File:Frances (Appleton) Longfellow to Emmeline (Austin) Wadsworth, 29 February 1848 (7bef462a-8d83-4fc7-b645-6ec0ce109384).jpg

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Manuscript letter

Archives Number: 1011/002.001-018#050

Dear Em,
I must thank you again for making my little Charley so happy by your beautiful present. He is enraptured with it, - & pulls it over the frozen snow looking back with constant admiration. Then he bursts out – “Oh what a beautiful sled this is – I laugh on my sled – I like it very much.” He means he [p. 2] cannot help laughing with pleasure when his papa pulls him on it. Then he is so careful to see it put away safely “so the dogs cant hurt it” & says “Aunt Emmeline is very good” many times. It has been an era in his little life, linking him with older boys whose sports he looks upon with envy. He burst out to Henry the other day – “I wish I was a man –“ Why? Because I never was”!!
[p. 3] Last night – I went to Cora Lyman’s ball! Being her first & the last of the season, probably, I decided to go, & enjoyed it very much. The arrangements were most ample & admirable. A carpeted corridor took us from the sidewalk to the staircase, which was all carpeted for the occasion, &, so shut in, bu rich curtains from the entries that it seemed just like a private house. We disrobed in the two great drawing-rooms, ascended to [p. 4] the ball-rooms over those, & thro’ a corridor, perfumed with magnificent flowers, to tow more fine drawing-rooms beyond, one for cards & the other for supper. It was a very splendid ball, & I was glad to look again on so many familiar faces. Cora looked very pretty & being animated by the occasion. I hope to be in on Thursday & will see you if possible –
Ever thy loving
Fanny L.
Craigie House
Tuesday –

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English: NPGallery
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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
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LONG
NPS Museum Number Catalog
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LONG 20257
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English: Emmeline (Austin) Wadsworth (1808-1885)
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English: Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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7bef462a-8d83-4fc7-b645-6ec0ce109384
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English: U. S. National Park Service

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