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LetterEntry/Object ID
2024.1.123.9Description
Typewritten letter sent by Edward Livingston Trudeau to William A. Leonard, July 10, 1914. On letterhead reading, "E. L. Trudeau, M. D., Consultation by Appointment. Paul Smith's, N. Y." 2s, 2p. Has been trimmed at edges to fit inside book.
Letter reads, "Right Reverend William A. Leonard, Kokosing, Gambia, Ohio. My dear Bishop Leonard:--
Excuse typewritten letter, but it is a long time since I have been well enough to write any letters except just a line or two.
I thank you for you congratulations in regard to Francis' wedding. I was moved over here on a mattress from Saranac Lake a week ago so as to be as near the festivities as possible. Mr. Sturges married the young people in the little log Church, and they had all arranged everything so beautifully that I believe it was quite an original and attractive wedding. Francis and Helen are as happy as I suppose it is possible for humans to be in this world, and that is all I can ask.
Meanwhile I have gone back to my bed and my little porch on the cottage, and I am going through the miseries of active tuberculosis. This time I was sicker than ever before and suffered much more. I have suffered so for the past two months that I have often prayed that my miserable existence might be ended, but our prayers in this world are not always answered, and here I am, still burning up with fever and going through much of the physical misery which I hate so. Perhaps this is sent to / me for my sins, but they are certainly are going to give me my share of it. I hope, however, it won't be much longer.
It is nice to think of Francis as coming in, perfectly and fully equipped to take up practice in Saranac Lake, and of course everybody seems to think he has got a bonanza in his opportunity to take to a certain extent my place at the Sanitarium. I who have carried the load now for thirty years think it is no bonanza at all to give a man immense responsibilities and worries without any pecuniary compensation, and to ask him to keep up a job which I have never been able to give away; but I suppose he must accept that as part of his inheritance from me.
Mrs. Trudeau is pretty well, and was able to go to the wedding and the breakfast and take part with the young people in everything.
So glad to hear Mrs. Leonard is well, and with love from us both, and again asking you to excuse typewritten letter, I am.
Most sincerely yours, E. L. Trudeau."
Is glued inside a copy of the Autobiography by Edward Livingston Trudeau, owned by William A. Leonard [2024.1.123]. Glued in at page 241.Subject Person/Organization
Leonard, William Andrew, 1848-1930, Trudeau, Edward Livingston, Trudeau, Charlotte Beare, Trudeau, Francis B., Trudeau, Helen GarretsonLexicon
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Friendship, Tuberculosis, Physicians, Bishops, Sanatoriums, Death, Family, WeddingsLetter Details
Letter Date
Jul 10, 1914Postmark
Postmark Place
Business
Paul Smith's HotelHamlet
Paul SmithsTown
BrightonState/Province
New YorkCountry
United States of America