Chicago
June 29, 1873
Dear John,
I have been going to write to you almost every day but I
have been so busy. Since the first of
May we had to give up the house we was in for it was sold and the party that
bought it wanted to come in the house and so I had to get the things away, and
the folks that was in our house was building a new house and they hadn’t got
the house done so they could move until last week. I had the things upstairs and in the barn
until they moved.
And all the children was to Belvidere with their mother and
came home one week ago last Wednesday. And
we have lost our little baby. We buried
him at Belvidere by the side of our other little boy. We don everything to try to reise [sic] him. Frances was out to Belvidere with him a long time. The doc said it was the only thing we could
do for him and he pined away so that there was nothing to him.
And I have been changing my place of business and am now
taking charge of another concern there and I will send you and you will please
send your letters to their care. Price
is running our engine and learning the machinist trade - he does well too. His
folks moved the other day nearer his father work and I haven’t seen them since,
although I thought that perhaps they would be here today but it rained so I don’t
think they will.
I suppose that it will take us some time to get settled and
you don’t know how glad we all are to get back to our own home. And it looks nice too and it is worth a good
deal of money now. It is just as nice a
home as anybody has got. I drive to my
place of business every day. Last night
long after I got my supper I took Frances and Freddie to ride and went to Union
Park and down Washington Ave. and saw all the best turnouts in the city and we enjoyed
it very much. And I suppose that you are
aware that we Chicago folks put on considerable style now a days. I wish you could just stop by some Saturday
afternoon and see the turnout at Lincoln Park together with the music,
etc.
August 3, 1873
This is the letter I wrote to you and carried in my pocket
so long so you must excuse me for this for I have a good deal to do just now. I am in hopes to have more time after a while.
From yours truly,
Edwin
PS – Write soon and Richard says he wrote to you last and it
was you that stopped writing to him.
EB
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