| Title: | Stewart, Frances to Stewart, Harriet, 1868 |
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| ID | 4785 |
| Collection | Revisiting Our Forest Home, The immigrant letters of Frances Stewart [J. L. Aoki] |
| File | stewart/67 |
| Year | 1868 |
| Sender | Stewart, Frances |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | housewife |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Douro Township, Newcsatle District, Upper Canada |
| Destination | Acton, Ontario, Canada |
| Recipient | Stewart, Harriet |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | grandmother-granddaughter |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 388 |
| Genre | family life |
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| Transcript | 1868: March 25 To Harriet Stewart, [Acton, Ontario] Douro 25th. March 1868 My dearest Harriet I liked your letter very much and I hope you will write to me again. I have letters very often from my other Grandchildren and now I send you one from your cousin Herbert. I asked your cousin Harriet to write to you but she has not one ready but she writes very nicely. I think you would be very fond of her. She is a very nice little girl and always merry. She sings very nicely and sings a great many hymns and songs too. If you ever come back to Canada you will be surprised to see Aunt Carolines new house. I have not seen it but I hear it is a very pretty house and I should like to see it and Aunt and Uncle Strickland and Charlie and Agnes and Arthur. We have had too much snow and could not go out for a long time. I have not seen any of your Aunts or cousins except the Browns who live very near and Aunt Louisa's family. We have no flowers yet but I suppose you have Violets now and crocuses. Have you a garden? We sometimes hear a little bird who comes to a tree near the house and sings in the morning and we hear the crows cawing & see lots of wild Pigeons. Some beasts called Wolverines have been here this winter and have killed our hens and amongst them a dear little black hen with a large topping of black and white feathers. She was so tame she came to me whenever she saw me and [would] eat bread out of my hand. I was very sorry. These Wolverines cry at night like some person screaming. They are like a very large cat. Oh! dear Harrie how much I should like to kiss you again. Poor old Betty sometimes comes to see us and she often talks of your Papa. She often nursed him when he was a little boy about as old as Nora. I should like to see you all my dear little children for you are all warmly loved by Your own fond Grandma F: Stewart Give my love to Lina and Nora and Henry. Is he to be Henry or Elliott. |
