765 Wabash Ave.
Chicago, Ill
Dec. 28, 1877
Dear Father,
Your letter with the two dollars in came which I am very
thankful for. I can tell you I have not
been to Uncle Edwin since I left but I am going Saturday night or Sunday if he
is at home. Aunt C [Charlotte] is going
to Mr. Pease tomorrow. She will know
from them if he is at home or not. If not, I won’t go until he is. I will tell him how disappointed you are in
not hearing from him. It may be that
Uncle never got the letter that you wrote about his business so he will not be
to blame. I know that is very mean to
think that of Aunt F. but I can’t help
it after hearing what she had done.
I got a letter from you yesterday & Louise &
Olive. I believe this has been the longest
I have been without writing. I thought
would wait until after Christmas. Sarah’s
husband got a Christmas tree and Aunt C dress it. Aunt C folks were all here. Lizzie & Martha are working out. Richard, Lizzie, Martha & I took dinner with
Sarah & husband & Aunt C. Uncle
Emely Stanly took dinner with Mary & her husband. Sarah & Mary had each a turkey for dinner
& I cleaned them, the first I ever did & they had an English plum
pudding & in the evening Richard had a magic lantern and showed us all some
pictures & after we all danced & then the tree was stripped of the
presents and Richard had two persons come to play on guitar and violin. So we
had a good time until twelve o’clock. Then
we all retired and I commenced this letter before dinner. But William came to dinner & said that there
was to be a Christmas tree at four o’clock in one of the churches nearby &
he wanted Sarah and me to go so we got ready & went. He is a clerk in a grocery store so he couldn’t
go. I never saw anything so grand. They had a shape of a ship with about two or
three thousand candles all lit up on it & they had the presents around it. There were thirty five classes of the Sunday
school & each class had a banner they paraded up & down the church while
singing with the banners. It was perfectly
beautiful. I want to write to Ma so I
must close.
From your affectionate,
Daughter [Mary Anne]
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