Unknown Letter #7
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Title
Unknown Letter #7
Subject
Pierce, Jerome
Allie
Description
From Jerome to Allie
Creator
Jerome Pierce
Source
Jerome Peirce Collection, National Park Service
Publisher
HIST 428 (Spring 2020), University of Mary Washington
Date
Unknown
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
Unknown Letter #7
Coverage
Unknown
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Text
I hope, Allie, you will continue to write me of your experiences in your Sabbath life and [???] and if I do not speak fully, I trust you will not feel it a lack of sympathy and to strive to maintain a calm and cheerful spirit and I know full well it is often an effort, a great one, and I have much too to contend with and I feel what I learned in the School and Sanctuary are helping me on more than all else.
As the spring comes on with birds and flowers, I hope you will stroll with little Lulu and find peace in outward nature. I really long for some violets from the “old field” near the brook. Send me some as soon as they appear. I have seen no flowers here yet. Will send some as soon as they make their appearance. I have feared you would have a late spring, it being so mild this winter, but hope not. Benj. Mayo thinks we can “fetch um” [the rebels] by another fall and tells us to keep up courage. I trust it may prove so.
I hope soon to hear of you receiving the letter, little box, etc.
Tell Lulu I saw a little girl, tho some larger than her, the other day. It belongs to Col. Welch of the 45th Penn. Regt. whose wife and child are here with him on a visit. They (the 45th) are in our Brigade. Many of the officers’ wives are at Newbern and B.M. [Benjamin Mayo] says it looks quite pleasant to see the fair faces. You can hardly realize how it does seem to see ladies here.
Remember me to all friends, Mr. S among the rest. I shall feel much interested in him.
Are you going to send Lulu to Sabbath School this summer? Don’t crowd or hurry her in headwork.
Write soon and accept the love as ever from your husband
Jerome P.
Tell me all about Aunt Wyman.
As the spring comes on with birds and flowers, I hope you will stroll with little Lulu and find peace in outward nature. I really long for some violets from the “old field” near the brook. Send me some as soon as they appear. I have seen no flowers here yet. Will send some as soon as they make their appearance. I have feared you would have a late spring, it being so mild this winter, but hope not. Benj. Mayo thinks we can “fetch um” [the rebels] by another fall and tells us to keep up courage. I trust it may prove so.
I hope soon to hear of you receiving the letter, little box, etc.
Tell Lulu I saw a little girl, tho some larger than her, the other day. It belongs to Col. Welch of the 45th Penn. Regt. whose wife and child are here with him on a visit. They (the 45th) are in our Brigade. Many of the officers’ wives are at Newbern and B.M. [Benjamin Mayo] says it looks quite pleasant to see the fair faces. You can hardly realize how it does seem to see ladies here.
Remember me to all friends, Mr. S among the rest. I shall feel much interested in him.
Are you going to send Lulu to Sabbath School this summer? Don’t crowd or hurry her in headwork.
Write soon and accept the love as ever from your husband
Jerome P.
Tell me all about Aunt Wyman.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
This appears to be a partial letter from Jerome to Allie. The page which would have included the salutation, location, and date is not included.
This appears to be a partial letter from Jerome to Allie. The page which would have included the salutation, location, and date is not included.
Original Format
Paper/Letter
Files
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Reference
Jerome Pierce Unknown, Unknown Letter #7, HIST 428 (Spring 2020), University of Mary Washington
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