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Fanny Longfellow to Charles Sumner, 7 August 1843
Manuscript letter
July 1843
Dear Charles
Niagara has been magnetising us like a potent magician but in consideration of the hurried manner in which we must visit him giving up so many tempting spots on the way, we have resolved to resist his spells & content ourselves with Catskill We shall return to Boston tomorrow morning, to leave in the afternoon cars for Springfield, & both earnestly hope you will be able, & willing to accompany us I have [p. 2] written to Emmeline to urge her to join us, likewise, & think such an arrangement will secure us great pleasure besides that furnished from Nature’s lavish hand
I am sure you cannot resist the combined temptations of this prospect & will agree to become a deserter from Court St for a week at least.
Your obstinacy, or perseverance, in refusing on Saturday to be troubled with our horse like the unfortunate Mr Winkle must have been the prompting of your better genius for yesterdays storm would have chained you as effectually to these rocks as Prometheus was to his. The sea is glorious [p. 3] today its locks having turned white in the storm, like tears, & it is tossing them about nobly
Give our united love to Felton, if you cross his path, & ask him to come & give us Godspeed tomorrow at No 36 Beacon St. Henry promises to appear, however, at the Office by 11 o’clock & hopes to find you with your trunk packed.
ever cordially yrs
Fanny Longfellow
Nahant. Monday
If Hillard rides this afternoon he will oblige us if he will take the Norton’s en route, to discover if they contemplate a journey in the direction we [p. 4] have chosen, for they talked of it when we saw them in Cambridge & it would be charming to have the “Evidences” or the “original Truths” as further embellishments of our party.
Dear Charles
Niagara has been magnetising us like a potent magician but in consideration of the hurried manner in which we must visit him giving up so many tempting spots on the way, we have resolved to resist his spells & content ourselves with Catskill We shall return to Boston tomorrow morning, to leave in the afternoon cars for Springfield, & both earnestly hope you will be able, & willing to accompany us I have [p. 2] written to Emmeline to urge her to join us, likewise, & think such an arrangement will secure us great pleasure besides that furnished from Nature’s lavish hand
I am sure you cannot resist the combined temptations of this prospect & will agree to become a deserter from Court St for a week at least.
Your obstinacy, or perseverance, in refusing on Saturday to be troubled with our horse like the unfortunate Mr Winkle must have been the prompting of your better genius for yesterdays storm would have chained you as effectually to these rocks as Prometheus was to his. The sea is glorious [p. 3] today its locks having turned white in the storm, like tears, & it is tossing them about nobly
Give our united love to Felton, if you cross his path, & ask him to come & give us Godspeed tomorrow at No 36 Beacon St. Henry promises to appear, however, at the Office by 11 o’clock & hopes to find you with your trunk packed.
ever cordially yrs
Fanny Longfellow
Nahant. Monday
If Hillard rides this afternoon he will oblige us if he will take the Norton’s en route, to discover if they contemplate a journey in the direction we [p. 4] have chosen, for they talked of it when we saw them in Cambridge & it would be charming to have the “Evidences” or the “original Truths” as further embellishments of our party.
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Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Latitude: 42.3769989013672, Longitude: -71.1264038085938
Latitude: 42.3769989013672, Longitude: -71.1264038085938
NPS Museum Number Catalog : LONG 20257
Title: Finding Aid to the Frances Elizabeth Appleton Longfellow (1817-1861) Papers, 1825-1961 (bulk dated: 1832-1861)
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Manuscript letter in Frances Appleton Longfellow Papers, Series II. Correspondence, A. Outgoing, 1843. (1011/002.001-013#011)
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