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14 March 1878
Hemans, Nancy A. (b. 1843)
to Alexander Shiras
Discusses her husband's sickness and impending death. Comments on sympathetic visitors, her friendship with the Shiras's, and the tragedy the death will be for their son.
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3 April 1878
Reports the death and burial of her husband, Daniel Hemans.
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5 June 1878
to Frances B. Shiras
Discusses all she has had to do since her husband's death and reveals that she is pregnant since three months before his death. Comments on her hope to be a good mother but willingness to die, if it is God's will. Discusses money problems with the...
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8 September 1878
Discusses her loneliness and friendlessness since her husband's death and how a letter from Reverend Shiras lifted her spirits. Notes that her son is growing. Asks Shiras to pray for her "that the evil will not overcome me." Comments that she would...
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18 January 1879
to Alexander Shiras and Frances B. Shiras
Thanks them for their letter sent with five dollars. Expresses her praise for God. Notes that her son Allie is going to school at the Santee Agency and her infant son is doing well.
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