Letter to Edith Collier from her Aunt Annie 14 July.
Annie Stewart, Author
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Surrey Villa
Feilding
14th July
My dear Edith,
I was very very pleased to receive your nice little letter. You gave me a grand lot of news. I suppose you stay at Grand-mas a good deal now & sleep in my old bed. I am looking forward to the time when you are coming to spend your holidays with me. I hope your mother will let you come & then we will have a good time. I am glad you liked me in my wedding dress. I suppose you and Jack enjoyed yourselves on that day with all those nice things to eat. Yes Edith the rice they threw at us did hurt & it was too bad of them to give us so much. It was dropping out of our clothes for days & it got in the railway carriage & was a great bother all the way down.
Thursday morning
I had just got this far with your letter when Uncle Harry was taken with a great pain in his side. I got a terrible fright as he was so bad. I did not know what I should do. I got boiling water & dipped towels in & put that to his side & it did him a great deal of good. I am glad to say he is even so much better today & is able to go to school. Uncle Harry comes home to see me for about 10 min every dinner hour. he takes a short cut home & has to jump a wide ditch & he thinks that is how he hurt his side because he jumped on to his left foot & gave himself a pain in the side at the time. I am glad to hear that Dorothy is better. I often wonder what you are all doing up in Wanganui. I just want a nice little girl like you to stay with me to keep me company while Uncle Harry is away at school. I have a nice little kitten now to eat up all the scraps that I do not know what to do with. I want to get some fowls & then we will be able to have nice fresh eggs. We got nice butter & good bread & meat. I have to cook such small dinners How is May now? I hope she is getting stronger. I forgot to tell Grand-ma that Mrs Collier had sent me ½ doz tea spoons. What a crowd of presents I did get. Everyone admires Mothers [illeg.]down quilt & it is grand & [illeg.] too. We have a fire in our bedroom every night & it is nice & cheerful looking. Now Edith I must close & get on with my work. I hope you are getting nice & strong. Give my love to Mother, May Jack & all the others with heaps for your own dear self.
From your affect Auntie
Annie Stewart
Surrey Villa
Feilding
14th July
My dear Edith,
I was very very pleased to receive your nice little letter. You gave me a grand lot of news. I suppose you stay at Grand-mas a good deal now & sleep in my old bed. I am looking forward to the time when you are coming to spend your holidays with me. I hope your mother will let you come & then we will have a good time. I am glad you liked me in my wedding dress. I suppose you and Jack enjoyed yourselves on that day with all those nice things to eat. Yes Edith the rice they threw at us did hurt & it was too bad of them to give us so much. It was dropping out of our clothes for days & it got in the railway carriage & was a great bother all the way down.
Thursday morning
I had just got this far with your letter when Uncle Harry was taken with a great pain in his side. I got a terrible fright as he was so bad. I did not know what I should do. I got boiling water & dipped towels in & put that to his side & it did him a great deal of good. I am glad to say he is even so much better today & is able to go to school. Uncle Harry comes home to see me for about 10 min every dinner hour. he takes a short cut home & has to jump a wide ditch & he thinks that is how he hurt his side because he jumped on to his left foot & gave himself a pain in the side at the time. I am glad to hear that Dorothy is better. I often wonder what you are all doing up in Wanganui. I just want a nice little girl like you to stay with me to keep me company while Uncle Harry is away at school. I have a nice little kitten now to eat up all the scraps that I do not know what to do with. I want to get some fowls & then we will be able to have nice fresh eggs. We got nice butter & good bread & meat. I have to cook such small dinners How is May now? I hope she is getting stronger. I forgot to tell Grand-ma that Mrs Collier had sent me ½ doz tea spoons. What a crowd of presents I did get. Everyone admires Mothers [illeg.]down quilt & it is grand & [illeg.] too. We have a fire in our bedroom every night & it is nice & cheerful looking. Now Edith I must close & get on with my work. I hope you are getting nice & strong. Give my love to Mother, May Jack & all the others with heaps for your own dear self.
From your affect Auntie
Annie Stewart
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Measurements
204 x 257mm
Media
ink on paper
Description
Letter to Edith Collier from her Aunt Annie 14 July. Written double sided on one sheet of unlined paper divided into four pages.
Credit Line
Collection of The Edith Collier Trust, in the permanent care of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui.
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Acquisition Date
Circa 1985