Typed letter fragment (closing) — Theo defends his Papa
Book 1, Page 250 ·1860–1870
Transcription
[Letter continued from the previous scan. Per the compiler’s note on p247, the typewritten letters of this run are transcripts of Aunt Ellen Porcher’s correspondence to her mother Mrs. Samuel Barker and to ‘Sis’ (Susan Milliken Barker).]
rise in indignation if Maim or Thomas attempt to throw any slur on their Papa. Theo was a little cross yesterday and when I said “If you are naughty I will send you upstairs” he turned around in the most assured way and said "I will go home den? I could hardly look grave enough to assert my authority.
AI Notes
Closing fragment of the typewritten family letter begun on the preceding scan (p249). Only seven lines of typing at the top of the otherwise blank sheet, terminated by a row of hyphens that close the letter. The text continues p249’s anecdotes about Theo (the toddler) defending ‘Papa’ from teasing by his older siblings Maim and Thomas. Per the compiler’s introductory note on p247, these typewritten letters are transcriptions of correspondence from Aunt Ellen Porcher to her mother Mrs. Samuel Barker and to her sister ‘Sis’ (Susan Milliken Barker FitzSimons, the compiler’s grandmother) during the period when Sam, Kit, Seamon, and Theodore FitzSimons (then small children) were sent to stay with the Porchers around the time of the youngest brother Wm. Huger’s birth. [redated to ~1860s based on the p247 contextual framing (originally 1880–1895 was a guess; the letter originates with Aunt Ellen Porcher, before the doctor’s 1866 death). Removed the ‘typed letter’ content_type (not a standardized tag — replaced with ‘letter’). Added Aunt Ellen Porcher to the people list per p247 attribution.]
The remainder of the sheet is blank.