AHR to Brother and Sister- July 3, 1854- sent from Easton Pennsylvania
Title
AHR to Brother and Sister- July 3, 1854- sent from Easton Pennsylvania
Subject
Personal letter from Amalia Hutter to her family in Virginia. The letter gives details of her families lives.
Description
Easton July 3, /54
My ever dear brother & sister
I received your welcome letters yesterday and as I feel very good natured and very I meant this morning I though I would at once sit down to answer them, When I last wrote you my dear brother there was a rumour afloat that Mr Reeders friends in Washington were making an effort to have him appointed Governor of Nebraska, I heard it and wrote to Mr Reeder who was there at Mauch Church, in his reply to me he said he did not think it would answer, if even he were appointed I felt differently, and was very anxious that he should himself use his influence with his friends to secure the appointment, But Mr Reeder was too proud and said he would do no such thing, it would be giving his enemies (in case of a failure) an opportunity of _____ over him of course I thought no more of it until I saw by the ____ ____ prints that his name was before the cabinet, and this was confirmed by a very flattering letter from the president to Mr Reeder assuring since confirmed the appointment and he is now Governor of Kansas, Now for my reasons for deserving this appointment, for perhaps to you it may seem strange that I should have urged and been anxious for it his appointment, Andrew works entirely too hard, and this appears to me will be a respite, his working as he does now has been a source of trouble to me for years, and I see no stopping place, this will break in upon his labours in a measure, the labour he will have to ^under go will not be such deep mental labour at present, If he does not like it he can come back at any time and reinstate himself, so that it will be no real injury to him He is now at Washington to signify to the President his acceptance how soon it will be necessary for him to go West of course I do not know until his return, the rest of us will remain untill suitable quarters are provided, when we will all emigrate, I hope to see all my dear relatives in Virginia before this happens. My husband is making a monstrous sacrafice in leaving a lucrative practice here for the salary he will receive there, I believe with the indian agency it is worth but 5,000 dollars and it his practice for the last few years he has made over $7,000 but it is a loss of a few thousand dollars to him, it will be a beneficial change, one that he woul and cant make under any other circumstances as long as he is here so long & will labour as he is now doing for he loves his professions, if it had not been for me he never would have accepted it, but I insisted so strongly that he could not resist, So you see my dear brother and sister we are bound for the West, Whether for our good or other wise remains to be seen- My dear husband I hope will return to the East as United States Senator and then we will remain east, You will think me ambitious, but these are my hopes and wishes, My husbands foot it on the stepping stone now, and he must be wise in political glory, see if I aint a prophetess, I shall leave here with a great deal of regret, I have many near and dear friends here with whom it will be hard to part but I never look at the dark side, the bright side of the picture is the only one I _____ place “Sufficient for the day is the evil therof.” I hope Andrew will be able to do something for Major Hutter Whilst in Washington, I have not written to Mrs Brodken yet as her little boy has had the measles very bad indeed and Mrs. I leavis lost her only child, I thought I best wait until their prst grief was over, I feel very sorry for Mrs Leavis as this was her first child after seven years marriage, the little boy was not yet two year old, I am too sorry that our dear brother is detained so long in France, I had hoped that ere this time he would be in the bosom of his family and that we could with certainty look forward to the time for a visit from him, Ida has at last finished her chairs for you and Aunt Heather I hope you will like them, the one has but two strips for the seat the other has three I have sent you also a collar and handkerchief of Willies, two collars of yours, If I could have worn yours I would have left them but they are too small and mourning collars toooo I thought I would send them, they will do for in the mourning and save better ones, I wish you and all the children could be here tomorrow, There is to be a grand celebration ration, Balloon ascension, and grand fire works, I wish Willie could be here tell him Annie Mix sell is here now spending the vacation and that would make it very pleasant for him Miller + Louisa with there family all well, Hutter had an attack of haive fever but is quite well again, My children are all well, Howard is tanned until he is as brown as a nut, I have never seen quite so black before, How dreadful that fire on your plantation with its results,- Poor [Mindy] how sorry I feel for her and Lidia how badly the poor creature must feel to loose a child in that way, give my love to all kiss each other and the dear children for me and believe me to remain as ever your fondly attached and loving sister Amalia
