[Letter of 1873 September 23]

[Letter of 1873 September 23]

1873-09-23

Man-woman relationships

African American families

Wiley, Edward A. [recipient]

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Correspondence

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Philadelphia, Sept. 23rd, "1873./ My Dear Edward:/ Your letter came/ duly to hand this morning and found me/ as before anxiously waiting. I looked for/ a letter yesterday but none came, now dont/ grow tardy but write- as often as you did/ when you were in Pittsburg for I am/ always ready to hear from you though/ sometimes slow myself to reply. What in/ the world could I have said in my letter/ to cause you to preach a sermon to me. I/ am not as much afraid of you as you seem/ to think I may be, but believing that you/ trust in an All-wise Father and he is/ all-powerful to keep you from evil I gener=/ ally rest pretty secure. I am glad that you/ are so comfortably situated, I hope you may/ continue to be so. I shall certainly/ give your regards to Mr And Mrs Chew/ when I see them. I met them at the/ Re-union the other evening but forgot to/ tell them that you had gone to Baltimore./ I had not heard from you then either/ and so I could not have told them where/ you were stopping. Aunt Viney leaves/ for home today - Mother will take her up/ this afternoon. She sends her respect to you. She seems to have enjoyed/ herself very much indeed. We are all quite/ well – Willie seems to be mending slowly./ Two letters have come for you from Newark/ which I will enclose in this one. There/ is an invitation here for you to attend/ Miss Hannah Clay’s wedding first Wednesday/ in October. Have you met Mrs Bishop’s/ daughter - Emily? Willie calls for his pa-pa/ very prettily, have you no message to send/ him? You mus’nt be so full of business/ that you cant send him a few words besides/ “kiss Willie”.- I have had a little indeed it has/ not left me yet but still I manage to eat my/ daily allowance, how is it with you?/ Are you running yourself to death-? fifty-/ five copies or subscribers looks like a good=/ ly number in so short a time. Be careful/ my dear of your health. Dont be surprised/ if you see me coming to B. next month / in company with- Mrs Morris if she happens/ to come along and then I can see you with=/ out you coming home and I can at the same/ time take a peep at Washington. What do/ you say? All join in love. Father got your/ letter of course - Much love and many kisses/ from Ma - Willie - and self. Your devoted wife/ Carrie/