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Braithwaite, Mary, fl. 1860-1867 to Isora Sayles

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.32.02 Author/Creator: Braithwaite, Mary, fl. 1860-1867 Place Written: Hinsdale, Illinois Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 November 1860 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 25.9 cm Order a Copy

Writes to her friend about how much she misses her. Wishes for her not to move away in case they may return. Comments how she has not been to church but once and how she longs to go. Notes that she has spent the last week in bed and that she needs the prayers of all the Christians. Writes, "Isora are the young folks as wild as ever I hope they may see a beauty in religion for there is nothing else that can save them..." Inquires about friends and family.

Braithwaite, Mary, fl. 1860-1867
Sayles, Isora, fl. 1860-1868

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