Hello All - I am Peg E. Rollans. While I very much appreciate the attention the paper paid on November 10, to the return of items original to Stanton Hall, and hope it will encourage more descendants to do so, there were a few specifics I want to correct, for those interested. The statuettes were the Happy Mother, correctly noted, and the Angry Mother, incorrectly noted as the Sad Mother. A mother with a whip is not sad, she's angry. (The whip broke off, but hopefully, we can get that restored at some point.) I don't believe the statuettes were placed originally in the main salon, as they are smaller than most pieces in the room, but possibly in the dining room or elsewhere. Mimi Miller of the Historic Natchez Fdn. recognized them in a very early photograph of Stanton Hall, which is why I brought them back to share with Stanton Hall visitors.
I am truly not 90 years old, or would indeed be selling face cream! I did swim in the Stanton Hall pool, and played at my great aunt Margaret Martin's and grandmother Elizabeth Stamper's home on South Commerce Street, where we visited every other summer, as a child. (I was honored to be asked to play the part of my great aunt, Margaret Martin, at the Angels on the Bluff fundraiser for the Natchez City Cemetary this year, and happily complied, which was one of the reasons I was in Natchez.) The article made it sound like I had played IN Stanton Hall, which is inaccurate.
I am also extremely proud of my southern heritage, including ties to Monteigne via Gen. William T. Martin, and share that with anyone who expresses interest, regardless of where they reside. I love Natchez and have tremendous respect for those who work so hard to preserve such an amazingly special history.
Posted on November 18 at 8:43 p.m.
Hello All - I am Peg E. Rollans. While I very much appreciate the attention the paper paid on November 10, to the return of items original to Stanton Hall, and hope it will encourage more descendants to do so, there were a few specifics I want to correct, for those interested. The statuettes were the Happy Mother, correctly noted, and the Angry Mother, incorrectly noted as the Sad Mother. A mother with a whip is not sad, she's angry. (The whip broke off, but hopefully, we can get that restored at some point.) I don't believe the statuettes were placed originally in the main salon, as they are smaller than most pieces in the room, but possibly in the dining room or elsewhere. Mimi Miller of the Historic Natchez Fdn. recognized them in a very early photograph of Stanton Hall, which is why I brought them back to share with Stanton Hall visitors.
I am truly not 90 years old, or would indeed be selling face cream! I did swim in the Stanton Hall pool, and played at my great aunt Margaret Martin's and grandmother Elizabeth Stamper's home on South Commerce Street, where we visited every other summer, as a child. (I was honored to be asked to play the part of my great aunt, Margaret Martin, at the Angels on the Bluff fundraiser for the Natchez City Cemetary this year, and happily complied, which was one of the reasons I was in Natchez.) The article made it sound like I had played IN Stanton Hall, which is inaccurate.
I am also extremely proud of my southern heritage, including ties to Monteigne via Gen. William T. Martin, and share that with anyone who expresses interest, regardless of where they reside. I love Natchez and have tremendous respect for those who work so hard to preserve such an amazingly special history.
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