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Love to all at Sandusky
My ever dear brother & sister
I received your welcome letters yesterday and as I feel very good natured and very I meant this morning I though I would at once sit down to answer them, When I last wrote you my dear brother there was a rumour afloat that Mr Reeders friends in Washington were making an effort to have him appointed Governor of Nebraska, I heard it and wrote to Mr Reeder who was there at Mauch Church, in his reply to me he said he did not think it would answer, if even he were appointed I felt differently, and was very anxious that he should himself use his influence with his friends to secure the appointment, But Mr Reeder was too proud and said he would do no such thing, it would be giving his enemies (in case of a failure) an opportunity of _____ over him of course I thought no more of it until I saw by the ____ ____ prints that his name was before the cabinet, and this was confirmed by a very flattering letter from the president to Mr Reeder assuring since confirmed the appointment and he is now Governor of Kansas, Now for my reasons for deserving this appointment, for perhaps to you it may seem strange that I should have urged and been anxious for it his appointment, Andrew works entirely too hard, and this appears to me will be a respite, his working as he does now has been a source of trouble to me for years, and I see no stopping place, this will break in upon his labours in a measure, the labour he will have to ^under go will not be such deep mental labour at present, If he does not like it he can come back at any time and reinstate himself, so that it will be no real injury to him He is now at Washington to signify to the President his acceptance how soon it will be necessary for him to go West of course I do not know until his return, the rest of us will remain untill suitable quarters are provided, when we will all emigrate, I hope to see all my dear relatives in Virginia before this happens. My husband is making a monstrous sacrafice in leaving a lucrative practice here for the salary he will receive there, I believe with the indian agency it is worth but 5,000 dollars and it his practice for the last few years he has made over $7,000 but it is a loss of a few thousand dollars to him, it will be a beneficial change, one that he woul and cant make under any other circumstances as long as he is here so long & will labour as he is now doing for he loves his professions, if it had not been for me he never would have accepted it, but I insisted so strongly that he could not resist, So you see my dear brother and sister we are bound for the West, Whether for our good or other wise remains to be seen- My dear husband I hope will return to the East as United States Senator and then we will remain east, You will think me ambitious, but these are my hopes and wishes, My husbands foot it on the stepping stone now, and he must be wise in political glory, see if I aint a prophetess, I shall leave here with a great deal of regret, I have many near and dear friends here with whom it will be hard to part but I never look at the dark side, the bright side of the picture is the only one I _____ place “Sufficient for the day is the evil therof.” I hope Andrew will be able to do something for Major Hutter Whilst in Washington, I have not written to Mrs Brodken yet as her little boy has had the measles very bad indeed and Mrs. I leavis lost her only child, I thought I best wait until their prst grief was over, I feel very sorry for Mrs Leavis as this was her first child after seven years marriage, the little boy was not yet two year old, I am too sorry that our dear brother is detained so long in France, I had hoped that ere this time he would be in the bosom of his family and that we could with certainty look forward to the time for a visit from him, Ida has at last finished her chairs for you and Aunt Heather I hope you will like them, the one has but two strips for the seat the other has three I have sent you also a collar and handkerchief of Willies, two collars of yours, If I could have worn yours I would have left them but they are too small and mourning collars toooo I thought I would send them, they will do for in the mourning and save better ones, I wish you and all the children could be here tomorrow, There is to be a grand celebration ration, Balloon ascension, and grand fire works, I wish Willie could be here tell him Annie Mix sell is here now spending the vacation and that would make it very pleasant for him Miller + Louisa with there family all well, Hutter had an attack of haive fever but is quite well again, My children are all well, Howard is tanned until he is as brown as a nut, I have never seen quite so black before, How dreadful that fire on your plantation with its results,- Poor [Mindy] how sorry I feel for her and Lidia how badly the poor creature must feel to loose a child in that way, give my love to all kiss each other and the dear children for me and believe me to remain as ever your fondly attached and loving sister Amalia
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Love to all at Sandusky
Publisher
Historic Sandusky
