Providence R I Sept 1^st

 

Dear Father

                                    As I send you your paper to day I thought I would write you at the same time yet scarcely knowing what to write as I know of nothing that I think will please you to hear except about the family they are all well even little Frankie he is out in the yard playing with Rob and George and by the noise that is constantly kept up I should judge they were haveing a real nice time I went over to the bank last week and Mr Blodget said he had written to you and under cover to Lieu^t Cor^l Vial so as to be sure that you would be sure to get it and he wished me to do the same. Ernest said in letter that you had been sun-struck and had been very sick Father it is no use for you to stay there and / and besides your duty is with your children first they need you more then I can tell you. Delly and Robbert both need Father every thing at home makes us think of you and no beau to go with us now since Father has gone away there is a man in the city named Brown and if I did not know that Father was in New Orleans I should call him by that name call him Father his very walk is yours he smils just the same and if he only wore a soldier cap he would be Cap^t Simon complete. I can not look at him with out thinking of you and the tears come in my eyes as I think if it were only Father I would ask no more but thy will Oh God not mine be done so I can only live hope and wait paitiently. Oh if God should take you from me there is no more happyness for me then. Mr Blodget says you have been delirious for three weeks and you never told us one word about it do not / let us keep on thinking that you are well when you are not you may think me wrong when I if I only had the money it should be spend in comeing out to New-Orleans but remember what I say if you I ever earn enough money to take me there and you are still there and sick it shall be done I earn now about 42 cents per day at crocheting and soon hope to earn twice as much and it all goes in the bank. I have but just comenced to work at it and have only earnt $1.62 cents so far my sheet of paper is nearly filled and I have not told you anything well it is not my falt so dont blame me for it will you Dear Father. I have no news of any kind to tell you Oh I forgot to tell you that Liny is in New-York and is haveing one of the nicest times ever was so she says and is coming home to-morrow do not worry your-self about the money on our account there is no need of it as we have seventy five $ in bank and / and I drew 50 only yesterday so with the fifty and the 75 that in the B it will last us one while so you see you need not have any fear about us we have a plenty it is wash day to day and I am in a hurry to carry this down street if I want it to go to day. be on the lookout for a box from us as we shall send the first of next week excuse all mistakes for I know there are many and I can not stop to correct them now answer as soon as possible for I want to hear from Father and Ernest good by from your own

                                                                                               

and loveing Daughter

Louise

 

P.S. all send there love to Father

and want him to come home

                                    Lou

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