Metadata
Title
Sarah Josepha Hale to David E. Hale
Creator
Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879
Date
1836-09-27
September 27, 1836
Medium
Manuscripts
Language
eng
Type
text
Collection
Sarah Josepha Hale Collection, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Identifier
46-M-158
Rights
http://www.philaathenaeum.org/rights.html
Text
Boston, Sept 27. 1836
My dear Son
Your letter, with the enclosed
(fifty dollars) reached me safely, yesterday.
The money is current here, and will
do me much good - as I have lately
been at considerable expense for William
and Frances - They have both visited
me this vacation - I have written
you two long letters, which you had
not rec'd at date of your last. I hope
they will reach you, then you
will have all our plans and hopes.
The fifty dollars you sent last June,
I have had discounted, at a loss of
only six per cent. These sums which
you have so kindly sent me, have
been very acceptable. I hope that I shall
sometime be able to make you a present
in return for your kindness - I cannot
now write a long letter, as I go this
morning to hear the Eulogy on the
late President Madison, by John Q.
Adams -
Oh, how I do hope the war
may soon be ended, and you
safely in Boston, with me. -
Your situation now employs
all my thoughts; the other children
are well, and pleasantly
situated - but you are exposed to
danger and hardships, that
make me very, very, anxious -
May God preserve you.
- I shall not pay the postage
on this - I have on the two last -
and perhaps that may be the
reason why they are not
sent to you so speedily. -
Write soon, every opportunity.
You will probably have to leave
your present post when the
season advances, tell me [where]
to direct to you.
Your ever affectionate
Mother
My dear Son
Your letter, with the enclosed
(fifty dollars) reached me safely, yesterday.
The money is current here, and will
do me much good - as I have lately
been at considerable expense for William
and Frances - They have both visited
me this vacation - I have written
you two long letters, which you had
not rec'd at date of your last. I hope
they will reach you, then you
will have all our plans and hopes.
The fifty dollars you sent last June,
I have had discounted, at a loss of
only six per cent. These sums which
you have so kindly sent me, have
been very acceptable. I hope that I shall
sometime be able to make you a present
in return for your kindness - I cannot
now write a long letter, as I go this
morning to hear the Eulogy on the
late President Madison, by John Q.
Adams -
Oh, how I do hope the war
may soon be ended, and you
safely in Boston, with me. -
Your situation now employs
all my thoughts; the other children
are well, and pleasantly
situated - but you are exposed to
danger and hardships, that
make me very, very, anxious -
May God preserve you.
- I shall not pay the postage
on this - I have on the two last -
and perhaps that may be the
reason why they are not
sent to you so speedily. -
Write soon, every opportunity.
You will probably have to leave
your present post when the
season advances, tell me [where]
to direct to you.
Your ever affectionate
Mother