Name/Title
Letter to Mrs. Mary Ann AldrichEntry/Object ID
2024.02.10Scope and Content
2024.02.10A
Envelope of a Letter to Mrs. M.A. Aldrich
W Dover / Cuyahoga Co, / Ohio.
A green two cent postage is located on the upper right hand corner of envelope. Postmark is dated Feb 21, 1889.
2024.02.10B
Letter to Mrs. M.A. Aldrich. One page folded into four sections with the letter beginning on the front right side and concluding on the front left side. The page is embossed with a crown.
Front Right:
?He Smel? Feb, 19th 1889
Dear Mother
I suppose you are wondering why you don't hear from me again. So I will like my first good chance + let you know that we are all alive at least. for I expect every minute the "children" will wake up. I am up + dressed for the first time + you can imagine how good it seems to get out of bed again - but "my woman" says I better not go into the other room today. It makes my eyes ache to write so I can't tell everything this time. There is lots to tell but maybe
Back left:
I better keep the worst to tell you, when you come in the Spring. I am more anxious now than ever to have you come + see our nice little girl. I believe you like girls better than boys. She is awful nice + is pretty red yet so can't tell her complexion. Its probably dark though her hair is black + eyes dark blue. They all say she is pretty but I don't think she is as good looking as Harry their age. She is better natured though. We haven't decided on a name yet. Well I can't write anymore now. Just received a card from Mary. Hope to get a letter soon. More Next Time. Lovingly ???
Back Right:
Afternoon. Cold weather came when the little girl did. The next morning after she was born it was 36 below zero. It is very cold yet. So I had to be pretty careful but got a little cold some way am all right now though I guess - I got a girl three days before I was sick + sent for Mrs. Ingels when the Doctor came and got a woman the next day to come + take care of the baby she is here yet. does the housework + all now + the girl is gone. Poor little Harry cried most to death. The day the baby came + couldn't get over it for a week or more. Cried mamma all the time + had to be on the bed most of the time. He has improved a good deal since
Front left:
you saw him - talks a good deal now. Has sixteen teeth + is as fat as butter. I wish Emma was here or any of the girls. Well I must stop again. Write ??? as ever Metta
Harry put a card in for Flossy -
He calls the baby "Sissie"Collection
Aldrich Family CollectionRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Ingels, Mrs.Person or Organization
Alrdich, Mary Ann, Mrs.
