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Elizabeth Barnard Small outgoing correspondence, 1895

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Title Elizabeth Barnard Small outgoing correspondence, 1895

Date 1895

Language English

Description Papers centering around Charles Ansel Morse (1835-1894) who settled in Chicago in the early 1860s, establishing a wholesale clothing firm.

Format Correspondence

User-Contributed Transcription Livermore July 29th [[1804?]]
Dear Mama,
That I am indowed with An ability of writeing to You, affords me sensations truely gratefull, but when I reflect Upon the great distance that subsists between us, and the length of time that has elapsed since I saw you, it reflects a gloom. Upon a feeling heart, - And often disturbs the sweet repose of an anxious mind. The glimmering beams of hope bid me Anticipate, that we shall yet injoy many hours together. I put my trust In divine providence, and cheerfully confide my cares in him Whose dictates I wish to obey without repineing. Often does the desponding shafts of misfortune oercloud the sunbeams of conjugal felicity, and break asunder the firmest bands, that entwined together the tenderest and endearing connections.
Alas! Upon how sandy a foundation are our expectations placed upon.
Let us not boast of tomorrow

Transcription Status Needs review

Transcription Note This document was transcribed by volunteers as part of the Newberry Transcribe crowdsourcing initiative.

Archival Collection Title Morse-Keith family papers

Link to Catalog View finding aid | View record

Call Number Midwest MS Morse-Keith Box 1 Folder 8

BibID 998217828805867

Projects Tag Gilded Age (Adam Matthew Digital)

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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File Created 11/23/2020

Filename 998217828805867_mms_morse_keith_box_001_fl_008_0001.tif

Unique Identifier NL12LDWD

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