Letter written by Louise Downer and sent to Dr. Frances Proctor Ames, April 14, 1884
Title
Letter written by Louise Downer and sent to Dr. Frances Proctor Ames, April 14, 1884
Subject
Letter writing
Ames, Frances Proctor, 1856-1948
Description
This is a photograph of a letter written by Louise Downer and sent to Dr. Frances Proctor Ames on April 14, 1884. The first page, verso, depicts pages one and four, 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
1884-04-14
Contributor
Ames, Frances Proctor, 1856-1948
Rights
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Format
application/pdf
Language
en-US
Type
Text
Identifier
RG9-12-1043_1_1_009
Date Created
2016-05-10
Is Part Of
Frances Proctor Ames Papers, 1882-1948 (RG 9/12/1043)
LIB-UA041
Extent
20.3x25.4
Transcription
SILVER LAKE
Peterburg Apr. 14 84
Peterburg Apr. 14 84
My Dear Friend:-
I received your
welcome letter, some days
ago. And I was very glad
to hear from you - our
college life seems all a
dream to me now. My
school has been in
session a week and I
am enjoing my work
very much - I am getting
a little over seven
dollars a week, and that
lightens the burden considerably
when I think
of the expenses of next
year. I have one of the
cosiest little houses in
the world. We have a
grove back of our cottage
with a summer house
in it. And as the warm
days come I begrudge
my time to sit in it
and study dry facts
[couned?] by Dr. Witthaus
but repairing our house
last year together with
painting and papering
besides new furniture
to say nothing of our
expensies in B- make
me altogether too stingy
to be idle this usmmer
I wrote the above in my
room at school with the
little ones running in
and out at recess - now
I am in our dinng room
at home. My brother sits
here beside me writing
too. Mother is spending
the vening out. You must
certainly come and see
me sometime. Either while
you are a common "lay
man" or an M.D. I shall
enjoy it just as well. Either
way.
Mip Carroll was called
home by the dangerous
illness of her father. I
have not found her address,
so have not written
to her - but doubtless in
the chaos that still surrounds
my trunk I
shall find it somewhere
I attended the funeral of a
cousin Sunday (Easter) of a
cousin. He was 32 years old.
A post mortem revealed a
liver 3 1/2 times too large - and a
sleen - 8 times. He suffered much.
I hope your work is pleasant
to you - As for my nursing
I love babies too [??ee] to put
their lives in jeopardy
I have not studied as much
as I expected to - Can not
tell whether or not I shall
be prepared to take the [Surges?]
shall take part at least.
Our dear Dr. Park closed his
address to the graduated with
this: "Thou enterest this world
weeping while all around
thee smile. [?live] so to [live?]
that thou mayest depart in
smiles while all around
thee weep." Wasn't that [wordy?]
of him? Now do not neglect
me so long again. I will accept
anything. Even a postal.
With love - L.D.
Original Format
Correspondence
Collection
Citation
Ames, Frances Proctor, 1856-1948, “Letter written by Louise Downer and sent to Dr. Frances Proctor Ames, April 14, 1884,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed April 25, 2024, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/79552.