Letter from Charleston, June 8, 1872 (page 4, signed E.P.)

A handwritten letter, the final page of multiple, in cursive ink. The closing signature appears at the foot of the sheet.

like her Mother but not as pretty. They had the piazza enclosed & that & the whole house decorated with flowers. The Dr said it burst on him when he came home in the evening & found it lighted up, & was really so beautiful he wished he had thought of it at once & had it Photographed to send to his sister Mrs Calder — but it did not occur to him till too late. He said he heard his wife & the girls talk of the presents but had not seen them till he went to dress, & then in the entry up stairs he found a beautiful collection of things — only he said “I am mortified at my friends sending things because I asked them to the wedding.” I will not be able to write more today. Kate is devoted to Tote’s little Baby & he asks her to do for it — It is a pretty picture to see her fresh face, & this little picturesque creature gazing up into it, & smiling when he is well. I hope she will write. much love to you all — Yours aff. E. P.