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Milton Mowrer letters to sister Ellen Miller Mowrer, 1866-1868
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224 Arch St, Phila Jan 18th 67 Sister Ellen; You will excuse me for writing two letters to your one, having a little spare time, thought would spend it this pleasantly in writing to you. The weather is cold today, everybody is in a hurry, last night it snowed very fast but only for a short time. Ellen had some company last evening which was very nice, I only missed one and that was yourself. They [illegible] as called here select company, Lang played piano, & then Ellen treated (not to whiskey) to peaches (canned) and cakes, in fact it was a very pleasant affair. Ellen, is the Grove backsliding, that balls are getting some what fashionable, I see that my presence is needed in the Grove again, for the minds of some of the inhabitants mind
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224 Arch St, Phila Jan 18th 67 Sister Ellen; You will excuse me for writing two letters to your one, having a little spare time, thought would spend it this pleasantly in writing to you. The weather is cold today, everybody is in a hurry, last night it snowed very fast but only for a short time. Ellen had some company last evening which was very nice, I only missed one and that was yourself. They [illegible] as called here select company, Lang played piano, & then Ellen treated (not to whiskey) to peaches (canned) and cakes, in fact it was a very pleasant affair. Ellen, is the Grove backsliding, that balls are getting some what fashionable, I see that my presence is needed in the Grove again, for the minds of some of the inhabitants mind
Iowa Women’s Lives: Letters and Diaries
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