Jenny P Bigelow
July 30th/63
July 30th - [underlined] [namely?] [/underlined] -
[?] Normandy
My dear Friend
In this little
village on the sea shore, the
last American papers have
just reached us, & we have learned
with the deepest regret that
you have been among the
suffers from this terrible
riot. I cannot in words
express to you my sympathy
that you - the friend always
of the poor or unfortunate
whether white or black -
should have been thus
cruelly attacked, is to me
almost beyond belief.
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I hope that the newspaper
account is exaggerated and
that your house has not
been robbed of all its household
treasures - money
cannot replace them - there
are associates that the
heart can never buy but
once, and are beyond the
price of all other [?]
I wish thee or one of the
girls could write me -
as we feel most anxious
about you all. The [?]
too must have been very
near the [scene?] of greatest
excitement. We are here
for three weeks [?] of - and
expect to be in Point again
by the middle of August
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We are at a [?] country
hotel but have our own
rooms & private meals, so
live in a quiet privacy quite
unknown at an American
[hoteling?] place. Some time
since, [Paultney?] had a severe
attack of [?] fever & we
were most anxious about
him until the 21st day -
The rest of us are as usual
excepting that Jenny yesterday
felt over the back of a bed
& for some hours secured
[early?] off, visiting frequently
& in great [price?] about the
heat - We were very much
[?] & were quite determined
to take Lee back
today had she not appeared
decidedly better. We had
remedies however which
fortunately have proved to be
just what she required, &
today we think her doing verry
well. The weather is fine, but
not warm enough to make
talking a pleasure - We do
[?] by going in every
day, trusting in the [?] to
reap the reward of our labor.
Goodbye my dear friend -
I trust to hear from some
of you very soon, & meanwhile
with the greatest
sympathy and love, am
always thine affectionately
Jenny P. Bigelow
