| | 1 | Author: | Brooke, M.L. | Add | | | Title: | Brooke family correspondence Assen.No.38 137  | | | | Published: | 1995 | | | | Description: | I fancy you at the Powhatan
to night and I hope that instead of one
letter you
will get two from me, there must be some
irregular
-ity in the mails. I have never failed to write you
twice a week and you ought to have receivd a letter
before you left Richmond — for St. Julian
— if you get
both letters you will acknowledge the recip't of them—
oh how delighted I should have been at an unespected
visit from you and I could not help feeling
disappointed
that you thought of coming and did not do so but
I think you acted wisely — I
know if you had consulted
your inclination alonethat you would
have spent
your Christmas with us. You see I am
not jealous
but I eny Pa his happiness— and hope you had a
pleasant trip— I am alone with
no other company
than John and Juliet— M & V. are at their Grand
Pa's I am lonely enough but I was afraid to keep
Margaret at home least she should incur then
Grand Pa's
displeasure, She told him that I would
be alone and it
seem'd to
fret him and I've linquis
-hed my claims at once, tho'
reluctantly I aſsure you
they will be gone all week I expect Juliet tomorrow
or the next day I wrote to Father that I
should keep
him here— Sandy Stuart writes that she was
much admired
in Washington Staunton
is very dull I never knew
it as much so as this season— Mr Hamilton
was here a few days ago Judge Baldwin examined
him and he is now at Judge Smith's will be
here tomorrow night— he has concluded
to settle
in Lexington after a visit to Lynchburg—
he has many schemes to numerous to
mention
in a letter thinks that he can keep house on
less than he can board for— which
is 300
Dollars— they
will beat me in management
if they do and hire servants—
Mat will not be
down this winter——our servants are all hired
to the institutions Mary and Ann—
we get 40 dolars
for it is the best home for them I think I did
not consult Ann;— I hold Joe at 120 dollars and
expect to get it— he remains
at the hospital they
can't do without him and must pay for
him—
John will bring the same—
Beverly
has not come
I expect him this week— Charlotte will be
here
tomorrow— I never had as little
anxiety about hiring
the servants— and never did better— Doct.
Berkeley
has all this on his hands and no homes for them
yet— I was there today delivered
your message—
but he did not say that you should get more
things I suppose he will write if he
still
wants them—my groceries have not arrived yet—
I will write as soon as I get them—you would
laugh if you could take a peep at my table
with two plates and cups on it—me at the head
and John at the foot— doing like
pa he says
he is very attentive to my wants and says if I
write you that he is a bad boy he will tane
the
letters up. he wants to send you some ginger
cakes for a Christmaſ gift— Juliet
says yet I want
to see my Pa—She wont forget you
She improves
daily I think—they rise every morning before day light
and are as merry as crikets—
the airtight stove
is the greatest comfort to us we manage it
better
this winter and I could not do without
it.
Some
cold mornings I sit all day in the dining
room which is very comfortable the
stove burns
much less wood than the fire place
place did and
is much warmer—do write often
devote all your
leisure moments to me this is asking very little—
when you have so few— I think
of you all the
time. I will write you by Judge
Baldwin
—
Sister Beverly says do send your love to her
sometimes
I tell her that I cannot share your
love with
any
body— She thinks me very selfish.— | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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