Letter written by Dr. Frances Proctor Ames' parents and sent to Dr. Frances Proctor Ames, March 14, 1891
Title
Letter written by Dr. Frances Proctor Ames' parents and sent to Dr. Frances Proctor Ames, March 14, 1891
Subject
Letter writing
Ames, Frances Proctor, 1856-1948
Description
This is a photograph of a letter written by Dr. Frances Proctor Ames' parents, Silas Americus and Martha Baldwin Proctor, and sent to Dr. Frances Proctor Ames (Dr. Mamma) on March 14, 1891. The first page, verso, depicts page one and four of the letter, and the second page, recto, depicts pages two and three.
Creator
Ames, Frances Proctor, 1856-1948
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives
Date
1891-03-14
Contributor
Ames, Frances Proctor, 1856-1948
Rights
Format
application/pdf
Language
en-US
Type
Text
Identifier
RG9-12-1043_1_1_033
Date Created
2016-05-10
Is Part Of
Frances Proctor Ames Papers, 1882-1948 (RG 9/12/1043)
LIB-UA041
Extent
20.3x25.10
Transcription
Petersboro Mar 14 91
Dear Doctor Mamma-
I always sup-
-posed I had at least a
limited stock of sense
but my answer to your
last letter demonstrated
the monstrous fact
that I can not lay
claim to an atom of
said article.
In reading your
letter I was in a hurry
as mother was packing
to go to B. and as soon
as I read it I
packed it in mother’s [g??p]
telling her to let Mrs
Packwood read it and
to my surprise Mrs
P wrote me + sent
your letter back say-
-ing “Have you got it
through your head
that Miss Proctor had
a baby. I didn’t faint
as you know I never
do such things. but
I just felt too cheap
for anything. + what
must you have
thought of my letter
I supposed you
referred to your
neice and didn’t
notice the difference
in the name
and now may I
ask who this mar
-velous child is
named after I shall
love her for her second
name at all events
you know what talks
we used to have
about marriage you
truly believed in it
and it does not
seem feasible that
you are a mother
+ here I am the same
old maid - with the
same views on mat-
rimony although if
I find some one that
I can not live with
out I shall probably
change my position
Mr Thompson was
here a few weeks
ago - We are friends
still you see.
Now do tell me all
about my neice
I am sure she will
be an optomist
like her auntie
as she is fair you say
Were you very sick
You mean hateful
thing not to tell me
and let me take
care of you never
mind when I am
married I’ll [?]
you + [?] how you
like it. I thought
after our sojourn
at “Shefersteins” we
were sisters indeed
+ I should always
always know “what
you doing”. but I guess
it is so that after a woman
is married she cares
nothing for her friends
but as I am not in
“the soup” still count me
as your dearest friend Louise
Kiss the dear
baby for
me + little
Kate too if
she is there
God bless you all
Kind re
gards to
Eugene +
Your Mother
+
Father
Dear Doctor Mamma-
I always sup-
-posed I had at least a
limited stock of sense
but my answer to your
last letter demonstrated
the monstrous fact
that I can not lay
claim to an atom of
said article.
In reading your
letter I was in a hurry
as mother was packing
to go to B. and as soon
as I read it I
packed it in mother’s [g??p]
telling her to let Mrs
Packwood read it and
to my surprise Mrs
P wrote me + sent
your letter back say-
-ing “Have you got it
through your head
that Miss Proctor had
a baby. I didn’t faint
as you know I never
do such things. but
I just felt too cheap
for anything. + what
must you have
thought of my letter
I supposed you
referred to your
neice and didn’t
notice the difference
in the name
and now may I
ask who this mar
-velous child is
named after I shall
love her for her second
name at all events
you know what talks
we used to have
about marriage you
truly believed in it
and it does not
seem feasible that
you are a mother
+ here I am the same
old maid - with the
same views on mat-
rimony although if
I find some one that
I can not live with
out I shall probably
change my position
Mr Thompson was
here a few weeks
ago - We are friends
still you see.
Now do tell me all
about my neice
I am sure she will
be an optomist
like her auntie
as she is fair you say
Were you very sick
You mean hateful
thing not to tell me
and let me take
care of you never
mind when I am
married I’ll [?]
you + [?] how you
like it. I thought
after our sojourn
at “Shefersteins” we
were sisters indeed
+ I should always
always know “what
you doing”. but I guess
it is so that after a woman
is married she cares
nothing for her friends
but as I am not in
“the soup” still count me
as your dearest friend Louise
Kiss the dear
baby for
me + little
Kate too if
she is there
God bless you all
Kind re
gards to
Eugene +
Your Mother
+
Father
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Correspondence
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Citation
Ames, Frances Proctor, 1856-1948, “Letter written by Dr. Frances Proctor Ames' parents and sent to Dr. Frances Proctor Ames, March 14, 1891,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed February 11, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/index.php/items/show/79576.