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sick with the Typhoid fever & my time was spent | sick with the Typhoid fever & my time was spent | ||
with her & all my leisure time since. I am taking | with her & all my leisure time since. I am taking | ||
care of her to day but will spend my leisure | care of her to day but will spend my leisure with you. | ||
Fine in regard to Myron's limb - it was not taken | Fine in regard to Myron's limb - it was not taken | ||
off only the old bone taken out. The opperation was | off only the old bone taken out. The opperation was | ||
severer than amputation but his limb is now | |||
gaining very fast. The new bone & the sore | gaining very fast. The new bone & the sore seemed | ||
in a healthy condition much more so than the Doct | in a healthy condition much more so than the Doct | ||
anticipated. He thinks Myron will have a good leg | anticipated. He thinks Myron will have a good leg | ||
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been well again. He is now doing well in everything. | been well again. He is now doing well in everything. | ||
[written | [written up the left-hand side of the letter & across the top] | ||
I had no object in asking of Mr. Frazer only to know if there had been a | I had no object in asking of Mr. Frazer only to know if there had been a | ||
man | man there by that name or if he had been written under an assumed name | ||
I know nothing of him either from his writings or else ways. He wrote me first what | I know nothing of him either from his writings or else ways. He wrote me first what | ||
the commencement of the term after you left Marietta & before Josie left (as I showed the | the commencement of the term after you left Marietta & before Josie left (as I showed the | ||
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from him. He found out | from him. He found out | ||
some way that I was visiting | some way that I was visiting | ||
at Quincy & at Mr. | at Quincy & at Mr. Hartyell's | ||
& as I met with a gentleman | & as I met with a gentleman | ||
on board the boat with whom | on board the boat with whom | ||
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what you wrote it could not be | what you wrote it could not be | ||
I presume I shall never hear from | I presume I shall never hear from | ||
again as he had left Cedar | him again as he had left Cedar | ||
Rapids before my letter could | Rapids before my letter could | ||
reach there. He said if I would per- | reach there. He said if I would per- | ||
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here and La Fayette? I would like to | here and La Fayette? I would like to | ||
visit Erasmus family much also | visit Erasmus family much also | ||
Uncle | Uncle Atkin''s folks - Do you ever | ||
hear from Edwin? Please write soon | hear from Edwin? Please write soon | ||
and take good care of yourself - | and take good care of yourself - | ||
With much love | With much love | ||
Lillie | Lillie |
Revision as of 22:21, 7 May 2020
Quincy, Ill Oct 29th / 54
Dear Brother N- I intended to have written you last Sabbath but Mrs. Fox with whom I board was taken sick with the Typhoid fever & my time was spent with her & all my leisure time since. I am taking care of her to day but will spend my leisure with you. Fine in regard to Myron's limb - it was not taken off only the old bone taken out. The opperation was severer than amputation but his limb is now gaining very fast. The new bone & the sore seemed in a healthy condition much more so than the Doct anticipated. He thinks Myron will have a good leg again perhaps in a year & perhaps it may take longer. If you were to have seen it you wouldn't have thought from the looks it ever could have been well again. He is now doing well in everything.
[written up the left-hand side of the letter & across the top] I had no object in asking of Mr. Frazer only to know if there had been a man there by that name or if he had been written under an assumed name I know nothing of him either from his writings or else ways. He wrote me first what the commencement of the term after you left Marietta & before Josie left (as I showed the letter to her) & addresses it to Miss L. Y. Kendall so I replied to it & told him of her marriage &c. He wrote me once after that & sent me three or four papers & till this September I've heard nothing from him. He found out some way that I was visiting at Quincy & at Mr. Hartyell's & as I met with a gentleman on board the boat with whom I had some acquaintance I thought perhaps it might be him. But from what you wrote it could not be I presume I shall never hear from him again as he had left Cedar Rapids before my letter could reach there. He said if I would per- mit him he would explain how he first came to write me &c. Is there any direct road between here and La Fayette? I would like to visit Erasmus family much also Uncle Atkins folks - Do you ever hear from Edwin? Please write soon and take good care of yourself - With much love Lillie