22 September 1865, E[liza] G. L[ambert], Richmond, [VA] to Sally [M. Galt]
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22 September 1865, E[liza] G. L[ambert], Richmond, [VA] to Sally [M. Galt]
Subject
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
[William M.] Harrison died last week after a long lillness. Caroline [Lambert Harrison] is left with a large family and few assets.
Creator
Eliza G. Lambert
Source
Galt Papers (I), 1745- 1892, Mss. 78 G13, Box II, Folder 114
Publisher
Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Date
22 September 1865
Contributor
SCRC Civil War Transcription Project Volunteer
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Relation
The finding aid for the Galt Papers (I), 1745-1892 can be found at http://scdb.swem.wm.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=7489&q=Galt
Language
en
Type
Text
Identifier
Mss.78.G13.077
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Eliza Lambert encourages Sally Galt to visit Richmond. She tells of the death of William Harrison and the grief of his wife, Caroline.
to write this [scrible] that I [scarly]
know what I have written. You must
guess at what you don't understand,
Sister and the [Sallys?] send much love
the little one will [ ]
good by darling Sally EGL
Richmond Sep 22
1865
My Dearest Sally
I could not find it in my heart
to let Mary go to Wmsburg without letting
you hear from me. She goes rather
unexpectedly as she told last week she
should [defer] her return untill the last
of October. She seems uncertain whether
she will remain in W or return to
Ashland. She seems more desirous of
doing the latter. She is coming down
this evening when we shall hear all
about her plans - poor Mr. Harrison
died last week after a lingering illness
for ten days. He was expected every
hour to die and prayed anxiously for
it. He leaves an afflicted and distressed
family poor dear Caroline is a deep
mourner and it will be a long time
if ever she recovers from it. She will
stay in Richmond until October and her
Page 1
house a small one which Mr. H intended
hearafter to be for the Overseer [ ] four
rooms one of them to be occupied by the
Overseer and his wife poor thing I
don't know where she will [stow?] them
all and hardly any thing to begin
housekeeping with. It is very painful
to us all to be able to do nothing but
sympathise with her. She has undergone
so much anxiety & fatigue with loss of
rest that he told her he wished her to
go to B. Harrisons and in that neigh
borhood, and stay untill October and
a frost but I do not think she would
in her deep grief like to be so much
in society as she necessarily would
be there so I do not know what are
her arrangements John and {Arty?]
have both been very sick with
chills & fever contracted at River
side. They are up the country with
their Aunt Eliza [Page]
I send you down my dear Sally
the sum of $4 which I was afraid
Page 2
you would spend if you took it with
you "for you know you can't be trusted
with money." but as this good opportunity
occurs of Marys going down and
October is almost here I thought I
might entrust it to your care for a
week or two." We all hold you to your
promise of coming up then. All
your friends the Williams [ ] [ ]
and two many others to enumerate
continually enquire after you &
wish to know when you are coming
again. Mr. Dixon says love to Sally
and tell her we hail her coming
with much pleasure and shouts of
Joy" [ ] too is very [ ] in
her enquiries and sends her love. She
seemed much gratified at your
remembrance of her, it is needless
dearest Sally for me to repeat what
you must feel how happy it will
make us all to have you again
with us. It is always sunshine
when you are with us not the glare that
Page 3
hurts my poor eyes so much but
the wholesome mild influence which
gives life and energy to say nothing
of pleasure to the physical [frame?]
to produce such an effect you must
or cannot [repose?] besides the poor [ ]
is languishing to be [ ] and often
accumulated [waters] and the [new?]
broom dejected because so much
neglected by us all so you see the
incentive to come. I don't think
Mary will stay very long so that
you will have a good opportunity
with her so you have no excuse.
Let me know in your next when
you will come - the Generals room
is not yet occupied but we hope
to get [ ] members of the legislature
if no one comes sooner. It is almost
dark and my paper admonishes me
it is time to stop after telling I hope
I am getting better of my [ ]
sickness I have had so short a time
Page 4
Eliza Lambert encourages Sally Galt to visit Richmond. She tells of the death of William Harrison and the grief of his wife, Caroline.
to write this [scrible] that I [scarly]
know what I have written. You must
guess at what you don't understand,
Sister and the [Sallys?] send much love
the little one will [ ]
good by darling Sally EGL
Richmond Sep 22
1865
My Dearest Sally
I could not find it in my heart
to let Mary go to Wmsburg without letting
you hear from me. She goes rather
unexpectedly as she told last week she
should [defer] her return untill the last
of October. She seems uncertain whether
she will remain in W or return to
Ashland. She seems more desirous of
doing the latter. She is coming down
this evening when we shall hear all
about her plans - poor Mr. Harrison
died last week after a lingering illness
for ten days. He was expected every
hour to die and prayed anxiously for
it. He leaves an afflicted and distressed
family poor dear Caroline is a deep
mourner and it will be a long time
if ever she recovers from it. She will
stay in Richmond until October and her
Page 1
house a small one which Mr. H intended
hearafter to be for the Overseer [ ] four
rooms one of them to be occupied by the
Overseer and his wife poor thing I
don't know where she will [stow?] them
all and hardly any thing to begin
housekeeping with. It is very painful
to us all to be able to do nothing but
sympathise with her. She has undergone
so much anxiety & fatigue with loss of
rest that he told her he wished her to
go to B. Harrisons and in that neigh
borhood, and stay untill October and
a frost but I do not think she would
in her deep grief like to be so much
in society as she necessarily would
be there so I do not know what are
her arrangements John and {Arty?]
have both been very sick with
chills & fever contracted at River
side. They are up the country with
their Aunt Eliza [Page]
I send you down my dear Sally
the sum of $4 which I was afraid
Page 2
you would spend if you took it with
you "for you know you can't be trusted
with money." but as this good opportunity
occurs of Marys going down and
October is almost here I thought I
might entrust it to your care for a
week or two." We all hold you to your
promise of coming up then. All
your friends the Williams [ ] [ ]
and two many others to enumerate
continually enquire after you &
wish to know when you are coming
again. Mr. Dixon says love to Sally
and tell her we hail her coming
with much pleasure and shouts of
Joy" [ ] too is very [ ] in
her enquiries and sends her love. She
seemed much gratified at your
remembrance of her, it is needless
dearest Sally for me to repeat what
you must feel how happy it will
make us all to have you again
with us. It is always sunshine
when you are with us not the glare that
Page 3
hurts my poor eyes so much but
the wholesome mild influence which
gives life and energy to say nothing
of pleasure to the physical [frame?]
to produce such an effect you must
or cannot [repose?] besides the poor [ ]
is languishing to be [ ] and often
accumulated [waters] and the [new?]
broom dejected because so much
neglected by us all so you see the
incentive to come. I don't think
Mary will stay very long so that
you will have a good opportunity
with her so you have no excuse.
Let me know in your next when
you will come - the Generals room
is not yet occupied but we hope
to get [ ] members of the legislature
if no one comes sooner. It is almost
dark and my paper admonishes me
it is time to stop after telling I hope
I am getting better of my [ ]
sickness I have had so short a time
Page 4
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Eliza G. Lambert, “22 September 1865, E[liza] G. L[ambert], Richmond, [VA] to Sally [M. Galt],” Swem Library Digital Projects, accessed May 22, 2013, http://scrcdigital.swem.wm.edu/items/show/1730.
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