| Title: | Stewart, Frances to Edgeworth, Honora, 1829 |
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| ID | 4739 |
| Collection | Revisiting Our Forest Home, The immigrant letters of Frances Stewart [J. L. Aoki] |
| File | stewart/21 |
| Year | 1829 |
| Sender | Stewart, Frances |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | housewife |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Douro Township, Newcsatle District, Upper Canada |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | Edgeworth, Honora |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | friends |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 322 |
| Genre | family life |
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| Transcript | [1829] To Honora Edgeworth, Edgeworthstown, Ireland My dearest Honora When my last letters left this I intended to write in this next packet to you and tho' I had but little hope at that time from Harriet's former account, yet I did not expect the termination would have arrived so soon. It has been mercifully hastened tho' we must all wish to preserve a beloved friend. Yet in this case where hope was nearly gone, how much pain & miserable hopeless watching were you & the dear sufferer himself spared. Dearest Honora, before you receive this I hope you may in some degree have recovered from the effects of such a loss. It is not at first that we feel most. I am & must for some time be most anxious to hear from you & if you can it would & does at all times give me unspeakable pleasure to receive letters from you, one of my earliest friends.... I will not say any more. I must, however, dear Honora thank you for the pretty seals which are just what I set my wishes on & which I shall love for your sake. I am most anxious to hear how you all have been & how your poor dear Mother is & poor Sophy Fox whose situation was rather critical. In short no creature can wish more or feel or think more about you all than Your ever affectionate old friend Fanny Stewart Harriet enclosed me dear kind Aunt Marys note. With my love & warmest thanks will you tell her that the pretty Muffatees shall be distributed exactly as she wished. When I wrote to her I did not know she had sent them & now I cannot write to her but pray will you give her my most grateful love & affection. I think they could not have been better disposed, as suiting each member of our little party. |