Date
July 3, 1854
Type
Personal Letter
Text
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Love to all at Sandusky
Easton July 3, /54
My ever dear brother & sister
I received your welcome letters yesterday and as I feel very good natured and very I meant this morning I though I would at once sit down to answer them, When I last wrote you my dear brother there was a rumour afloat that Mr Reeders friends in Washington were making an effort to have him appointed Governor of Nebraska, I heard it and wrote to Mr Reeder who was there at Mauch Church, in his reply to me he said he did not think it would answer, if even he were appointed I felt differently, and was very anxious that he should himself use his influence with his friends to secure the appointment, But Mr Reeder was too proud and said he would do no such thing, it would be giving his enemies (in case of a failure) an opportunity of _____ over him of course I thought no more of it until I saw by the ____ ____ prints that his name was before the cabinet, and this was confirmed by a very flattering letter from the president to Mr Reeder assuring since confirmed the appointment and he is now Governor of Kansas, Now for my reasons for deserving this appointment, for perhaps to you it may seem strange that I should have urged and been anxious for it his appointment, Andrew works entirely too hard, and this appears to me will be a respite, his working as he does now has been a source of trouble to me for years, and I see no stopping place, this will break in upon his labours in a measure, the labour he will have to ^under go will not be such deep mental labour at present, If he does not like it he can come back at any time and reinstate himself, so that it will be no real injury to him He is now at Washington to signify to the President his acceptance how soon it will be necessary for him to go West of course I do not know until his return, the rest of us will remain untill suitable quarters are provided, when we will all emigrate, I hope to see all my dear relatives in Virginia before this happens. My husband is making a monstrous sacrafice in leaving a lucrative practice here for the salary he will receive there, I believe with the indian agency it is worth but 5,000 dollars and it his practice for the last few years he has made over $7,000 but it is a loss of a few thousand dollars to him, it will be a beneficial change, one that he woul and cant make under any other circumstances as long as he is here so long & will labour as he is now doing for he loves his professions, if it had not been for me he never would have accepted it, but I insisted so strongly that he could not resist, So you see my dear brother and sister we are bound for the West, Whether for our good or other wise remains to be seen- My dear husband I hope will return to the East as United States Senator and then we will remain east, You will think me ambitious, but these are my hopes and wishes, My husbands foot it on the stepping stone now, and he must be wise in political glory, see if I aint a prophetess, I shall leave here with a great deal of regret, I have many near and dear friends here with whom it will be hard to part but I never look at the dark side, the bright side of the picture is the only one I _____ place “Sufficient for the day is the evil therof.” I hope Andrew will be able to do something for Major Hutter Whilst in Washington, I have not written to Mrs Brodken yet as her little boy has had the measles very bad indeed and Mrs. I leavis lost her only child, I thought I best wait until their prst grief was over, I feel very sorry for Mrs Leavis as this was her first child after seven years marriage, the little boy was not yet two year old, I am too sorry that our dear brother is detained so long in France, I had hoped that ere this time he would be in the bosom of his family and that we could with certainty look forward to the time for a visit from him, Ida has at last finished her chairs for you and Aunt Heather I hope you will like them, the one has but two strips for the seat the other has three I have sent you also a collar and handkerchief of Willies, two collars of yours, If I could have worn yours I would have left them but they are too small and mourning collars toooo I thought I would send them, they will do for in the mourning and save better ones, I wish you and all the children could be here tomorrow, There is to be a grand celebration ration, Balloon ascension, and grand fire works, I wish Willie could be here tell him Annie Mix sell is here now spending the vacation and that would make it very pleasant for him Miller + Louisa with there family all well, Hutter had an attack of haive fever but is quite well again, My children are all well, Howard is tanned until he is as brown as a nut, I have never seen quite so black before, How dreadful that fire on your plantation with its results,- Poor [Mindy] how sorry I feel for her and Lidia how badly the poor creature must feel to loose a child in that way, give my love to all kiss each other and the dear children for me and believe me to remain as ever your fondly attached and loving sister Amalia
Love to all at Sandusky
Easton July 3, /54
My ever dear brother & sister
