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Manuscript letter

Archives Number: 1011/002.001-027#016

Cambridge Dec 31th 1857.
Dear Annie,
Our new Year wishes come with some remorse on their wings for the neglect of previous messages of love & sympathy [crossed out: for] upon the touching anniversary you silently celebrated some time since.
Our hearts, however, were with you, & we felt all the beauty & holiness of such true faith and unswerving fidelity, and trusted you did not pass that day without promptings of heavenly communion and the [p. 2] consciousness of the beloved presence.
I send you the photograph from Rowse’s picture of my Alice & Edie thinking nothing would be more welcome. I wish it included Annie, but she was rather too young to be attempted.
She promises however to be the genius of the family. She is wonderfully bright in speaking, & in comprehension of all things, and is, withal, the most loving & affectionate of the three. She is the great pet of the house at present, and Rachel thinks far more of her than of the others.
[p. 3] We see Harry daily, and I think he is enjoying his college life, altho’ he grumbles occasionally at his tutor’s exactions. He & Willy have one of the pleasantest rooms here, & seem to have nice companions.
We were glad to have a glimpse of Ellen on her way, & thought she had grown like you.
What do you hear from Mary? We not a word, but young Colburn told me of her fever which I was much pained to know. Has she recovered, and how is her strength? Sam seems interested in his Chapel – naturally. Good bye in haste - Yr affte Fanny.
[p. 4] Best love & wishes to Aunt Lucia. I send her a little lantern for short candle ends when she makes her nightly rounds.
ADDRESED: “FOR ANNIE”
ENDORSED: “1858”

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English: NPGallery
Author
English: Fanny (Appleton) Longfellow (1817-1861)
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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English: Organization: Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Address: 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Email: LONG_archives@nps.gov
NPS Unit Code
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LONG
NPS Museum Number Catalog
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LONG 20257
Recipient
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English: Anne Longfellow Pierce (1810-1901)
Depicted Place
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English: Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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3c219550-6dd8-406e-b89f-f9c10fd86831
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English: U. S. National Park Service

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