Metadata
Title
Mrs. C. A. Hopkinson to Sarah Josepha Hale
Date
1869-01-20
January 20, 1869
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-119
Rights
http://www.philaathenaeum.org/rights.html
Text
Cambridge Jan 20./69
Received from Louis
A. Godey Esqr. $30.00 in
payt [payment] for "Miss Marshall"
CA Hopkinson
Dear good friend, I certainly
will do any thing I can do for your
relief in the Editor's Table, & shall
be most happy to do what you say,
just as an assistance to you, and
shall feel my myself amply repaid
and most pleasantly so, by the
possession of your books. - I read
your article on jewelry and I always
do all your Editor's Table & liked it
much - you think Women the ultimate
of created things I see - they ought
to be, but I am afraid the ultimatest
of them are not the most given to jewelry.
I do love to see a precious stone on the
hand or at the throat of a woman, where
it seems to speak not only for itself
but for a long story. They are always
suggestive on old people, & interesting,
but I dont think I like to see young
people adorned with them.
My eyes are not much better,
but I write a little, & shall
[ED: the following line is upside down at the top of the page]
With this I send a receipt for Mr. Godey.
make it my business to write your
articles first. Oh! dear - I would
not be an Editor for any money, &
"I admire asking you", that you can go
on so enduringly, & that your wits
last you so, one moon after
another - Ellen thanks you for
your kind message to her, & sends
her love - If you could see the
interest which your book creates
when it comes, you would smile -
such a hurry to read Miss (or Mrs?)
Havilands's story - tell me something
about her if you know her - I
send you an article wh was sent
to me by the author, about Womens
partial suffrage - perhaps you
may find material in it for
a paragraph. I heard Lucy Stone
the other night for the first time, &
was surprised to see & hear a calm
gentle person who made some excellent
points. Affectionately CAH
Mrs. Sarah J. Hale.
Care of Louis A. Godey Esqr
Philadelphia.
Received from Louis
A. Godey Esqr. $30.00 in
payt [payment] for "Miss Marshall"
CA Hopkinson
Dear good friend, I certainly
will do any thing I can do for your
relief in the Editor's Table, & shall
be most happy to do what you say,
just as an assistance to you, and
shall feel my myself amply repaid
and most pleasantly so, by the
possession of your books. - I read
your article on jewelry and I always
do all your Editor's Table & liked it
much - you think Women the ultimate
of created things I see - they ought
to be, but I am afraid the ultimatest
of them are not the most given to jewelry.
I do love to see a precious stone on the
hand or at the throat of a woman, where
it seems to speak not only for itself
but for a long story. They are always
suggestive on old people, & interesting,
but I dont think I like to see young
people adorned with them.
My eyes are not much better,
but I write a little, & shall
[ED: the following line is upside down at the top of the page]
With this I send a receipt for Mr. Godey.
make it my business to write your
articles first. Oh! dear - I would
not be an Editor for any money, &
"I admire asking you", that you can go
on so enduringly, & that your wits
last you so, one moon after
another - Ellen thanks you for
your kind message to her, & sends
her love - If you could see the
interest which your book creates
when it comes, you would smile -
such a hurry to read Miss (or Mrs?)
Havilands's story - tell me something
about her if you know her - I
send you an article wh was sent
to me by the author, about Womens
partial suffrage - perhaps you
may find material in it for
a paragraph. I heard Lucy Stone
the other night for the first time, &
was surprised to see & hear a calm
gentle person who made some excellent
points. Affectionately CAH
Mrs. Sarah J. Hale.
Care of Louis A. Godey Esqr
Philadelphia.