Letter written by Louise Downer Benzing and sent to Dr. Frances Proctor Ames, undated
Title
Letter written by Louise Downer Benzing and sent to Dr. Frances Proctor Ames, undated
Subject
Letter writing
Ames, Frances Proctor, 1856-1948
Description
This is a photograph of a letter written by Louise Downer Benzing and sent to Dr. Frances Proctor Ames. It is undated but thought to have been written in 1920. The letter has two pages, verso and recto.
Creator
Ames, Frances Proctor, 1856-1948
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives
Date
undated
Contributor
Ames, Frances Proctor, 1856-1948
Rights
Format
application/pdf
Language
en-US
Type
Text
Identifier
RG9-12-1043_1_2_015
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
1920? 27 Cleveland Ave.
Buffalo, N.Y.
My Dear Fanny:--
I was so glad
to hear from you. but sorry to
hear of your daughters illness
but out of the stress + strain
Low lovely to have.--
Frances Harriett to show for it
now you are Grandmother
and I envy you. I have
four beautiful grand children
but I cannot look at
them + find traits of my
family. I miss that.
I sent you a card dear as
always. Wonder where it
went. Lost in the rush per
haps. I am glad that your
grandaughter is an Anguish
baby- my mother had
three daughters all born
in anguish. + just four days
between them. 10-14-+18.
Mine is the 10th my sister
Amy who died as 12 was
the 14th + Mrs. Packwood
the 18th. So am welcome
Frances into our "Sign" of
"Leo"
Write when ever you can, and
I do hope we shall meet
before the year is out.
Aren't we having a wonderful
winter. I dread the zero [w??th]
as always. So this winter I
have enjoyed to the full
my [and miss] affairs are get
ting straightened around
a little better. I really
ought to sell my home
It is too large for us-
and have been thinking
of a bungalow. but I began
housekeeping here + just
cannot endure to leave it
And so many of the later
built houses during the
war were so poorly built
I wish Peterboro were a
Buffalo Suburb. that would
solve the problem but to
live there the whole year
would take us away
from Earls family + my
brothers son too.
I must get dinner. so
will say good bye–
Remember me to Grandpa
Ames + never [?] that I
will forget you–
Yours–
Louise
Buffalo, N.Y.
My Dear Fanny:--
I was so glad
to hear from you. but sorry to
hear of your daughters illness
but out of the stress + strain
Low lovely to have.--
Frances Harriett to show for it
now you are Grandmother
and I envy you. I have
four beautiful grand children
but I cannot look at
them + find traits of my
family. I miss that.
I sent you a card dear as
always. Wonder where it
went. Lost in the rush per
haps. I am glad that your
grandaughter is an Anguish
baby- my mother had
three daughters all born
in anguish. + just four days
between them. 10-14-+18.
Mine is the 10th my sister
Amy who died as 12 was
the 14th + Mrs. Packwood
the 18th. So am welcome
Frances into our "Sign" of
"Leo"
Write when ever you can, and
I do hope we shall meet
before the year is out.
Aren't we having a wonderful
winter. I dread the zero [w??th]
as always. So this winter I
have enjoyed to the full
my [and miss] affairs are get
ting straightened around
a little better. I really
ought to sell my home
It is too large for us-
and have been thinking
of a bungalow. but I began
housekeeping here + just
cannot endure to leave it
And so many of the later
built houses during the
war were so poorly built
I wish Peterboro were a
Buffalo Suburb. that would
solve the problem but to
live there the whole year
would take us away
from Earls family + my
brothers son too.
I must get dinner. so
will say good bye–
Remember me to Grandpa
Ames + never [?] that I
will forget you–
Yours–
Louise
Original Format
Correspondence
Collection
Citation
Ames, Frances Proctor, 1856-1948, “Letter written by Louise Downer Benzing and sent to Dr. Frances Proctor Ames, undated,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed February 10, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/index.php/items/show/79597.