Letter from W. Huger FitzSimons to his mother, conclusion — Uncle Theodore, Minnie, and signature (page 3 of 3)
Book 1, Page 478 ·1896
Transcription
The closing leaf of the letter. The upper half of the sheet is blank.
[Continuation from page 477.]
… the point where “Papa don’t Know” — Uncle Theodore looks remarkably well but pines for the Mrs. — Minnie has been sick but is better today. Brother was in town Sunday; he looks well and you will agree with me in thinking it is always nice to have him around. Give my love to Sister and I hope she has recovered from her cold —
Your aff son W. Huger FitzSimons
AI Notes
Closing leaf of the three-page letter begun on pages 476–477. Picks up mid-sentence at the quoted phrase ‘Papa don’t Know.’ Reports that Uncle Theodore looks remarkably well but pines for ‘the Mrs.,’ that Minnie has been sick but is better, and that Brother was in town Sunday and looks well. Sends love to Sister with hopes she has recovered from her cold, and is signed ‘Your aff son / W. Huger FitzSimons.’ The upper half of the sheet is blank, with only faint bleed-through of the previous page visible.
“Uncle Theodore” is Theodore Gaillard Barker (1832–1917), the Charleston attorney and family elder, brother of the writer’s mother Susan Milliken Barker FitzSimons. “Minnie” is Mary Anne Perry FitzSimons (1859–1934), the writer’s sister-in-law (wife of his brother Samuel Gaillard FitzSimons Sr.) and the future compiler Amy FitzSimons Walker’s mother.