SERIES III: ARABELLA BRAY DE LONG
\n\u00a0Folder 1.\u00a0 Arabella Bray de Long Correspondence, 1871-1905. 23 items.<\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Scrap.\u00a0 Arabella M. Bray Richwoods Sept. 13, 1871<\/p>\n
April 7, 1872.\u00a0 Ida to Belle [Arabella]<\/p>\n
October 12, 1875.\u00a0 Peoria.\u00a0 Margarette to Belle [Arabella]<\/p>\n
December 1, 1875.\u00a0 Peoria.\u00a0 Maggie to Belle Bray [Arabella]<\/p>\n
February 5, 1877. M. Douglass to Bell<\/p>\n
March 24, 1876.\u00a0 Jackson, Michigan.\u00a0 \u201cYour Loving Friend\u201d to Belle<\/p>\n
January 16, 1877,\u00a0 Maggie C. Dean to Belle<\/p>\n
June 10, 1877.\u00a0 Emma to Bell<\/p>\n
June 20, 1877.\u00a0 Maggie C. Dean to [Arabella Bray]<\/p>\n
October 21, 1877.\u00a0 Maggie to Belle<\/p>\n
March 17 [18]78.\u00a0 \u201cM.D.\u201d to Bell<\/p>\n
November 17, 1884. M. Douglas to Bell<\/i><\/p>\n
George de Long to Arabella de Long. December 30, 1881.\u00a0 \u201cFishkill on Hudson My Dear Wife Your letter of yesterday reached me this evening and I was much surprised as well as pleased to receive a letter from you so soon.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sales slip from B. Altman & Co., January 26, 1887.\u00a0 \u201cMiss G De Long\u201d<\/p>\n
Helen\u2019s Composition, November 16, 1893.<\/p>\n
(The remainder of the letters in this folder are from Arabella de Long.)<\/i><\/p>\n
To her mother. Undated.\u00a0 \u201cGood morning! My Motherdie What a blessed promise our heavenly Father has given me, to send to you and I send it freighted with tenderest grateful love to you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThursday My loved Ones.\u00a0 What a fearful storm has been raging\u00a0for the last twenty-four hours, and how much damage must have been done…\u201d<\/p>\n
To Helen.\u00a0 Undated.\u00a0 \u201cMy own precious darling Sweetheart; Loved and beloved child:\u2014Of course<\/span> you<\/span> know as well as I, that words just cannot be articulated…\u201d<\/p>\n January 25, 1905.\u00a0 \u201cPresto, Change\u2014Yesterday a beautiful morning, rather a disagreeable afternoon, a fearful night of wind, growing more and more fierce and withal bitter cold…\u201d<\/p>\n [1905] \u201cEnthoffer Inn Thursday (afternoon) Dear Ones:\u2014I dare not try to write more than a scrap.\u201d<\/p>\n [1905] \u201cSunday (afternoon) Dearest child Ethel:\u2014Helen is lying quietly in bed yesterday and to day…\u201d<\/p>\n To Helen de Long.\u00a0 Postmarked New York, New York June 3, 1905.\u00a0 \u201cMy dearest Ones:\u2014Greetings! How are you all, and what are you doing just now I wonder…\u201d<\/p>\n Arabella de Long to Ethel de Long.\u00a0 August 8, 1905.\u00a0 \u201cHighbury England\u2014Truly dearest Ethel, beloved child:\u2014my precious treasure:\u2014The heart<\/span>\u00a0of the mountains of Massachusetts return the salutation of the dear \u201cmountains of Kentucky\u201d and had it been possible for me to make reply to your letter…\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SERIES III: ARABELLA BRAY DE LONG \u00a0Folder 1.\u00a0 Arabella Bray de Long Correspondence, 1871-1905. 23 items.\u00a0 Scrap.\u00a0 Arabella M. Bray Richwoods Sept. 13, 1871 April 7, 1872.\u00a0 Ida to Belle [Arabella] October 12, 1875.\u00a0 Peoria.\u00a0 Margarette to Belle [Arabella] December 1, 1875.\u00a0 Peoria.\u00a0 Maggie to Belle Bray [Arabella] February 5, 1877. M. Douglass to Bell […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7583,"menu_order":103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8218","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n