Archive:Letter, Martha to Ellen Farnsworth, 1892

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Submitted by Jill Prouty.

Letter written by "Martha" of Lynn, MA, to Ellen⁹ (WHITNEY) FARNSWORTH (Charles⁸, Gustavus⁷, Ephraim⁶, Joel⁵, Abel⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), of Jonesboro, ME, dated 29 Nov 1892:

Mrs. Ellen [Whitney] Farnsworth

Lynn [MA], Nov 29, 1892

Dear Ellen,

I have heard nothing of you since I came home but I hope you are better than you were in the summer.

I am going to a favor of you. Will you be so kind as to send me Aunt Mary's measure round the waist. I am going to make her a flannel petticoat for Christmas.

I can do it well enough with the exception of the binding. It will cost no more to send it all made. ["than to" crossed out] I shall get gray flannel all wool. I guess it will keep her knees warm. Will you look out for it when I send it and see that she puts it on instead of putting it in that trunk? I shall drop you a postal when I forward it. I shall only give her comfortable things now.

I hope they will not put any duty on saleratus. I am afraid Al will come to grief if they do. His stomach ought to be lined with tin if he has to eat the same kind of bread that he had to last summer.

I suppose you have had a great deal of deer meat. I see by the papers that the deer are quite plenty.

Remember me to all.

In great haste,

Martha

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