Horatio N Easby, Letter 1, page 1

Horatio N Easby, Letter 1, page 1 Letter from Horatio N. Easby To daughter Louise in which he describes all of his children. (Nettie was my grandmother Esther.) Esther B. Sterling Washington May 23rd 1878 Dear Lou. I hear from you and Marian every through your letter to you Ma, and you hear of me through the same channel, but as you seen almost ready to cry. I must write you “a few lines.” I am not yet in “old age” nor am I "bowed down with trouble.” It is true I am not so young as I was, but in the good providence of our Father in Heaven, my health, mentally and physically, was never in a more robust condition, and the “silver lining” has begun to appear through “the clouds which have hung over our house” nothing tangible as yet, but faith and hope are daily increasing. the brightness of the “lining” and dispelling the protracted of one. When you reflect, Lou, upon the great blessings your Ma. and myself have in our children, more money troubles, sunk into insignificance. Katie is home in the full enjoyment of health, and her cheerfulness and natural talent for making people happy, is being daily exerted with telling effect. Lou and Marian are faithfully fulfilling the duties of life, and tho devotion with which they are performing those duties Writer Horatio N Easby Date written 1878-05-23 Paper x in x x in, ivory unlined Pen Penmanship Style Links Unverified as writer, Horatio Nelson Easby [1] File name Easby Horatio N 1xx-001-001-001