Colliver letters and memorabilia (Stanford Student Letters and Memoirs)

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[notation] (Apr. 30, 1894) [/notation]

[preprinted] J. T. COLLIVER, M. D. OFFICE AND RESIDENCE, 950 D Street Telephone 34. San Bernardino, Cal ... 189

Dear Son John

This is Sunday morning; quite cool and the wind is blowing real hard. I thought sure I would get t o go out buggy riding this afternoon but guess I will be obliged to give it up. I have the tooth ache again this morning but not so bad as it was last week. I was out to the barn yesterday but [illegible] tell you it took me some time to walk there did not know I was quite so weak but [I could see that?] I am improving very fast the only difficulty with me is that I can not eat as much as I want. I have a good appetite and go away from the table hungry. my trip to Sanfrancisco seems almost like a dream. I was so disappointed not getting to visit Stanford I wanted to see where you went to school and go into your room so I could see it all in my mind after I got home but I do not suppose I will ever get to see it now perhaps I may sometime. Grace is coming up to Sanfrancisco the first of June to stay a month she was here last night. Mrs Shoup was here and called on me this week I like her very much she spoke of Paul thinking so much of you. your Pa wants to write some in this letter so I will not write much more and give him space as I expect his

[letter continues vertical across the top] letter will be more interesting than mine. my tooth is aching so bad that I can't hardly think or write. must stop and put something in it - after dinner tooth better but grumbles yet Robe came up with a new suit on. he and mother went out in the wood house I suppose to have a chat Pa went to sleep on the lounge [since?] and Frank Allen is out at the barn. Sister is playing on the Piano I guess Tide is getting ready for mission sunday school. Sister is getting over her cold her throat doesnt seen to bother her scarcely any. -

John if you are nearly out of money you must write for some before you are entirely out for sometimes it is not sent right away so you had better write in time. I expect your Pa has written all the news so I will stop for this time. glad Cathcart won the debate tell him I congratulate him. How does Berrkley feel not so boastful I imagine. so glad you will be home soon Yr affict Ma

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John I See by the catalogue in the names of the students there is one by the name Hiram Edgar Rutan from Mechanicsburg Ohio that is where I was raised until I was 15 or 16 years old Father practiced medicin there a long time and [st?] Rutans was real good Friend of the family they ware very respectable well to do farmers sollid men. I wish you would ask him who his father was. and what relation he was to Squire Rutan. Ask him how Aunt Pally Hazle is and Pete Calwell also. I use to haul hay for Aunt Pally Hazle or her husband Uncle Jack Hazle

What relation is this young man to Doctor Underwood wife that died in London Ohio a few year ago. Ask him wher Fletcher Lansdale lives in California he came here in the fifties. Also ask where Tom Woods and Josiah Davis live or any others from Mechanicsburg in California this year Hiram Edgar Rutan ought to be a nice good fellow as his profile are all very Respectable, and no black sheep in the family. tell him who you are and your Grand Fath Colliver was & wher he practiced and he can't help but be interested in you I receved a letter from Pete Colwell and Aunt Pally in Hazle. Since we lived hear, you ma & I allways put us with them when we went to the Burg

[upside down] I enclose this piece about the Websters [illegible] and sister was there said it was real laughable house full they are going next time [/upside down]

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