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Letter from Adelaide E. Case to Charles N. Tenney, 1862 January 10

Your list of unanswered
letters shall be diminished by one if
Addie's pen and hand can accomplish
the work. But I fear that it will be a
difficult task this morning. How is Hallie?
I trust he is better. why Charlie you do not
know how alarmed I was about my brother.

If I did not know that Hal had a
friend in Charlie, and that that friend would
exert every nerve for his comfort. I doubt
that I could feel as contented as I now do
I am with one of my schoolmates, she
is quite ill I fear that she is not long for

this dreary world. her name is Sarah
Hezles I remained with her last night
therefore you need not wonder if my thoughts
are not very connected. I am with her now.
What a gloomy dismal day this is
a foggy vapor hangs over the earth and
finds every thing in obscurity that is
not near you. We have not had much
sleighing a few have ventured out but as
Laurie says they are slaying instead of sleighing
Oh Charlie! James Beele was married last New
Years to Miss Almeda Schoville of Mecca she
has always lived in Mecca. It is just
about silly and joined to gether

The young ladies had a day of mourning
and concluded to dress in crape thirty days
Dear Charlie don't you wish you could be here
next Thursday eve I meant that for thursday,
Your correspondent Miss Case Esq. intends opening
his printing office and convince the printing of the
"Offering" Do you not think that Addie will
produce an effect worth seeing. or do you think
that I am inefficacious.

Well dear Charlie I am going to be
late for school this morning but I
shall charge it to you would not you! I must
thank again you for your picture that you so kindly sent
me. You ask me about Mecca or Oiltown
Well Oiltown is once again known as Mecca
although some of the most ambitious of Adams
race still strive to maintain the title of Oiltown
in the south part of the town. But I fear that
they have but from sustenance. You ask also
if I attend many parties. No indeed, there
are none to attend. We are reserving our party
times until the return of those who are
worthy of a party. But there was a donations
in Johnston for our minister last night
Laurie went but I concluded that it was
my duty to stay with Sadie (There are so many
talking that I can not write

You must take care good care of my
brother and cure him for I want
both of you to come home before
I go to Oberlin. I will write again
in a few days meanwhile I shall

look anxiously for a letter from you
informing me that Hal has recovered
at present I must bid you good by