Condolence letters on the death of Anna Lathrop Hewes, 1892

Mamie Lavinia Meagher -

S. F. - [1892]

Condolence - Mrs. Hewes -

Dear Mrs. Stanford:

I cannot refrain from writing a few words of sympathy in this hour of your great sorrow my heart ached when I look[ed] at your dear sister and thought of you

and the little darling she loved so dearly. The loss of a beloved sister is one of the severest calamities of this mortal life in which we are all born to trouble and we must bow in resignation to the decree of Him who doeth all things well even though he bereaves us of our loved ones Hoping you and the the Governor are well

Yours with deep sympathy Mamie Lavinia Meagher San Francisco Aug 20^th/92

May J. Meeks

S. F. - Sept. 6, 1892

(Condolences - Hewes)

[Right side]

left here upon earth and loved well, cannot but feel keenly their great loss and the void that is left in the home circle, yet when they realize the beauty of her life, knowing that the parting is but for a time, and then comes the reunion in the hereafter to which we all sooner or later arrive at, and the meeting of the parted ones will be an eternal joy.

Please accept our warmest

[left side] sympathies in your bereavement, and kind remembrance to Mr Stanford.

With much love Yours truly, May J. Meeks

I have delayed writing this - owing to a severe attack of rheumatism having been confined to my room for weeks. MJM