Letter written by Louise Downer Benzing and sent to Dr. Frances Proctor Ames, July 15, 1923
Title
Letter written by Louise Downer Benzing and sent to Dr. Frances Proctor Ames, July 15, 1923
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 on July 15, 1923. The first page, verso, depicts page one and four, and the second page, recto, depicts page two and three.
Creator
Ames, Frances Proctor, 1856-1948
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives
Date
1923-07-15
Contributor
Ames, Frances Proctor, 1856-1948
Rights
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Format
application/pdf
Language
en-US
Type
Text
Identifier
RG9-12-1043_1_2_019
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
and said. "Isn't it awful
to be so darned poor"
but they were happy days
just the same.
Our university will be a
grand place in a few
years. You must visit
me some day and go
through it
Much love to you dear
and to your family
write often
Louise
? July 15, 1923
My beloved friend:
If it is
a possible thing. I am
intending to visit you. I am
some better. but my heart
is very rapid. and I have
lost weight till I am down
to 94. but I do so wish
to see you. My sister's
grandson was graduated
from high school. as I
bought a car for a present
for his graduation [?] [?]
younger and in good health
I would drive–but that
I will write again if it is possible
for me to come. but if we come do
not make a bit of extra work
Let me find you just as we
lived at Schef pastimes. When you
need to run in the bedroom and
lock the door and learn me
to "tustle" with the old lady
about the kindling and I remem
ber how I came home one day
and found you washing down
the stairs and how you slapped
the cloth down on the stairs.
is out of the question so he
takes me out for a drive
Every day. The car is a
Studebaker and very easy
riding. I had an Electric
car when my husband was
living but I sold it after
his death.
My nephews name is
Downer Packwood. He is
nineteen and such a nice
boy. What a great sorrow
it is for you to have your
son so far away. I do so
hope for his recovery.
to be so darned poor"
but they were happy days
just the same.
Our university will be a
grand place in a few
years. You must visit
me some day and go
through it
Much love to you dear
and to your family
write often
Louise
? July 15, 1923
My beloved friend:
If it is
a possible thing. I am
intending to visit you. I am
some better. but my heart
is very rapid. and I have
lost weight till I am down
to 94. but I do so wish
to see you. My sister's
grandson was graduated
from high school. as I
bought a car for a present
for his graduation [?] [?]
younger and in good health
I would drive–but that
I will write again if it is possible
for me to come. but if we come do
not make a bit of extra work
Let me find you just as we
lived at Schef pastimes. When you
need to run in the bedroom and
lock the door and learn me
to "tustle" with the old lady
about the kindling and I remem
ber how I came home one day
and found you washing down
the stairs and how you slapped
the cloth down on the stairs.
is out of the question so he
takes me out for a drive
Every day. The car is a
Studebaker and very easy
riding. I had an Electric
car when my husband was
living but I sold it after
his death.
My nephews name is
Downer Packwood. He is
nineteen and such a nice
boy. What a great sorrow
it is for you to have your
son so far away. I do so
hope for his recovery.
Original Format
Correspondence
Collection
Citation
Ames, Frances Proctor, 1856-1948, “Letter written by Louise Downer Benzing and sent to Dr. Frances Proctor Ames, July 15, 1923,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed April 19, 2024, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/79601.