| Title: | Stewart, Frances to Waller, Maria, 1860 |
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| ID | 4767 |
| Collection | Revisiting Our Forest Home, The immigrant letters of Frances Stewart [J. L. Aoki] |
| File | stewart/49 |
| Year | 1860 |
| Sender | Stewart, Frances |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | housewife |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | unknown |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | Waller, Maria |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | niece-aunt |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 309 |
| Genre | news, family |
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| Transcript | [1860: August] To Aunt [ ], Ireland How very kind you had been my own dear Aunt to write me such a delightful letter which made me truly happy giving such pleasant accounts of yourself & my other dear friends & relations & telling me so much about dear Charles & Charlotte who I am sincerely happy to find you like so much. I am sure if one quarter of what I have heard of her from all sides is true she will indeed be a blessing & comfort to me & to all her connexions. It is most amazing to me how Charlie contrived to gain her affections so soon & so completely. But he has been equally fortunate in all he has undertaken for he has now got Auburn, a very pretty place & a very excellent house & a fine valuable property without the smallest trouble or difficulty on his part. I have had the whole house painted & papered & I think it will look "first rate" for them when they come. Oh may they be preserved in the dangers of the voyage and may we all meet at my own dear Auburn in safety & thankfulness next week. I shall look out for them about Thursday next the 25th. They might come sooner. I can't help feeling anxious but I know they are under the care of Him who holds our lives in His hands & knows the time & the way to call us hence. Many are preserved in apparent danger & taken at an unlocked for moment. All are in His hands & we know His Power & His Mercy & His Love which is boundless. Oh may I in this trial & all others place all I hold most dear in His care who is our best Father Guardian & Protector. |
