Letter
Dublin Core
Title
Elizabeth Huntington to Frederic Dan Huntington, Undated
Creator
Elizabeth Whiting Phelps Huntington
Source
Porter-Phelps-Huntington Family Papers (Box 12 Folder 8)
University of Massachusetts Special Collections and University Archives
Date
Undated
Rights
public domain
Type
Correspondence
Transcription
Mr. F. D. Huntington
Dear Frederic,
I have been invited to make you a call this afternoon, but as the girls are expecting to drink tea at Mr. Oliver Smith’s this afternoon1, I must not think of it, for if it should be late before you father returns, our dear little Danny would be quite alone. I send you a handkerchief which you may return when it needs washing – and with you to send home your’s now to be washed – I shall get you a new one soon. Yesterday Sarah2 and Marianne3 with [?]4 spent the afternoon with us, just after they came, Mrs. [?] and [wife] Walsh came also and drank tea with us. The [?] is fine. May our comforts which are so multiplied had up our health to Him whose favour alone can make us happy – Your’s as ever
Elizabeth
- Social gatherings, such as the one referenced here, were customary at this time. Social relationships and reputations played a large role in society and the Huntington-Phelps retained a strong reputation. ↩︎
- Sarah refers to Sarah Phelps. Sarah is the daughter of Moses and wife of Charles. She had 7 children before dying of typhoid in 1817. ↩︎
- Marianne refers to Marianne St. Agnan Stearns. ↩︎
- The page has been significantly ripped here, making a few words illegible. ↩︎