From Charles F. Smith to Allie, February 6, 1908
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From Charles F. Smith to Allie, February 6, 1908
Subject
Charles F. Smith
Allie
Brookline, MA
Description
From Charles to Allie
Creator
Charles F. Smith
Source
Jerome Peirce Collection, National Park Service
Publisher
HIST 428 (Spring 2020), University of Mary Washington
Date
1908-02-06
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).
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
Letter #257
Coverage
Brookline, MA
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Brookline [Mass.] Feb. 6, 1908
Dear Mrs. Peirce
We were delighted to hear from you and Lucy and Mrs. Foster Peirce.
For the first time within my remembrance I have been laid up sick and am still a semi invalid and am reminded that I am an old man which I never realized before. How the years have flown and what changes have come about!
There are very few of our friends living who were active in Charlestown fifty years ago. I often think of Jerome who was by nature one of God’s Noblemen, how proud he was of his home on Payson Place surrounded by his books and his friends.
You have had a hard Experience and have borne yourself nobly, and I have sometimes thought and have told Albert so, that we did not realize it and sympathize with you as we ought.
Albert is badly handicapped by his lameness and suffers a good deal of pain.
You have been blessed with Lucy and I hope she will long be able to comfort her mother who did so much for her and I know she will.
I get out every day when pleasant and am getting my strength and nervous energy back slowly but I had a pretty severe shaking up.
My wife is pretty well and she sends her love to you and Lucy and says she will be glad to see you both at any time.
Yours Truly,
Chas. F. Smith
Dear Mrs. Peirce
We were delighted to hear from you and Lucy and Mrs. Foster Peirce.
For the first time within my remembrance I have been laid up sick and am still a semi invalid and am reminded that I am an old man which I never realized before. How the years have flown and what changes have come about!
There are very few of our friends living who were active in Charlestown fifty years ago. I often think of Jerome who was by nature one of God’s Noblemen, how proud he was of his home on Payson Place surrounded by his books and his friends.
You have had a hard Experience and have borne yourself nobly, and I have sometimes thought and have told Albert so, that we did not realize it and sympathize with you as we ought.
Albert is badly handicapped by his lameness and suffers a good deal of pain.
You have been blessed with Lucy and I hope she will long be able to comfort her mother who did so much for her and I know she will.
I get out every day when pleasant and am getting my strength and nervous energy back slowly but I had a pretty severe shaking up.
My wife is pretty well and she sends her love to you and Lucy and says she will be glad to see you both at any time.
Yours Truly,
Chas. F. Smith
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Charles F. Smith was a long-time family friend who knew Jerome Peirce before Jerome enlisted on August 4, 1862. Smith also sent a letter pertaining to the time Jerome and he were friends as youngsters that was read at the funeral service in Orange, Massachusetts, in June 1864.
Charles F. Smith was a long-time family friend who knew Jerome Peirce before Jerome enlisted on August 4, 1862. Smith also sent a letter pertaining to the time Jerome and he were friends as youngsters that was read at the funeral service in Orange, Massachusetts, in June 1864.
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Charles F. Smith 1908, From Charles F. Smith to Allie, February 6, 1908, HIST 428 (Spring 2020), University of Mary Washington
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