Letter from HIRAM POWERS to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated December 22, 1864.
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Title: Letter from HIRAM POWERS to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated December 22, 1864.
Author
- Powers, Hiram, 1805-1873
Recipient
- Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
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Letter from HIRAM POWERS to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated December 22, 1864., Original located at the University of Vermont's Special Collections in the George Perkins Marsh Collection, filed by date., http://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/hpgpm641222 (accessed June 19, 2013)
Letter from HIRAM POWERS to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated December 22, 1864.
Transcribed by : Ralph H. Orth
TEI mark-up by : James P. Tranowski andEllen M Thomson
Published by: University of Vermont. All rights reserved.
Florence Dec 22d 1864-- few stangers here at present or likely to be--I think till Spring
My Dear Marsh
Yours of 21st inst. takes me by surprize! -- I have heard nothing of the direful diseases you mention--and have just asked our two servants, (women) if they have -- They say no--except a case or two of fever on the other side of the town -- I was at a small party last evening--at Dr Wilsons--where I heard not one word about unusula [unusual] sickness in Florence--and we have some american friends living in a palace--where the inundation was deepest--the water rose 8 feet in the house--nearly half way up the first stairs! -- They live there still--and are well -- This is in Fondoccio [?] St Niccolo -- The inundation was only partial--and not at all like the one about 20 years ago --
I will enquire tomorrow about this matter--and if I find any reason to alter this, I will add a postscript -- With affectionate regards to you and your[s] --
H. Powers -- (over
-------------------------------- Page -------------------------------- I have enquired further and find no reason to alter what I have said, unless to say, that Florence is rather more healthy than usual at this season of the year --
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