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Ann Larimer letters to husband John, February-July 1865

04_1866-03-16-Page 02

was pretty sick. Ellis went to town for brandy & I got ready & came over with him. Mother wanted them to send for me & the children Saturday, but they thought the noise of the children would hurt her, she took some pills Saturday night & Mary laid doen on the lounge so to wait on her if she kneeded waiting on, her physic opperated between 3 & 4 o'clock in the morning, she was up & down several times & a little after daylight they got her up & changed her clothes & bed. when they took her up she walked from the bed to a chair with help but before they got the bed made she fainted, they laid her in bed - & brought her to. they were very mutch alarmed. - Doc said they must have brandy for when the fever left her she would be gone. Ellis started for town immediately. We got here about 11 o'clock but she did not know me. Mary said not more than 5 minutes before I came she asked if we had not come yet. she seemed very anxious to see the chilldren. when I came in I went to the bed and kissed her, Mary asked her if she knew me & Claribell. she said yes. some time after that she lookes up & said "I did not know that Ann had come." she was not rational but for a few moments at a time, but moaned most of the time, at dusk I went up staires & laid down with the chilldren as I had a very bad head ache, about 9 o' clock Mary came up said she believed her mother was dying, when I came down the boyes had not gone to bed yet. they waited a while

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was pretty sick. Ellis went to town for brandy & I got ready & came over with him. Mother wanted them to send for me & the children Saturday, but they thought the noise of the children would hurt her, she took some pills Saturday night & Mary laid doen on the lounge so to wait on her if she kneeded waiting on, her physic opperated between 3 & 4 o'clock in the morning, she was up & down several times & a little after daylight they got her up & changed her clothes & bed. when they took her up she walked from the bed to a chair with help but before they got the bed made she fainted, they laid her in bed - & brought her to. they were very mutch alarmed. - Doc said they must have brandy for when the fever left her she would be gone. Ellis started for town immediately. We got here about 11 o'clock but she did not know me. Mary said not more than 5 minutes before I came she asked if we had not come yet. she seemed very anxious to see the chilldren. when I came in I went to the bed and kissed her, Mary asked her if she knew me & Claribell. she said yes. some time after that she lookes up & said "I did not know that Ann had come." she was not rational but for a few moments at a time, but moaned most of the time, at dusk I went up staires & laid down with the chilldren as I had a very bad head ache, about 9 o' clock Mary came up said she believed her mother was dying, when I came down the boyes had not gone to bed yet. they waited a while