Kennicott Documents

[stamped] Alice Cora Kennicott Collection

[handwritten] The grove Nov 24th 1852

Dear Father.

I have just been writing to Emma. Amasa got a letter from you yesterday. it rained all yestrday afternoon and part of last night. Amasa was up to Uncle Hirams yestrday.

We all liked Mr. Hinde very much. I hope We shall learn a grat deal this winter. which is Emma going to do stay in town or come home. every thing looks gloommy and dark. Pall sets in a a conner[?] looking very sleepy. give my love to Uncle Asa.

good by -

Your loving Daughter Alice. M. Kennicott.

208

The Grove Nov 29th 1852. Sunday evening.

Dear Father.

Dr. Wychoff got here yestrday noon we like him very much. we have all been skating this morning It snowed a littel to day.

We expect Mr Hinde this evening. I wrote a long letter to you yesterday. I am glad to hear you are not going to stay in Chicago all winter. Aunt Eugenia was dwon to day with all her Children. they took k[strikethrough] Dr. Wychoff home with them.

We have got the clock in the log room now. have you seen any thing of Mr Dakers latly

I hope Emma will write to me tell her so

if you can think of it. Dr Wychoff went to see a ge'rmon[?] who was sick at Mr Haferts.

Mr.. Fe'rguson came to day he will commence to move the office to morrow morning.

Monday noon.

I received your letter about ten minuets ago.

We commenced school this morning. Ira and Flint went. I am glad to hear Uncle Asa is better. give my love to him. I will leave off now and go to school. give my love to all my Friends not forgetting Father.

Your loving Alice M. Kennicott

207 [circle] Monday Nov. 30

Dear Father

Mr Hinde arrived last night. We commenced school this morning. I t[strikethrough] studyed pretty hard so that my head ached this afternoon. = but I shall get used to it I suppose I guess that Mr Hinde will make us a very good teacher. We intend to comence school at eight o-clock in the morning. having two hours at noon and three ours at night to do chores in. We intend to study evnings. Mr Ferguson comenced his job this morning He worked all day at it but did not effect much. He says that he will get it up in two or three days if nothing happens to prevent it.

Alice got a letter from you to-day. she wrote to you yesterday but the letter was left by mistake when I sent mine. Cora wans s[strikethrough] you to write to her. Ira and Flint want you to answer thier letters.

Sheranas[?] has not brought over the table yet

Major[underlined]

"Tough sir, touth: is Joey B. and Develish[underlined] Sly[underlined]!

Bag Stock Major

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[circle] The Grove Nov 31 T[strikethrough] 1852

Dear Father

I wrote to you yesterday. I intend to write to you a little every day

You said that you thought that we had a daily mail now. we have a daily stage[underlined] but not a daily mail[underlined].

Mr Ferguson broke his log chain last night and had to go to Chicago for new ones. So that the office is not any nearer than it was before he touched it. but he has got it all ready to start and will not take long if he chooses to do it.

Freddy Barkis left here this morning.

I have got a bad cold as in fact we all have more or le[strikethrough] less.

We had a bad[strikethrough] first rate school to-day. We read from Byron evrey day.

Major

239 [circle] The Grove Dec 1st 1852

Dear Father

I have just got back from the post office where I found ten letters for us. There was two for Charlie. - two for you - two for Cora - one fore Ma - one for Alice and one for Grandma. Alice had o[strikethrough] one from Emma. and Cora had one from you and one from Franny. Ma had one from you. [illegible[strikethrough] Alice and Cora are writing to you.

We were all glad to hear that you are coming out next Saturday and glad that Uncle Asa is coming with you.

Mr Ferguson has not yet got back perhaps he never will at all. Ma wants you t[strikethrough] to bring out a bottle of indelible ink. and Bob wants you to get some fools cap paper.

Major

239

The Grove Dec 1 1852

Dear Father.

Cora and Mother bth receved letters from you to day. It is very fine wether now sonshi -ne and pleasant. but cold nights. keep pretty close at study tho' not hard enuf to hirt ourselvs.

Mr Hind has us get peces by hart and reapet to him to practice our memaries which he calls repetitions which he says he thinkes a good plan. give my love to Uncle Asa and all Aunt caries folks.

good by.

Mary Alice Kennicott.

Dr.. J A Kennicott Chicago Ill.

by you and our sainted Mother, when Isabella was a baby two days old to Mr Tennisson, and many others after I returned to the south, and in them I can again see how our dear Mother toiled and slaved for her family, with very few comforts to cheer her on, but her sufferings on earth hav long since ended and she has been reaping the reward of all her virtues, and the patient endurance of her troubles, and is now a happy angel in heaven, but I can never cease to regret that it was out in my favor[?] to render her situation happier al[?] her burdens lighter, - here are some letters from Dear, Mable James and George - I always associate the memory of George with my own son Edward. he was about as old whe I last saw him[underlined] - poor[underlined] boy I shall never cease to regret, that, I once greivd his dear kind heart; but I was thoughtless and and did not mean to hurt his feelings prehaps you will remember that when Mr Tennisson left me at Fathers he bought a cow, to keep my little boy in milk George went every morning across the frozen pond to milk her - one morning I saw him coming at a distane he saw me too[underlined] and out of sport raised the vesal to his lips, to pretend he was drinking