Rochester Dec 29^th 1862

 

Dear Aunt Eliza:

                        I now will try to write you a few lines as I have been writing to Cousins David & Betsy & thought it would be a good oportunity to write to you. I have thought of writing you a long time but one thing & another has presented. I have not been able to write in a long time & now I do not get much time to write for I have a little daughter 10 weeks that requires a good deal of care although she is very good natured & healthy & weighs 12 pounds. she has blue eyes like ma otherwise I think she resembles hir father. ma & I intend visiting the eastern friends next summer if nothing happens to prevent we are all quite well with the exception of colds. how is your helth & little frankie I suppose he has got to be quite a Boy now I would like to here from you & Mary Adelia / how is hir helth now & hirs. Cousin Betsy told me that she had a little boy I believe. give my love to hir & tell hir to write me a letter & I will answer it I am glad she has got a good husband & tell hir for me that I have got a good husband too. we were very much pleased with Cousin Daniels wife. I think she is ladylike & good harted. I regreted that I could not visit with hir more it was only 2 or 3 weeks before my baby was born & I were very misreable & expected every day to be confined while they were here. I was very sick indeed I am surprised to find myself able to write a letter for I thought if I lived it would be months before I could write or do any thing elce but I am now as well as could be expected. well it is geting dark and little Nellie is waking Hattie is walking the floor with hir it is time she was undressed & got to sleep. pa & ma & Eddie myself & the rest / all send their love to you & all the rest. pa was sorry he could not visit you last fall when he was at Binghampton. do write to us as soon as you can so good bye

 

                                                                        Ever yours

                                                                                    Nellie L. St Jermain/

 

Mrs Eliza Ann Holmes,

                        Present

            By the politeness of

                        Mrs Betsy Ballou

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