1863-10-04, Letter from Rachel Eltinge to her mother Blandina

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Dear Mother
		Mr. Wright told us we might
write letters home on sunday [sic] so I thought
I would take a few minutes of this af-
ternoon to write to you.  I received Father’s
letter yesterday, which was a very welcome
one.  We had tableaux here last night. They
did not amount to much still they were
very good considering that they were made 
up by a few wild school girls.  I was not
among them,  Minnie and Jessie Gilbert are
out spending the sabbath with their sister
who is visiting in Po’keepsie [sic] and sails
for England saturday [sic] of this week, so
Mary Romer and I are alone in the
room both writing letters home.  Oh by
the way, the Gilberts are going to New

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besides she likes bread and milk.
If you come friday for me this week
I think I would rather have you come
friday night because we dont [sic] have
any study hour any way and I can
study home better than here for it
is generally pretty noisy here friday
nights.  I wish someone would
write and let me know if you will
come after me or not.  I have more
to write but I am getting tired and
will want something to talk about
when I get home.
		From your Daughter
			Rachel
Envelope to: Mrs. Roelif Eltinge
			New Paltz
			New York
Postmark: Oct 5 Poughkeepsie, N. Y.