June 30, 1899 To: Nancy Brown From: Louese Harris, Shelbyville, MI Lela hasn’t given Dr an answer yet but Louese thinks she will before she returns home. They get along very well with Aaron and Cora. Doesn’t know how Hannah will cope with the family visits coming up. 1899-06-30 Louese Harris to Nancy Brown Shelbyville … Continue reading June 30, 1899 letter to Nancy Brown from Louese Harris
June 30, 1899 To: Nancy Brown From: Lela Brown Lela is spending time at her aunt’s home and writes about visiting with her friends there. When they came across the lake from Chicago the water was very rough. Her little cousin Mildred was pretty frightened, and she asked “If we don’t get there we will… Continue reading June 30, 1899 letter to Nancy Brown from Lela Brown
April 11, 1899 To: Nancy Brown, Chicago, IL From: Louese Harris, Shelbyville, MI On a visit to her parents’ home she stopped in Kalamazoo and she couldn’t keep the tears away as she missed all the times that Nancy had greeted her there. Also mentions how excited Nancy’s dog Zama was to see her children… Continue reading April 11, 1899 letter to Nancy Brown from Louese Harris
September 22, 1898 To: Nancy Brown From: Louese Harris, Shelbyville, MI Is upset about their mother’s condition and hopes that something can be done to ease her suffering. Wishes Nancy could spend the winter to be with her. Reports that Cora is healing nicely. 1898-09-22 Louese Harris to Nancy Brown Shelbyville, Sept 22/98 Dear Sister… Continue reading September 22, 1898 letter to Nancy Brown from Louese Harris
September 9, 1898 To: Nancy Brown, Kalamazoo, MI From: Sarah Keith, Galesburg, MI Hadn’t heard about Cora’s accident. Yesterday Sarah couldn’t move but was better today. 1898-09-09 Sarah Keith to Nancy Brown Galesburg Sep 9 /98 My Dear Girl Would have [written] to you before, but was out of envelopes. We did not hear about… Continue reading September 9, 1898 letter to Nancy Brown from Sarah Keith
February 25, 1897 To: Nancy Brown From: Louese Harris, Shelbyville, MI Hopes that something will turn up so that one of them can pay up the mortgage. Gertie has left her husband Henry because he wouldn’t take a bath. Had a good visit with Lela. Wonders if Jim is going to have the operation done… Continue reading February 25, 1897 letter to Nancy Brown from Louese Harris
September 6, 1896 To: Nancy Brown From: Henry Brown, Chicago, IL Business has been good, took in $134.31 the last week. He doesn’t have time to think about anything but work, so it will be up to Nancy and Lela to decide if they want to move down to Chicago or stay in Michigan. There… Continue reading September 6, 1896 letter to Nancy Brown from Henry Brown
April 15, 1884 To: Sarah Keith From: Louese Harris, Shelbyville, MI Doesn’t think she will write much as she has an awful headache. She has started cleaning the house a little and has moved the crib into her bedroom where Jay slept in it for the first time last night. Since Ollie has moved in… Continue reading April 15, 1884 letter to Sarah Keith from Louese Harris
April 18, 1880 To: Adaline Harris From: Lucena Brockway, Phoenix, MI A lot of news about family and friends. Phoenix P.O. Mich April 18th 1880 My Dear Sister Addie[1] Your long looked for letter came thursday and I was very glad to get it too for I was afraid you were sick or cleaning house… Continue reading April 18, 1880 letter to Adaline Harris from Lucena Brockway
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Letters & Diary Entries From the 1860s through the 1890s 