Correspondence (incoming): Edmunds, Susan Marsh (Mrs. George F.), 1892-1896

Susan M. Edmunds

Wife of Sen. Edmunds Sept. 26 [1892?]

Paris? Or London? En route to America

[Gen. Franklin Edmunds, 1828-1919; U.S. Senator, 1966-91; wrote law to prohibit polygamy, 1880, & Sherman Anti Trust law 1890.]

Jun 15th

2111 Massachusetts Avenue.

My dear Mrs. Stanford

Will you give us the pleasure of lunching with us on Wednesday the 21st inst. at one o'clock to meet Mrs. Jeramiah Clarke and Miss Clarke of San Francisco

Very sincerely yours

Susan M. Edmunds

Dear Mrs. Stanford, I am sorry to leave without bidding you good bye, but Mr. Edmunds tells me you have gone out to lunch

I hope the great burden will very soon be lifted & that you will be able to go on with your beneficent work without interruption. It

must be heavy enough for one woman's shoulders at the best. The good Father give you strength.

Most sincerely yours Susan Marsh Edmunds

Philadelphia Penna

1505 Locust St. Jun. 25/96

My dear Mrs. Stanford

Both your kind letter and the boxes of wine & brandy have reached us to-day.

Neither your great affictine [sic - affliction] nor your present life of care and anxiety can make you less thoughtful or generous toward all who have the pleasure of your