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- Collection: 19th cen: Huntington family correspondence
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1843.10.14 - Elizabeth Huntington to Frederic Dan Huntington, October 14th, 1843
Remembrances of Mary's death begin a letter about another family illness (unclear whether it is Edward or Dan who has worrisome digestion troubles). Elizabeth sends her youngest son many pounds of butter and instructs him on how best to store it. The…
1843.09.13 - Elizabeth Huntington to Frederic Dan Huntington, September 13th, 1843
Elizabeth is updating her son Frederic on the occurrences in the valley. She tells him, first, of his siblings who are at home and of his siblings who are in other places. She then tells him of the visitors that they have. While noting the shifts to…
1843.05.10 - Elizabeth Huntington to Edward Huntington, May. 10th, 1843
Elizabeth is essentially expressing her concern for Edward’s lack of communication over the last month, however she is not particularly upset or frustrated in her tone, just genuinely concerned. She states and admits that he has done such a good job…
1843.05.05 - Elizabeth Huntington to Frederic Dan Huntington, May. 5th, 1843
Elizabeth starts out by telling her son (Fredric) that it is much easier for them to receive his letters than for them to send them out. This is because of all their “inquiries”, which one can assume are sending letters to the various members of…
1843.02.01 - Elizabeth Huntington to Edward Huntington, Feb. 1st, 1843
In this letter, Elizabeth updates Edward on various happenings in the family. She mentions receiving a letter from William doing missionary work in the west, in which he apologizes for his reaction to a joke made by Edward and his scathing comment…
1843.01.24 - Elizabeth Huntington to Frederic Huntington, Jan. 24, 1843
The letter is from Elizabeth Huntington, to her son Frederic. She talks a lot about being proud of him, that she is happy that he cares about the poor and makes an effort to get them involved in the church. She says she will send some old garments…