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Samuel Jackson to Sarah Jackson
Clifton Plantation
Sunday eveng October 23d 1859
My dearest Mother
your more than welcomed letter reached me a few evenings ago. Sisters also came at the same time. I was truly delighted to get them. I wrote to Pa last evening, and had an opportunity to send it to Pearlington this morning and as Billy goes in the morning I will try and send a few lines by him. my next opportunity may not be till next monday. I have no news to write. You know by experience nothing ever transpires in this section of country worth communicating. It appears a long time since you were here. I have confined my self down here, which I suppose is the cause of it. I have been up to the Bay but once, and that was to cast my first vote. I met on that day at Col Claiborns the Democratic candidate for congress of this "the 5th" district Gov J. J. McRae and his ladie they seemed to be very much gratified to think I rode twenty miles to vote for a ticket on which his name [-runs]-, and also being my first vote, they sayed they never would forget it. Willis Claiborne has been elected to the House of Representatives, and will soon start up to Jackson. The Bay is pretty much vacated. ^Tip^Odgens family have left, Kennedys will go on Wednesday evening next. Mrs Ogden wil f-il]|Cg-j- over this winter and keep Mrs Davenport in the family. So Miss Martha Claiborne and Miss Fannie will continue their studies during the winter. I have not called at Ogdens since you were here.