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Monday Oct 29th
Dear Henry
Your's
of the 24th was Saturday evening -- We all were interested in your description
of your house and glad you have a pleasant home -- it is a comfort to me that
you are near Dr. Fred and his family, and so near the churches, I hope the
children can go to Sunday School now -- Lizzie will surely appreciate the
bath room when she remembers the buckets of water she used to carry upstairs
when here -- You all thought of course that we would be lonely after you all
left, and we were, but you did not know how miserable I was the day Lizzie
& Minna left -- I felt as if a funeral had gone out of the house, and
probably I would never see them again -- But we are not lonely just now aunt
Lucretia is here. she came last week, and has been amusing us with accounts
of what she say in Mich. it is a poor country, but she had a fine view of
the lake from her boarding house and enjoyed watching the various water craft
something she had never seen -- I wish you could see aunt, she has lost considerable
flesh, but has recovered her health is in fine spirits, and to my eyes is
a pretty old woman.--
Bob,
the youngest son was married last month to a lady he met in Dakota, her father
moved to Va. and he had to go there to be married, he is at his mother's at
present -- will take Curt's farm as soon as the tenant leaves -- he lost every
cent of money in his West Superior enterprise, and so did Curtis and Arthur
--
Wednesday Morning -- all well but much to Sis' disgust we shut
in the house by a down pour of rain and she cannot take her usual fresh air
which the Denver doctor said was so important for her --
Remember me to all, especially to
Minna and Matt -- I hope thay will learn all they can this winter from their
books and when school closes to come back here where they can play and hunt
all summer and as much longer as they wish to stay --
I am expecting robert certainly
at Chrismas, and no doubt he can get you a pass and you must come if you possibly
can.
With love
Mother
Source: Handwritten original
in the private collection of the Chambless family. Transcribed
to softcopy by Susan D. Chambless, month day, 2000.
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