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Frances (Appleton) Longfellow to Anne Longfellow Pierce, 24 June 1853
Manuscript letter
Cambridge June 24th 1853.
Dearest Annie,
We dispatched a box to you this morning by Express which I hope will arrive safely. It contained an old dress which I thought you might turn to some use, by the portraits of a nice old couple you will be glad to recognise, & a black silk bonnet I wore very little last autumn, which is light for summer, with a little cap from my sister. I trust the tapes will do their duty & duly divorce these articles so that you will not find them [p. 2] all crushed together.
We were greatly disappointed that you could not come to see us at this beautiful season & so was Sam, to whom I had written of your probably advent, & he gave us a few pleasant days. I am very sorry too you lost your Brattleboro’ visit, but hope it is only postponed as I see by the paper Mr Higginson is already better. Is it true that he lost entirely his memory of language? Poor Mrs Davies – what a sad state for her – pray give them my sympathy when you [p. 3] see any of them.
How pray did you poison your face? – the mystery is unexplained, but I hope the annoyance has left you.
I had the pleasure yesterday of receiving a letter from my sister announcing her safe arrival at Liverpool, after a calm & pleasant passage. She hopes her husband will be able to join her in England this summer, & she will at least have the satisfaction of seeing her eldest boy who has been at school there the past year.
I suppose we shall hardly see Mary until midsummer, as she lingers at the Springs. We go on the 5th or 6th of July to [p. 4] Nahant for the vacation, so that I know not when I shall catch a glimpse of her. I wish she could be persuaded to remain here this winter & strengthen her constitution a little. I feel pretty well at present tho’ incapable of much exertion expecting to be confined about the 1st of October, a prospect which has distressed me a good deal, & I have been very miserable (physically I mean) all the Spring. I find children such a responsibility as they grow older, & so difficult to manage rightly, that I shrink from further duties beyond my capacities.
Alice is a darling comfort but promises to have a pretty good will of her own too & is fated to be a Tomboy I fear, unless she has the good fortune to get a companion of her own sex. How is Alex baby thriving & Anne Sophia’s? Pray give her much love from us when you write.
ever yr loving
Fanny E.L.
Love to Aunt Lucia & best wishes for her health – also to all on the hill.
Dearest Annie,
We dispatched a box to you this morning by Express which I hope will arrive safely. It contained an old dress which I thought you might turn to some use, by the portraits of a nice old couple you will be glad to recognise, & a black silk bonnet I wore very little last autumn, which is light for summer, with a little cap from my sister. I trust the tapes will do their duty & duly divorce these articles so that you will not find them [p. 2] all crushed together.
We were greatly disappointed that you could not come to see us at this beautiful season & so was Sam, to whom I had written of your probably advent, & he gave us a few pleasant days. I am very sorry too you lost your Brattleboro’ visit, but hope it is only postponed as I see by the paper Mr Higginson is already better. Is it true that he lost entirely his memory of language? Poor Mrs Davies – what a sad state for her – pray give them my sympathy when you [p. 3] see any of them.
How pray did you poison your face? – the mystery is unexplained, but I hope the annoyance has left you.
I had the pleasure yesterday of receiving a letter from my sister announcing her safe arrival at Liverpool, after a calm & pleasant passage. She hopes her husband will be able to join her in England this summer, & she will at least have the satisfaction of seeing her eldest boy who has been at school there the past year.
I suppose we shall hardly see Mary until midsummer, as she lingers at the Springs. We go on the 5th or 6th of July to [p. 4] Nahant for the vacation, so that I know not when I shall catch a glimpse of her. I wish she could be persuaded to remain here this winter & strengthen her constitution a little. I feel pretty well at present tho’ incapable of much exertion expecting to be confined about the 1st of October, a prospect which has distressed me a good deal, & I have been very miserable (physically I mean) all the Spring. I find children such a responsibility as they grow older, & so difficult to manage rightly, that I shrink from further duties beyond my capacities.
Alice is a darling comfort but promises to have a pretty good will of her own too & is fated to be a Tomboy I fear, unless she has the good fortune to get a companion of her own sex. How is Alex baby thriving & Anne Sophia’s? Pray give her much love from us when you write.
ever yr loving
Fanny E.L.
Love to Aunt Lucia & best wishes for her health – also to all on the hill.
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Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Code: LONG
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, 1853. (1011/002.001-023#011)
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Address: 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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