I received your welcome letters yesterday and as I feel very good natured and very I meant this morning I though I would at once sit down to answer them, When I last wrote you my dear brother there was a rumour afloat that Mr Reeders friends in Washington were making an effort to have him appointed Governor of Nebraska, I heard it and wrote to Mr Reeder who was there at Mauch Church, in his reply to me he said he did not think it would answer, if even he were appointed I felt differently, and was very anxious that he should himself use his influence with his friends to secure the appointment, But Mr Reeder was too proud and said he would do no such thing, it would be giving his enemies (in case of a failure) an opportunity of _____ over him of course I thought no more of it until I saw by the ____ ____ prints that his name was before the cabinet, and this was confirmed by a very flattering letter from the president to Mr Reeder assuring since confirmed the appointment and he is now Governor of Kansas, Now for my reasons for deserving this appointment, for perhaps to you it may seem strange that I should have urged and been anxious for it his appointment, Andrew works entirely too hard, and this appears to me will be a respite, his working as he does now has been a source of trouble to me for years, and I see no stopping place, this will break in upon his labours in a measure, the labour he will have to ^under go will not be such deep mental labour at present, If he does not like it he can come back at any time and reinstate himself, so that it will be no real injury to him He is now at Washington to signify to the President his acceptance how soon it will be necessary for him to go West of course I do not know until his return, the rest of us will remain untill suitable quarters are provided, when we will all emigrate, I hope to see all my dear relatives in Virginia before this happens. My husband is making a monstrous sacrafice in leaving a lucrative practice here for the salary he will receive there, I believe with the indian agency it is worth but 5,000 dollars and it his practice for the last few years he has made over $7,000 but it is a loss of a few thousand dollars to him, it will be a beneficial change, one that he woul and cant make under any other circumstances as long as he is here so long & will labour as he is now doing for he loves his professions, if it had not been for me he never would have accepted it, but I insisted so strongly that he could not resist, So you see my dear brother and sister we are bound for the West, Whether for our good or other wise remains to be seen- My dear husband I hope will return to the East as United States Senator and then we will remain east, You will think me ambitious, but these are my hopes and wishes, My husbands foot it on the stepping stone now, and he must be wise in political glory, see if I aint a prophetess, I shall leave here with a great deal of regret, I have many near and dear friends here with whom it will be hard to part but I never look at the dark side, the bright side of the picture is the only one I _____ place “Sufficient for the day is the evil therof.” I hope Andrew will be able to do something for Major Hutter Whilst in Washington, I have not written to Mrs Brodken yet as her little boy has had the measles very bad indeed and Mrs. I leavis lost her only child, I thought I best wait until their prst grief was over, I feel very sorry for Mrs Leavis as this was her first child after seven years marriage, the little boy was not yet two year old, I am too sorry that our dear brother is detained so long in France, I had hoped that ere this time he would be in the bosom of his family and that we could with certainty look forward to the time for a visit from him, Ida has at last finished her chairs for you and Aunt Heather I hope you will like them, the one has but two strips for the seat the other has three I have sent you also a collar and handkerchief of Willies, two collars of yours, If I could have worn yours I would have left them but they are too small and mourning collars toooo I thought I would send them, they will do for in the mourning and save better ones, I wish you and all the children could be here tomorrow, There is to be a grand celebration ration, Balloon ascension, and grand fire works, I wish Willie could be here tell him Annie Mix sell is here now spending the vacation and that would make it very pleasant for him Miller + Louisa with there family all well, Hutter had an attack of haive fever but is quite well again, My children are all well, Howard is tanned until he is as brown as a nut, I have never seen quite so black before, How dreadful that fire on your plantation with its results,- Poor [Mindy] how sorry I feel for her and Lidia how badly the poor creature must feel to loose a child in that way, give my love to all kiss each other and the dear children for me and believe me to remain as ever your fondly attached and loving sister Amalia
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letter on paper, xerox copy
Citation
“AHR to Brother and Sister- July 3, 1854- sent from Easton Pennsylvania,” Historic Sandusky Archives and Collections, accessed April 27, 2024, https://historicsanduskyarchives.omeka.net/items/show/3.