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“…educated but drank.”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 153.

“…a doctor’s job in consultation…”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 153.

“The woman died…”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 157.

“…a sick overseer.”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 154.

“Over several days…”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 159.

“…pus in his abdomen…”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 160.

“…two quarts of pus squirted…”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 160.

“…a Christmas ball…”

Sims’s letter is dated January 10, 1836. A selection of his letters to Theresa is held in the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill libraries. Many of these letters were reproduced in an appendix of Sims’s autobiography.

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 375.

“…he received only two letters…”

Sims’s letter is dated December 31, 1835. A selection of his letters to Theresa is held in the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill libraries. Many of these letters were reproduced in an appendix of Sims’s autobiography

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 373.

“He sent her worried notes…”

Sims’s letter is dated December 31, 1835. A selection of his letters to Theresa is held in the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill libraries. Many of these letters were reproduced in an appendix of Sims’s autobiography.

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 372.

“…frantic apologies.”

Sims’s letter is dated January 10, 1836. A selection of his letters to Theresa is held in the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill libraries. Many of these letters were reproduced in an appendix of Sims’s autobiography

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 374.

“…at least every other week.”

Sims’s letter is dated January 10, 1836. A selection of his letters to Theresa is held in the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill libraries. Many of these letters were reproduced in an appendix of Sims’s autobiography.

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 375.

“He bought out Childers…”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 150.

“…he purchased lumber to build a home…”

From a letter to Theresa’s mother, dated January 30, 1836.

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 376.

“…wait until Christmas.”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 161.

“…another Creek uprising.”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, pp. 167-68.

“They saw no action…”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, pp. 168-69.