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Nov 30th 1877
My dear Nellie,
The wedding went off Elegantly - The weather / was simply perfect - the sky was without a cloud + / the temperature about 60° _ At about a quarter / before one, our cortege started from 615 for the church / carriage No 1 carried Jack & [Blake] - No 2 & 3 Howard / + his family _ 4 Dennie Wood & [Edith] & Aunt [Fanty] / 5 Lena [Faushaw] & Hattie Roberts, 5 Edith + Anna Phillip / 7 Eng. May & Maud & Daisy 8 [Ellees?] + [Cruial] & / nurse - 9 Florence & [E.S. J] 10 your [brother?] & Frank /
We all arrived at the church punctually / at 1 - The pulpit & surrounding [platform] / were magnificently decorated with [Palace] trees / Tree ferns, Orange trees, [mulay?] and quantities / of rare flowers _ I never saw so handsome a / display before _ A railing of black walnut / had been constructed to match the wood of the / church running along in the edge of the / pulpit platform & the communion table had / been re-[move?] _ This railing was [??-ed] / with flowers and [??} – Dr Hall & Jack were / already in front of the pulpit awaiting the / bride _ First the ushers, Johnny Furman / Willie Appleton, Samuel Colgate + J B [Varumm?] / marched up the aisle followed by Lena + Hattie / Edith + Anna, Daisy + Mary –[??] + [Eltt??] + [Dinah] the /
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8 bridesmaids – all dressed in white with / white felt hats with white feathers + each / caring a bouquet of red roses _ then came / Frank + yr mother + last came Florence + I _ / [Fanty] was beautifully dressed in white satin / trimmed with point lace _ As soon as all / were in their places Dr Hall performed / the marriage ceremony in the most / perfect manner imaginable & at a quarter past one / they were man & wife _ The church was completely / filled - There was a band of 8 or 10 pieces in the organ / loft which discoursed Eloquent music before / + after the ceremony _ Every thing went off / beautifully - delightfully — The house was splen - / didly decorated [with] flowers + tropical plants + the / music was immediately transferred[tither?] + from ½ / past one until 4 there was a crowd of visitors / coming + going – Curran furnished the breakfast / + it was of course complete in every respect _ a _ at 4 ¼ / the bride + groom started on the [victoria] with the / small mares for Willow Brook where they arrived / safely about 3 hours later _ I had a telegram from / them yesterday.
Thus goes off No. 5 + but one unmarried child remains / The whole affair was a very decided success _ I feel / considerably relieved that it is all over _ I wish / most heartily that you _ Nellie _ Mary could have / been present _ We have had thus far no [whiles] / worth mentioned _ only [these] nights have been frosty / this fall _ In the West _ S. West an unusual quantity / of rain has fallen seriously interfering with . business in those regions _ From all appearances / we are going to have a very mild winter _ I shall / difficulty in filling my ice house _ Your kind / telegram came to hand a little while before / we left the house _ [Jarls??] is No 13 of
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Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
