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My Dear Children I suppose | My Dear Children I suppose ere this you've had ocular proof that Miss E.A. Rich is no more and have seen Mrs DeWitt. How strange it is I can hardly believe it- it seems like a dream to me-when she first wrote me that she was to be married in just a week or two, I did have a real hearty cry I was so overwhelm'd and confounded with the strange news and so I have not a child left. It is well. I must soon pass away, I can heartily rejoice that I can leave my children each provided with a friend and companion to comfort and bless them on the journey of life. | ||
It seems as far as she can judge from her letters that Anna has a prospect of being very pleasantly situated. So write to us all | It seems as far as she can judge from her letters that Anna has a prospect of being very pleasantly situated. So write to us all about the man how you like him and everything that you can think of that would make us acquainted with their condition circumstances and prospects, more than all I want to know your opinions of the man. | ||
I return'd from Mass 1st of Oct. Had a good time am very glad I went I did not visit about much only to see Sisters Spent 2 weeks at | I return'd from Mass 1st of Oct. Had a good time am very glad I went I did not visit about much only to see Sisters Spent 2 weeks at your Aunt Conants one at Aunt Hannahs one with Aunt | ||
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Mother M. Milo Oct 1853 Du Quoin Nov 3, 1853
Milo My Dear Children I suppose ere this you've had ocular proof that Miss E.A. Rich is no more and have seen Mrs DeWitt. How strange it is I can hardly believe it- it seems like a dream to me-when she first wrote me that she was to be married in just a week or two, I did have a real hearty cry I was so overwhelm'd and confounded with the strange news and so I have not a child left. It is well. I must soon pass away, I can heartily rejoice that I can leave my children each provided with a friend and companion to comfort and bless them on the journey of life.
It seems as far as she can judge from her letters that Anna has a prospect of being very pleasantly situated. So write to us all about the man how you like him and everything that you can think of that would make us acquainted with their condition circumstances and prospects, more than all I want to know your opinions of the man. I return'd from Mass 1st of Oct. Had a good time am very glad I went I did not visit about much only to see Sisters Spent 2 weeks at your Aunt Conants one at Aunt Hannahs one with Aunt