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Fanny Appleton to Tom Appleton, nd
Manuscript letter
Dear Thomas,
As I have not written to you yet, I will now try to. But you must not expect me to write [crossed out: it] well, as I don’t know how to write letters. I have a little kitten, it is a very pretty little thing, and it is all black; it has blue eyes, and is named after Mrs Sedgwick’s little dog [crossed out: named] Sable. Mary, Charles, and myself had a very pleasant ride this morn[crossed out: in]ing, at half past 6 oclock, it was very cool, and we enjoyed it very much. I now go to Miss Minots school, & like it very much. I study Dictionary, [crossed out: Spelling], Geography, Grammar, and Arithmetic, and work in the afternoon. Aunt Eben and her family expect to go to Lowell this summer. [p. 2] I have left off going to dancing this summer, because it is so warm, but I sometimes go to see them dance. Mary is teaching [crossed out: me and] Cousin Louisa and myself French, but I don’t expect to learn very fast, as I don’t study much; but I shall some time in my life write you a letter in French if I can. The people have taken all the water out of the frogpond, and it does not look well now; but I suppose it will look very pretty soon, as they are building a stone wall round it. We spent the vacation in Lowell, and I thought the church very pretty. Aunt Gardiner lives at Lowell and has got a very pretty house and Aunt Martha is now staying with her. When we were there we went into the factory and we saw the great wheel on Mont[illeg]ences Father calles [sic] it we saw them print and dye calicoes [p. 3] The second day we were there we dined with Mrs Boot [sic] and we took a ride with her about Lowell and we thought it a beautiful place. Charles spent that week at Tewksbury with Mrs Motley and her family and he had a fine time with Edward his crony[?]. When we were at Lowell we saw a beautiful procession of Free Masons who were going to lay the corner stone of a church. As I have no indiarubber I hope you will excuse these lines. I hope you will answer this soon.
your affectionate sister
Frances
ADDRESSED: MASTER T.G. APPLETON
ENDORSED: NO 8 / 9TH LETTER
As I have not written to you yet, I will now try to. But you must not expect me to write [crossed out: it] well, as I don’t know how to write letters. I have a little kitten, it is a very pretty little thing, and it is all black; it has blue eyes, and is named after Mrs Sedgwick’s little dog [crossed out: named] Sable. Mary, Charles, and myself had a very pleasant ride this morn[crossed out: in]ing, at half past 6 oclock, it was very cool, and we enjoyed it very much. I now go to Miss Minots school, & like it very much. I study Dictionary, [crossed out: Spelling], Geography, Grammar, and Arithmetic, and work in the afternoon. Aunt Eben and her family expect to go to Lowell this summer. [p. 2] I have left off going to dancing this summer, because it is so warm, but I sometimes go to see them dance. Mary is teaching [crossed out: me and] Cousin Louisa and myself French, but I don’t expect to learn very fast, as I don’t study much; but I shall some time in my life write you a letter in French if I can. The people have taken all the water out of the frogpond, and it does not look well now; but I suppose it will look very pretty soon, as they are building a stone wall round it. We spent the vacation in Lowell, and I thought the church very pretty. Aunt Gardiner lives at Lowell and has got a very pretty house and Aunt Martha is now staying with her. When we were there we went into the factory and we saw the great wheel on Mont[illeg]ences Father calles [sic] it we saw them print and dye calicoes [p. 3] The second day we were there we dined with Mrs Boot [sic] and we took a ride with her about Lowell and we thought it a beautiful place. Charles spent that week at Tewksbury with Mrs Motley and her family and he had a fine time with Edward his crony[?]. When we were at Lowell we saw a beautiful procession of Free Masons who were going to lay the corner stone of a church. As I have no indiarubber I hope you will excuse these lines. I hope you will answer this soon.
your affectionate sister
Frances
ADDRESSED: MASTER T.G. APPLETON
ENDORSED: NO 8 / 9TH LETTER
Archives Number: 1011/002.001-001#003
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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)
URL: https://www.nps.gov/long/learn/historyculture/archives.htm#FEAL
URL: https://www.nps.gov/long/learn/historyculture/archives.htm#FEAL
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Manuscript letter in Frances Appleton Longfellow Papers, Series II. Correspondence, A. Outgoing, Early Letters. (1011/002.001-001#003)
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Organization: Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
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Address: 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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