ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 7.75, monogrammed "F.P." letterhead, December 18, 1867. Handwritten letter to Mrs. Wentworth in Lowell, in part: "I was glad to get your pleasant note. The cars were so late that I wonder you did not come back here for the night. I verily believe that you thought of your Unity or Lempster friends, not apparently, very agreeably surprized at your return. If you did, you deserved to stick in the snow drift at the other end of the route. However, dear, I am glad that you reached home safely and found yourselves the next morning none the worse for your varied experience. Your Brother was here yesterday and I ventured out doors for the first time since Sept. Frank is here at work with me among piles of dusty musty papers. Most of which are of no possible use except to hide a few letters and other papers to which it may be desirable to refer at some future day. In the afternoon I walked with him a little way upon the side walk. I am better but it is not quite certain yet, that I shall feel inclined to go abroad for Christmas. If I decide to accept your kind invitation, I shall go down Saturday or Monday, because the cars are so much thronged & so uncomfortable on the day preceding Christmas. I may unless it will be inconvenient to you present myself at your cheerful home Saturday evening." Framed and inset within a 27 x 14 frame, matted with a portrait and two plaques; the letter's frame is removable and has glass on both sides, so that the full letter can be read. In fine condition, with a thin mounting strip running down the center/hinge.
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