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Frances (Appleton) Longfellow to Anne Longfellow Pierce, January 1852
Manuscript letter
My dear Anne.
Your news amazed us and interested us exceedingly and I can well imagine how absorbing it must be to your thoughts Sophia has been so much one of your own household. She is a warm-hearted noble creature & deserves the very best of husbands which I hope is to be her good fortune. If any one could cheerfully undertake the responsibility that awaits her [p. 2] she is the person I should say – and I hope her genial nature will not be oppressed by it. She will be a great loss to you in the way of frequent & long visits & I deeply sympathise with you in that for I know what a comfort it has been to have her always ready & willing to come at any needed moment.
I shall count upon more than a glimpse of you when you come to aid her in housekeeping preparations & of her too, as I shall write her, & you must suggest to me any way in which I can be of use to [p. 3] her.
I was very glad to see Sam’s letters & have sent them on to Mrs Greenleaf.
I send you part of a newspaper which may have some new patterns in crochet. Henry’s poem has many favorable notices in English [crossed out: news] papers. It is curious that the old German legend from which he took the story is just translated in England, which I hope will enlighten some of the stupid critics. The word Golden seems to puzzle them, tho’ “golden rule” is a common phrase, meaning simply excellent. Love to all
ever thy aff
Fanny.
Your news amazed us and interested us exceedingly and I can well imagine how absorbing it must be to your thoughts Sophia has been so much one of your own household. She is a warm-hearted noble creature & deserves the very best of husbands which I hope is to be her good fortune. If any one could cheerfully undertake the responsibility that awaits her [p. 2] she is the person I should say – and I hope her genial nature will not be oppressed by it. She will be a great loss to you in the way of frequent & long visits & I deeply sympathise with you in that for I know what a comfort it has been to have her always ready & willing to come at any needed moment.
I shall count upon more than a glimpse of you when you come to aid her in housekeeping preparations & of her too, as I shall write her, & you must suggest to me any way in which I can be of use to [p. 3] her.
I was very glad to see Sam’s letters & have sent them on to Mrs Greenleaf.
I send you part of a newspaper which may have some new patterns in crochet. Henry’s poem has many favorable notices in English [crossed out: news] papers. It is curious that the old German legend from which he took the story is just translated in England, which I hope will enlighten some of the stupid critics. The word Golden seems to puzzle them, tho’ “golden rule” is a common phrase, meaning simply excellent. Love to all
ever thy aff
Fanny.
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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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01/01/1852 - 01/30/1852
Manuscript letter in Frances Appleton Longfellow Papers, Series II. Correspondence, A. Outgoing, 1852. (1011/002.001-022#027)
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Address: 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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