carrie is her father's sister Caroline Elizabeth Wagner Faw. She lives
in Johnson City, TN.
3. Aunt Fronia is also her father's sister and sister to Aunt Carrie.
4. Aunt Ellen is her mother's sister, who must be visiting from Athens, TN.
5. Mrs. Yerbough is Mrs. Yarborough.
6. Mentioned in the letter is her sister Carrie Alzenia Wagner who later
marries the Dick Donnelly, who is also mentioned in the letter.
7. Aunt Sallie is the wife of her Uncle Joseph Hugh Wagner and Mary is their
daughter.
8. Mentioned in the letter are her brothers Charlie and Hugh who are at
business school in Poughkeepsie, NY.
9. Cousin Sallie and Faw are Aunt Carrie's children.  Sallie is Sarah S. Faw
and Faw is Walter Wagner Faw both are much older than Addie.
10.Uncle Tom is Aunt Carrie's husband. 
11.maby = maybe, thay = they, wate = wait, haf = have, Aff = affectionately
12.On the letter is written, "I was devotes to Aunt Carrie Faw.  Visited her
as  a child many times. A.W.L."   AW.L. = Addie Wagner London.