July 2024

Letters To Mollie The letters of Edward Thomas Broughton  to Mary Elizabeth Douglas Broughton (1861-1864) Compiled by Mary Lee Anderson Barnes, Great Granddaughter, 1989 LETTER 1 Van Zandt County1 September 17, 1861 Dear Wife,            I write you a few lines by Mr. Reasy to inform how I am getting along. I am well; have been […]

Beauvoir House National Historic Landmark Re-opens Beauvoir House on the Mississippi Gulf Coast was once  the home of Sara Dorsey, the wife of a wealthy planter from Louisiana. Mr. Dorsey bought the house for Sarah as a wedding gift and after seeing the house for the first time she exclaimed, “Oh beautiful to see.” When […]