LETTER TO EMMA NICHOLAS (MALONEY) FROM ADELE DOUGLAS
Entry/Object ID
HHV 008.292
Transcription
Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER HF 3045 A
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE August 25, 1858
AUTHOR Adele Douglas
RECIPIENT Emma Nicholas Moloney
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Stephen Douglas, Annie Maloney (Neely), the Douglas boys,
PLACES Lake View? mansion,
EVENTS
No envelope
*Original spelling retained throughout work, content appears exactly as written.
[PAGE 1]
My dear Mrs. Moloney.
Many thanks for your / kind letter and the still kinder / invitation to visit you this summer / I have given up all idea of / accompanying Mr. Douglas so / that I shall have to postpone / any visit to some future time / when I hope to have the pleasure / of seeing you and making the / acquaintance of Annie whom / I am quite anxious to know / Mr. Douglas has just left me / and I feel quite happy that / he is on such good health and /
[END OF PAGE 1]
[PAGE 2]
Spirits _ he returns to me on Saturday / to spend a few days and then / leaves me for a long absence. / The Lake View is quite deserted / I am sole occupant of this vast / Mansion and I wish for you / often that we might pass some / quiet cozy mornings together once / more. My French Teacher is / waiting for me so that I must / bring my note to an abrupt / close with love from the boys / and a great deal from
Your friend
Adele Douglas.
Wednesday morning
August 25th 1858
[END OF LETTER]
