Letter from Robert Emmet Gribbin to his mother, October 2, 1902

Letter from Robert Emmet Gribbin to his mother, October 2, 1902

Robert Emmet Gribbin, 1887-1976, graduated from The Citadel in 1906. His collection in The Citadel Archives includes letters written to his mother and two sisters in Blackville, South Carolina during his first two years as a cadet. A selection of these letters have been digitized and transcribed for this website. The full collection can be viewed at The Citadel Archives in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Robert Emmet Gribbin Cadet Letters

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Charleston (S.C.)

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Charleston, S.C.

Oct. 2, 1902

Dear Mamma,

I sent you a card yesterday and hope you rec’d it alright. I am getting along alright now as I tried the exams today and beleive [sic] I made 15 (the maximum) on math. I got here about 8:30. P. M. on Tuesday. Henry & I struck up with a Hammette and Johnson (who wrote to me) and they came here with us. All of us washed and went down town [sic] and returned an hour later. Yesterday morning I met Maurice Tiller yesterday morning and he said he used to go to school with Maggie & Mary. I got my trunk yesterday morn-

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ing about 10:30. I went around to Miss Mattie’s but on my way Miss Birdie called me in and Mr. Burns came by and we went to Miss Mattie’s together. She sent up the blanket today, but I do not know what it cost. Then I went down to McIntosh’s to see about the cabbage seed. He said he sent a card saying there were not in stock then but would send them as soon as he got them. He said he would have them about Saturday and would send them as soon as he got them so look out accordingly. He also said he knew papa well & invited me to see him. I met Drummond yesterday too. Miss Lawrence called on me this evening and I like her nicely. Bowman is the hospital orderly which is considered better than lieutenant according to hav-

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ing a good time. Lieut. Cantey has been around twice but has said nothing. The fare is very good to what I have heard about it. There are two tables in our room covered with oilcloth. They are about two feet wide by four feet long. Six chairs, a clothes press, bookshelf & washstand make up the furniture.  

The clothes press is about six feet high but looks like a large desk with four large places for mattresses that correspond to the drawers while it has 8 places that look like pigeon holes. They are about 1 ½ feet square and two to each cadet for his clothes. There are two portholes in our room.

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Also pegs to hang your clothes on and that’s the crap.

I will close now hoping all’s right home and will continue so. I will close now your loving son,

Emmet Gribbin