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Eno family letters, October 1843-February 1858
1858-02-11 Page 1
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[Camp Seco Feb 11 1858 W Eno Dear Brother I have sad intelligence to communicate - Elizabeth my wife is no more - she looked her last on life on 8th of this month - I had reason perhaps to have expected it from her feeble state of health, & she had been long afflicted, but the blow is nevertheless to me a very severe one - she had participated with me in the joys & [illegible] of life for many long years & my humble home is most truly a desolate one - she has left me a little pledge of her affection - & that has to be confided to another - What I shall do with myself or what I shall do with little Carrie I do not know but shall soon determine - I cannot return to the Eastern States & I cannot part with he r- I will write to Mary next mail- Your affectionate brother Henry Eno
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[Camp Seco Feb 11 1858 W Eno Dear Brother I have sad intelligence to communicate - Elizabeth my wife is no more - she looked her last on life on 8th of this month - I had reason perhaps to have expected it from her feeble state of health, & she had been long afflicted, but the blow is nevertheless to me a very severe one - she had participated with me in the joys & [illegible] of life for many long years & my humble home is most truly a desolate one - she has left me a little pledge of her affection - & that has to be confided to another - What I shall do with myself or what I shall do with little Carrie I do not know but shall soon determine - I cannot return to the Eastern States & I cannot part with he r- I will write to Mary next mail- Your affectionate brother Henry Eno
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