Letter from Ellen Milliken Barker to Susan Barker FitzSimons, 21 February 1858 (page 3)

Continuation of the letter from pages 061 and 062. Same hand and ink. The page closes with the writer’s affectionate sign-off (“yo. affec. E.B.”) and a brief key identifying family members by their relationship to “E. M. B.”

than the other. They walked a little in the Shrubbery — eat & drank — and took leave seeming well pleased with their drive & reception. Theo drove Miss F. in Mr. Miles’ buggy & I, H. & the other ladies came in a carriage. The next afternoon Theo came again with cousin Theodore. They left the next M[orning] at 11. Thos. brought the kettle of sausages & we enjoyed them this Mor[ning]. Your Father wrote to him “they were nicely peppered, minced & exactly the thing.” So you now, I hope, feel repaid for so much of your toil about them. — I long to hear again from you after such a tumultuous week — but I am content if I can hear of you & you must not sit up to send me a letter when you ought to be lying down or resting in some way. God bless you both in your efforts for each other. The boys have come in for lunch & I have got to bottom of budget of sayings & doings — yo. affec. E.B.

Sanford — E. M. B’s Mother in law —

Theodore — William — Ellen — Kate — Thomas — E. M. B’s Children —

Kit — E. M. B’s son in law — Christopher J. S.