From L. M. Ellis (Friend) to Allie, July 5, 1863
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Title
From L. M. Ellis (Friend) to Allie, July 5, 1863
Subject
Ellis, L. M.
Allie
Walpole, MA.
Description
From L. M. Ellis (Friend) to Allie
Creator
L. M. Ellis
Source
Jerome Peirce Collection, National Park Service
Publisher
HIST 428 (Spring 2020), University of Mary Washington
Date
1863-07-05
Contributor
NPS, Civil War Study Group, Josef Rokus (Transcriber)
Rights
For educational purposes with no commercial use. Courtesy of National Park Service, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NMP, FRSP 16095-16102 (FRSP-00904).
Format
5.9 X 8.75
5.9 X 8.75
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5.9 X 8.75
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Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
Letter #136
Coverage
Walpole, MA.
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LETTER TRANSCRIPTION
Walpole [Massachusetts], July 5, 1863
My dear friend,
You will see I have been writing to your husband and not knowing how to send [a letter] to him, I thought you would enclose it in one of your letters. I have written upon so thin paper it will probably not weigh too much.
I know you must have much anxiety and many troubled hours. I hope your little Lucy will be well. She must be so much comfort to you.
I saw your sister at C. soon after Jerome left. I have not been there recently. Dr. Ellis will soon be absent for his vacation and I suppose his parish will be scattered as usual in summer. We have been hoping to see Miss Loring here recently, but she has not yet arrived. She is so much occupied with her school that she finds little time for visits.
I had but little news to write Jerome yet I kept on scribbling. I should be glad to hear from you.
With a kiss for little Lucy and love to yourself,
I am yours affectionately
L. M. Ellis
Walpole [Massachusetts], July 5, 1863
My dear friend,
You will see I have been writing to your husband and not knowing how to send [a letter] to him, I thought you would enclose it in one of your letters. I have written upon so thin paper it will probably not weigh too much.
I know you must have much anxiety and many troubled hours. I hope your little Lucy will be well. She must be so much comfort to you.
I saw your sister at C. soon after Jerome left. I have not been there recently. Dr. Ellis will soon be absent for his vacation and I suppose his parish will be scattered as usual in summer. We have been hoping to see Miss Loring here recently, but she has not yet arrived. She is so much occupied with her school that she finds little time for visits.
I had but little news to write Jerome yet I kept on scribbling. I should be glad to hear from you.
With a kiss for little Lucy and love to yourself,
I am yours affectionately
L. M. Ellis
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
Jerome mentioned the Ellis family, and Dr. George E. Ellis in particular, in several of his letters, including that he had received a letter from Lucy M. Ellis, who presumably wrote this letter. In one of his letters, Jerome mentions that he would send a letter he had received from Lucy Ellis to Allie, which could have been this one.
Based on references made to Lucy Ellis in several letters, Lucy M. Ellis was almost definitely the wife of Dr. George E. Ellis. The Ellis family had established a relationship with Jerome and Allie because Ellis was the pastor in the church in Charlestown, Massachusetts, that the Peirce family belonged to prior to moving to Orange, Massachusetts.
Jerome mentioned the Ellis family, and Dr. George E. Ellis in particular, in several of his letters, including that he had received a letter from Lucy M. Ellis, who presumably wrote this letter. In one of his letters, Jerome mentions that he would send a letter he had received from Lucy Ellis to Allie, which could have been this one.
Based on references made to Lucy Ellis in several letters, Lucy M. Ellis was almost definitely the wife of Dr. George E. Ellis. The Ellis family had established a relationship with Jerome and Allie because Ellis was the pastor in the church in Charlestown, Massachusetts, that the Peirce family belonged to prior to moving to Orange, Massachusetts.
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Reference
L. M. Ellis 1863, From L. M. Ellis (Friend) to Allie, July 5, 1863, HIST 428 (Spring 2020), University of Mary Washington
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