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Mary C. Brooke not living in Northern [L?]
and one of these letters mailed on Feb. 23
did not reach Sandy Spring until Apr.
26. She spoke of eating peas 36 days from
the time the seeds were planted, of raising
fawns presumably for fresh meat, of
the very scanty attire of the natives, and
of the curious old monastery in which
she was living with her daughter
Carrie Brooke Dinwiddie. This was
followed by another equally interesting
letter from our member Carrie L. Brooke
who has spent the winter in California,
describing the Golden Gate, the big trees,
and the beauties in and around San
Francisco. We were all glad to know she
had at last turned her face homeward
and will soon return to this neighborhood
where she and hers have
so many warm friends. Elizabeth C.
Davis said she was too hoarse to read
but she would tell us of a woman's
club she had attended in New Jersey,
evidently a flourishing one. She had
tried to describe our good old Asso. to
their giddy young thing of 12 or 15 summers
but said she was far from clear
as to the dates, and constitution, and it
was proposed to read the minutes of the
first meeting in 1857. The Secy. offered
an essay she had prepared for the
Young Friends Association of Washington
upon "The Life and Character of Lucretia
Mott." The photograph and autograph of
that wonderful woman were displayed,
also a rag rug & very neat little housewife
of her manufacture. The conservatory
contained many fine plants in full
bloom, evincing loving care of the part of our
hostess. Adjourned to Rosedale.
Mary Bentley Thomas, secretary.