1862-09-06 ANN ARBOR MICH*****W---BROKEN RING CANCEL--SCOTT 64 NO GRILL--WOMEN'S CORRESPONDENCE---LOVE LETTER FROM MARY TO JOE R.BARRETT AT SPRING VALLEY OHIO---MENTIONS BELLE, "THERE IS A GENTLE PATTER, PATTER, PATTER OF RAIN ON THE ROOF & IT SEEMS TO ME AS IF IT WAS SINGING TENDER LITTLE SONGS, AT ALL EVENTS MY HAPPY HEART, AS IT BEAT TIME. I AM HAPPY IN THE THOUGHT OF ONE WEEK FROM THIS NIGHT.....NEXT FRIDAY AFTER YOU GET HERE.....IT MAKES SUCH SWEET MUSIC WITHOUT & MAKES ALL WITHIN SO STILL AND QUIET & MAKES ONE HUMBLE, & LOVING & MAKES ME WANT THOSE I LOVE AROUND ME, THAT IS WHY I WANT YOU HERE THIS NIGHT....COME TO SEE ME SO MANY OF THESE MOONLIT OR STARLIT OR SHOWER FILLED NIGHTS, & REST & BE HAPPY A WHILE WITH ME....I CAME FROM SCHOOL WITH SUCH A HEADACHE THAT IT SEEMED SOMETIMES AS IF MY EYES WERE STARTING FROM MY HEAD, AFTER DARK I WENT OFF BY MYSELF & LAY DOWN ON A LOUNGE WHERE I COULD LOOK OUT INTO THE MOONLIGHT & WHERE IT FLOWED IN AROUND ME, & LAY THERE STILL, MOTIONLESS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME & THOUGHT OF YOU, OF YOU COMING TILL I DID NOT FEEL THE PAIN....GOOD NIGHT DEAREST LOVE, MARY ---GENEALOGY 3---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $85
Year: 1862
Date: 1862-09-06
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Ann Arbor Broken Ring
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Women's Correspondence
, Love Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2
1. 1862-09-06 ANN ARBOR MICH--WOMENS CORRESPONDENCE--LOVE LETTER--PAGES 2 AND 3----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
2. 1862-09-06 ANN ARBOR MICH--WOMENS CORRESPONDENCE--LOVE LETTER--MARY TO JOE R.BARRETT---PAGE 1---ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..