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Letters, Sept 19th, 1911_002

Item

Edith Schwartz Clements handwritten letter
Title
Letters, Sept 19th, 1911_002
Alternative Title
Letters, Sept 19th, 1911
Date
Sept 19th, 1911
Creator
Edith Schwartz Clements
Description
Edith Schwartz Clements handwritten letter
Identifier
nshs-rg3158am
Transcription
2 fat letter from home! I certainly do wish we could have dropped in on you all: I am just starving for you! We could have done it, as far as money goes, for what do you think, we came back with over forty dollars!, but the time is lacking. School opens tomorow & everything in the department is in a state! However, some of you have got to come up & see me. I want you all! But I know that can’t be, so I’ll accept a compromise. Julia has got to continue her role of angel, & to prevent any backsliding on her part, I enclose check to get her here: the getting back can be considered later. Pack her off while the house is clean & these delicious days last. I want Marmee “dreffly”, but she has already had her share of self-sacrifice & I know how hard it is for her to leave the dear old home. I can, therefore, only hope humbly that she will come for a little while on the way west. It won’t be too late to go, the Northern route early in November, will it? Snow slides occur only in the spring, & you ought certainly to take that trip. You ought not to lose these autumn days either, & if you have
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