Harriet Fletcher to Ruth Colton, 1839 May 7
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I take my pen in hand to inform you of my health which is very good and hope
these few lines will find you enjoying the same blessing I do not know as I have
any news worthy of writing but I could thought I
would write a little [ ] I have about concluded
you have forgotten me the reason of my thinking you had forgotten me was because
you did not write to me & I thought I would write a few lines to you to let
you know that I have not forgotten you, I feel sometimes as though I had not a
friend in the world it seems to me that I never had so much trouble in my life
as have had of late do not expect I have seen
any to what I shall if I live, I want to see you
very much never wanted to see you so much in my life as I do now for I feel as
if I had got a friend in the world it is you and
a friend I have always put a great deal of confidence in and I hope that things
I have said in your company I hope never will go any farther not that I ever have heard a
word of your telling any thing that I did not want you should but there is some
people in this vicinity that have appeared to be friendly with me and now I
consider them my worst enemy not that I ever have thought them to be a great
friend to me nor a friend that I could put much
confidence in and now I am thankful that I never did take them as a friend
After you returned home last winter Father Mother Elias and Nancy
went to York State and made a visit found Artemas family all well but had a
tiresome journey snow all went off while they was gone, Andrew has gone to
to work this summer I do not know but what I
weary your patience in writing so much as I have but I will
be brief in cutting a long story short Weight Hodgekins and [M
T] has desolved friendship, I must inform you that I saw Betsey H
yesterday looks very feeble does and people in
general thinks she never will regain her health again, I anticipate on your
comeing out to Belvidere this summer I think then I shall see you very often do
not fail of writing to me and sending it out by your brother. Carmoline after
her [ ] school closed last winter she engaged
the school [ ] Esqr Fisks [2 mont] and yesterday one of her
scholars fell off the bridge and drowned, excuse imperfections in writing and
permit me to close by subscribing myself
your sincere friendHarriet Fletcher
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