Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER HF 3044 F
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE 1833-1836
AUTHOR Mary Ella
RECIPIENT Emma Nicholas (Maloney)
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Aunt, little sister, Uncle, servants
PLACES
EVENTS distributing tracts, church meeting, reports on distribution
Addressed to
Miss Emma Nicholas
224 Greene St
Dear Emma
Our poor tracts will have to go / undistributed again to day [sic] for as Aunt has an / important engagement down town, and does not / like to leave little sis with the servants, lest she / should be exposed and take cold, I must necessarily / remain at home, likewise Uncle is quite unwilling / to have [^ me] go to day [sic] owing to the badness of the walk / ing. I shall not attend the meeting this afternoon / as it will not be very pleasant not to be able to / hand in a Report. I shall see you to-morrow [sic] if / nothing prevent [sic] and will talk about the business. This delay in the distribution of our tracts is / quite unfortunate, yet I do not see how it could /
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Have been avoided. Bad weather, and sickness are / things not exactly at our disposal, but we may / hope that the like circumstances will not often / happen Good bye Yours with great affection
Mary Ella
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[END OF LETTER]Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
