Letter
Dublin Core
Title
1832.06.01 – Elizabeth Huntington to Mary Huntington, June 1, 1832
Description
Elizabeth Huntington is writing to Mary Huntington explaining that she received her series of letters that came last Tuesday. She explains that her first letter brought sorrow upon them as a family but her last letter inspired them with hope. Elizabeth then goes on to speak about what has happened lately in the town and in church. Elizabeth explains how she and her family were missing Mary but they planned to make a trip to see her. The entirety of the last page of this letter is cross written and indecipherable.
Creator
Elizabeth Whiting Phelps Huntington
Source
Porter-Phelps-Huntington Family Papers (Box 12 Folder 12)
University of Massachusetts Special Collections and University Archives
Date
1832-06-01
Rights
public domain
Type
Correspondence
Transcription
Elizabeth Huntington to Mary Huntington
Elm Valley June 1st 1832
My dear Mary,
We were made glad last evening by the next of your letters to B. and not a little comforted by the few French linen to William which came to hand on Tuesday. Your first letter breathed a strain of sorrow which gave us all some pain; but your last inspires us with the hope that you are in a degree enjoying your situation and with be able to go thro’ with the term profitable and pleasantly. In their among the multitude of favours let us not fail to render thanks as most due. Last Tuesday your father and I went to Northhampton and Frederic assisted me in putting down the carpeting in the pew. He went with me to Charles’: and we found Helen with little _ in the kitchen, having made their from the dining room to avoid the by washing the floor. Dear baby had been quite unwell for a week and looked feverish then, but she came to me very willingly, and took my handkerchief and wiped her mouth. Helen thought it possible the h’chief might be occasioned by the measles, but think it more probable it is the effect of teething. Fredric came home with us last Sabbath after meeting, and returned next morning and intends coming again tomorrow to go back with us Sabbath morning. He is much more unxxxxx than he was at first. He says his health is better than it was then. Yesterday Martha came up to spend the day with Marianne and Caroline, but I heard today that Marianne was unwell and she __ her visit at Mitty’s- This morning about eight, Thene came to church to accompany her to Mrs. Wright – they went between nine and ten.
Monday afternoon,
Having finished our work, I suppose the next thing must be to prepare our letter to send by col. Porter, who is to leave home with his wife tomorrow for Troy. As they will probably spend a few days in that vicinity I hope you will have an opportunity of seeing them. Your letter to Theodore came Saturday evening. You can hardly think how pleased we are that you are so well and so [contented]. When we left Frederic yesterday he look’d very sorry. He feels it to be a great evil that he cannot live at home. But your Pa has told him that it is possible he may not stay there longer than you are at Troy and that has given him some relief. As you wished me to send you the hymn that we sung I have marked them a week ago yesterday they were the following. 86. 144. 142-177-265 yesterday 58-433-69-207-257 this last was sung in the morning before sermon. I suppose Mr. _ was led to read that, from the sermon of Mr. Atwills having requested prayer having been braved of an only _. He did not mention his name but Mr. Atwills was present and deeply affected in this time of prayer and afterward. He was there both parts of the day. After the communion the 504th hymn was sung. Charles and William have proposed sitting out next Thursday for a visit at Lebanon with Helen and Bethia but Williams have came home last evening so cruel galled that the journey may be suspended or perhaps prevented. Your father and Bethia went to Northampton last Saturday. Mr. Harm saw them or rather your pa and told him that Mr. and Mrs. Whitman and her and his wife intended to come over and see me this week. He had been talking— Indecipherable