Letter from Henry to Sister, February 15, 1864

Letter from Henry to Sister, February 15, 1864

Letters; Speeches, addresses, etc; Theological seminaries--United States; Cooking; Portrait photography

Henry writes to his sister from Allegheny having received her letter. He has written a speech on "the dignity of Labor." His Seminary exercises have been coming easily to him, as has cooking. He recently had a portrait taken.

Noyes, Henry Varnum

The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #3

Unpublished

1864-02-15

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

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Allegheny City
Feb 15th 1864
Dear Sister
Your letter was
received all right. You
need not have apologized
for the length at all, the
[u] longer [/u] & [u] oftener [/u] the better
If you don't get letters
from me as often as I
ought to write, just take
your own pen & give me
a going over for your own
amusement in regard
to the matter & you will
probably very soon see
the beneficial effects on
your "frater" although
I venture to suggest as
I did to Father that it
was your turn to write

inasmuch as I wrote
the last before vacation &
then visited you "to boot."
I should have an-
swered your last a little
sooner but I got into a-
nother job, Spray Murray
sent me a request for
a copy of my speech on
"the dignity of Labor". It
is considerable of a job
to copy a twenty minutes,
or half hour's speech. It's
one of the plagues of [?n?]
making a good speech. [u] Whew [/u]!!
Pardon the egotism if you
please "[u] I [/u] [u] did'nt [/u] [u] go [/u] [u] to do it [/u]"
I have just finished the
job this afternoon & besides
all this you know that
my correspondence is
gradually growing more
extensive the older I get.

I don't have to study
very hard to get along
with Seminary Exercises
We don't have as much
to do as we had before
vacation. If I had my
exercises for Presbytery
I should feel nicely but
somehow I can't get
at them & can't do anything
if I do. I guess however
I shall try to pitch into
them to-morrow.
I am living almost
in prefect independence as
far as cooking is concerned.
I just cook away as nice
as you please once in a
while buy a lot of potatoes
some flour or something
of that kind & then eat
& grow fat. I hav'nt spent
as much since vacation

for victuals as I would
have had to pay in
one week if I boarded
out. Board is now
from $2.75 to $3.00 a
week.
I don't think of
anything more to
write. Give my love
to all the folks at home
my [u] kind [/u] [u] regards [/u] to
Hannah &c &c
Hannah need'nt have
troubled herself about my
going to her sisters as I didn't
have to wait in Wooster long
& went there with Martha
as it was.
I have been getting
my pictures taken. Got
in with the Senior class
& got 2 dozen for $3.00 whereas
the regular price is $4.00 per
dozen. Good Afternoon
HV Noyes



阿勒格尼市
1864 年 2 月 15 日
亲爱的妹妹
你的信是
收到没问题。你
不必道歉
就长度而言，
越久越好
如果你没有收到信件
像我一样经常从我这里
应该写，就拿
你自己的笔&给我
为你自己的过去
娱乐
对于此事，你会
可能很快就会看到
的有益影响
你的“兄弟”虽然
我冒昧地建议
我对父亲做了
轮到你写了

就我写的
假期前的最后一个 &
然后拜访你“开机”。
我应该回答你的最后一点
很快，但我找到了另一份工作，Spray Murray
给我发了一个请求
我的演讲副本
“劳动的尊严”。它
是一项相当大的工作
复制二十分钟，
或半小时的演讲。它是
的瘟疫之一
做一个好的演讲。呼！！
原谅我的自负，如果你
请“我没有去做”
我刚刚完成
今天下午还有工作
这一切你都知道
我的信件是
逐渐长大
我越老越广泛。

我不必学习
很难相处
与神学院练习
我们没有那么多
像以前一样做
假期。如果我有我的
长老会的练习
我应该感觉很好，但是
不知何故我无法得到
在他们那里，什么都做不了
如果我做。不过我猜
我将尝试投入
他们明天。
我几乎生活
完全独立
就烹饪而言。
我只是做饭很好吃
如你所愿
同时买了很多土豆
一些面粉什么的
那种然后吃
&长胖。我还没花
自从假期以来

像我一样为了食物
不得不付钱
如果我登机一周
出去。板子现在
从 2.75 美元到 3.00 美元一个
星期。
我不认为
还有什么要
写。献出我的爱
给所有在家的人
亲切的问候
汉娜等
汉娜不需要
为我的事烦恼
去她的姐妹们，因为我没有
必须在伍斯特等很久
& 和玛莎一起去了那里
因为它是。
我一直在
我拍的照片。得到
在与高级班
并以 3.00 美元的价格买了 2 打，而
正常价格是每件 4.00 美元
打。下午好
高压噪声

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