Metadata
Title
Louisa C. Tuthill to Sarah Josepha Hale
Creator
Tuthill, Louisa C. (Louisa Caroline), 1798-1879
Date
1867-02-08
February 8, 1867
Subject
Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879
Medium
Manuscripts
Language
eng
Type
text
Collection
Sarah Josepha Hale Collection, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Identifier
46-M-186
Rights
http://www.philaathenaeum.org/rights.html
Text
Princeton Feby 8th/67
My dear Mrs. Hale
Enclosed please find
Ten Dollars for The "Woman's
Union Missionary Society".
Mrs Charles [?] $5.00
Mrs L.C. Tuthill - 3.00
Mrs Woods Baker 2.00
[ED: line]
$10.00
Do not think, my dear friend,
that my interest in this noble
Society has decreased because
my contribution is less than
it was last year. My charity-
purse has had large demands
for various objects, and
the high price of living
restricts my ability to contribute
largely to many
worthy purposes.
I congratulate you and dear
Fanny on the birth of her
third son. I am glad to
learn, [DE: that] from Mrs Hodge,
that the mother is "doing well".
No doubt you are au courant
to all Princeton news.
The last item, Alice Potter's
engagement to Mr Lippincott
of your city, excites much
interest. He is an excellent
young man, of whom every
lady speaks well. - I trust
this not involve the
"[woe?]" denounced [upon?] such
in the holy Bible!
What frigid [zone?] snow we
have had the past winter!
The drifts in sight of us
still, are like mountain
waves.
Notwithstanding the severity
of the season [Laulie?] has
been able to attend school
constantly, and to pursue
her studies with intense
interest. I wonder, sometimes,
why that interest does not
flag, but it never does.
We were all pleased to see
our charming [?] here
again and [DE: only] regreted
that we had only a few
glimpses of her during her
brief visit to Princeton
My dear friend, we are growing
old, and ought to see each
other more frequently. The
friends whom we have known
and loved are passing away
"like leaves in wintry weather,"
and those still spared are
exceedingly precious.
When the Spring renders
the country pleasant come
and pay us a visit to
make up for the short and
unsatisfactory one, when the
sudden departure of porr
Mrs Harrison had cast a
gloom over the large circle
of your friends in Princeton
I know the claims the public
have upon you are imperative
but has not the friendship
of many years a claim that
you will kindly acknowledge?
Mary, Sarah and [Laulie?] jam
in affectionate greeting to you,
my dear Mrs Hale, and all of
your household.
Please give my best love to Fanny,
and kindest regards to Dr Hunter.
Faithfully Yours, Louisa C. Tuthill
Mrs Sarah J. Hale.
My dear Mrs. Hale
Enclosed please find
Ten Dollars for The "Woman's
Union Missionary Society".
Mrs Charles [?] $5.00
Mrs L.C. Tuthill - 3.00
Mrs Woods Baker 2.00
[ED: line]
$10.00
Do not think, my dear friend,
that my interest in this noble
Society has decreased because
my contribution is less than
it was last year. My charity-
purse has had large demands
for various objects, and
the high price of living
restricts my ability to contribute
largely to many
worthy purposes.
I congratulate you and dear
Fanny on the birth of her
third son. I am glad to
learn, [DE: that] from Mrs Hodge,
that the mother is "doing well".
No doubt you are au courant
to all Princeton news.
The last item, Alice Potter's
engagement to Mr Lippincott
of your city, excites much
interest. He is an excellent
young man, of whom every
lady speaks well. - I trust
this not involve the
"[woe?]" denounced [upon?] such
in the holy Bible!
What frigid [zone?] snow we
have had the past winter!
The drifts in sight of us
still, are like mountain
waves.
Notwithstanding the severity
of the season [Laulie?] has
been able to attend school
constantly, and to pursue
her studies with intense
interest. I wonder, sometimes,
why that interest does not
flag, but it never does.
We were all pleased to see
our charming [?] here
again and [DE: only] regreted
that we had only a few
glimpses of her during her
brief visit to Princeton
My dear friend, we are growing
old, and ought to see each
other more frequently. The
friends whom we have known
and loved are passing away
"like leaves in wintry weather,"
and those still spared are
exceedingly precious.
When the Spring renders
the country pleasant come
and pay us a visit to
make up for the short and
unsatisfactory one, when the
sudden departure of porr
Mrs Harrison had cast a
gloom over the large circle
of your friends in Princeton
I know the claims the public
have upon you are imperative
but has not the friendship
of many years a claim that
you will kindly acknowledge?
Mary, Sarah and [Laulie?] jam
in affectionate greeting to you,
my dear Mrs Hale, and all of
your household.
Please give my best love to Fanny,
and kindest regards to Dr Hunter.
Faithfully Yours, Louisa C. Tuthill
Mrs Sarah J. Hale.