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Metadata
Object ID |
2013.106.842 |
Title |
Letter from Frances "Fannie" (Phillips) Emerson to her aunt Harriet (Phillips) Emerson |
Object Name |
Letter |
Dates of Creation |
December 8, 1872 |
Scope & Content |
Handwritten letter dated December 8, 1872 from Frances "Fannie" (Phillips) Emerson in Skowhegan, Maine to her aunt Harriet (Phillips) Emerson in York. She is visiting her mother and friends in Skowhegan, ME presumably for the holidays. She mentions that her mother is looking healthy and doing well and that the weather is quite cold there. She also writes about some people in town and that Leonard wants her to come down to Boston to see the new ship has and that she will be leaving Wednesday. Transcription: My dearest aunt, I arrived safely at my destination after a long tedious ride, and found all my friends well and awaiting me with a hearty welcome. Ma is looking very well and is very healthy. She is sitting beside me now so proud as punch with he handsomest pair of hair earrings I ever saw. They are wholly unlike any I ever saw. The sleighing is very good here and the weather is much colder than when I came down, although it grows colder very rapidly after we left Kittery, as at Wells the tress were glistening with ice. There is a very pleasing young lady visiting here, Miss Mary Hartwell, a cousin of the Bells. She is a little beauty and a most accomplished player of the piano. She and Ed have been playing and singing this evening much to my amusement and gratification. Ed is going to canvas his slate with his Inekers[?] first commencing at Portland. He is to sell at wholesale. I supposed he had to go to every home which would not be as agreeable. Lent wants me to start about the middle of the week and go to Boston to see the ship so I shall leave here Wednesday and spend the night at Dover and go to Boston Thursday. That is what I propose to do now but I may change my plans again. My cold is very disagreeable and bids to last me while I am here and my nose which was once so insignificant now stands out in bold relief and redder than looks well for such a small one. Ma sends her love to you and all and many thanks for the Hakf[?]. Give my love to each and all, and believe your loving Fannie Do embrace the little puppy for me, and give Spring a pat. |
Collection |
Emerson Family Collection |
People |
Emerson, Andrew Leonard, Capt., 1837-1909 Emerson, Frances "Fanny" Louisa (née Phillips) Emerson, Harriet Jane (née Philips), 1808-1890 |
Search Terms |
York 19th century Skowhegan |
Subjects |
Family letters Maritime history Ports Sailors Shipping Weather Ships Travel |