Hi Olivia, Would it be possible for you to send me the PDF of these letters. It is a fascinating peek into everyday life during this time period. I wish I could find other "first hand" documents (letters) showing the life of the times in all of the Southern States. They definitely had it hard and so very different from places north...ie Philly, , NY,..Boston,.. etc. This woman's astonishment as to the meager living conditions is a minor testament to the fact that she had a more prosperous life herself. Thanks to the 2 who responded to the "Piazza" question. My grandfather used it...( in the1950's when I was a child) and we thought it funny since it was not a term used then. We thought it may have been because of the Spanish settlers in FL (where we lived)...that he had picked it up from their use....He was referring to his long front porch with 2 porch swings facing each other...and chairs for relaxing.... Does anyone know why the settlers in GA and N. FL. might have picked up this vocabulary? Carol _yukiyama2@aol.com_ (mailto:yukiyama2@aol.com) In a message dated 3/27/2010 9:34:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, olbraddy@pineland.net writes: Folks, I'm sorry the format got all crazy in those posts. If anyone would like the Word document sent to you privately, just let me know. Olivia -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 46009 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message Emanuel County GaGenWeb http://www.thegagenweb.com/gaemanuel/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GAEMANUE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message