Barnesville, GaFebruary 18, 1861 My Very Dear Cousin, Doubtless you are expecting a letter from me as this reaches you. I have been thinking for a month that I would write, but have been waiting to get our business properly arranged so that I…
[Letter from Young John Allen to his parents, January 6, 1861]
Shanghai, China, Jan 6th 1861My Dear Pa & Ma. I ought to have written you a birth-day letter– I know you will be glad to hear from me anytime, however, so I will write the sooner now as I did not then– I wish…
[Letter from M.H. Allen to Unknown]
200 Mulberry St N.Y.December 15th 1859My Dear Friend. For sometime I have been thinking of writing you, but it is hard to say farewell; I have put it off therefore, till the last. I am sorry now however, that I did not write in time to receive an answer.…