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1853 October 8

New York Oct 8th 1853 Again My dear Jeanie I begin a letter knowing that it will be by fits & starts that it will be filled. Since Thursday I have been as busy as a bee & at last papers are signed for the North Carolina affair.

1854 February 26

St. Catherine’s Mills Feby 26th 1854My dearest Jeanie, Sunday has again come round but not a day of rest & quiet is it going to be for me. On waking up this morning at day light heard the wind whistling & rain pattering on the roof. First thought of my old mill house at which the masons have been at work for some days past & not being very permanently propped up feared that it might blow over. Pulling on my undershirt, pantaloons, (illegible) & over coast & started out. The first look told me I had something more to think of than the House.

Winter in New York

New York. Winter Scene in Broadway. 1857Paul Girardet (French, b. Switzerland, 1821–1893)after Hippolyte Victor Valentin Sebron (French, 1801–1879)Color aquatint with additional hand-coloringParts of this Exhibit:The Intertwined Ancestries of John and Jane Wilkes      Jack and Jeanie's Early Years  Courtship, Wedding, and Relocation to Charlotte  BackHome Next

1853 March 11

Washington March 11th 1853

My dearest own Jeanie, 

1853 May 21

Washington, May 21st 1853  

My dearest Jeanie,

1853 June 1

Washington   June 1st 1853  

My dear Jeanie,

Jane Wilkes Statue

 In 2014, a small group of people gathered for the unveiling of a statue of Jane Renwick Smedberg Wilkes. Those attending the ceremony on the Little Sugar Creek Greenway knew they were there to honor her contribution in establishing Charlotte’s first two hospitals. Still, people ask, “Who was this woman?” To historian Dan Morrill, she was among the most important women in Charlotte history, second only to Bonnie Cone in her influence on the city. (Dan Morrill, Historic Charlotte (Charlotte, NC: Historic Charlotte, Inc., 2001) p.85)