Brooklyn March 9^th 1884

 

My Dear Mother;

            I know you are thinking of me tonight and all my birthdays my "party" when I was a little girl and the day I was peace (piece) maker broke the chamber and half a dozen things. Geo. got me a very nice amythest ring a lovely thing for my birthday. We are all very well and was glad to hear from you and Ida I will write to Ida next time to night it is late and I am tired. We have had such bad weather for the last 5 or 6 weeks all the time /

 

[annotation: Gracie, daughter, had scarlet fever when 4 yrs. old which left her partly deaf. When I saw her in 1958, entirely deaf but for a very strong hearing aid. She was sick almost all her life, but lived to be 94 or 96]

 

Gracie and I attended Church to day and it thundered quite heavy while we coming home I have got a little navy blue velvet polo cap I made my self last eve and a light blue ribbon on her hair tied in a little love knot over her left ear looks awful good. navy blue stockings too I got her this last week. I have made each of my little girls a cotton flannel night dress and my self two pairs of pants and two pairs of pillow cases and two skirts for Gracie and been to New York to the Hospital with Gracie too so I have not been loafing much you see this week 

 

Did I tell you Geo. had bought a new book History of U.S. to Garfields death. a very nice book (6.00) I did not know Emma Burden was at house work I understood from Aunt Mary she was in Com Concord but at dress making. I must write to Aunt Mary I am ashamed of it so much so that I am ashamed to write at all but I will this week. I dont like Georgie's baby name at all. do you know his address in Prov. if so please send it to me I would like to write to him may be. I dont know. I know I ought to but I know too that he has not done right by me. not / because he did not tell me all his affairs but it showed he did not care to hear from me I dont supose he does now. I should think you would enjoy your selves immence ever so much since Father is in the G.A.R. all of you Geo is reaching with one eye to his paper and one to me to go to bed and I am in my shirt-tail and slippers I almost got ready for bed and then Geo. said "I thought you was going to write to your Mother" and so have and must close with our very best love to you all and I would like to see you Mother dear so much to morrow I could be home sick in a few moments. If I attuned myself to think long of all my pleasant birthdays but I am very happy now if I could only see you or be near you Jule has just come in from her Mothers it was so late we thought she was going to stay all night.

 

Good night write soon your loving daughter Addie and George.

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