Family Letters: Forth letter from Sarah Wheeler Sanders to her daughter Lucy Amy Reed

 April 16 1905

Sunday Afternoon

My dear Lillie.

    We are having a bright beautiful day but the wind is very cold like March. We have had some nice warm days the grass is very green and the maples and elm trees are in bloom.  The men of the family have gone to ride and to look for cirbutus which are in bloom. This is David S. birthday eighteen years old. It seems barely feasible. Jennie has not felt very well for a few days.  She works altogether too hard and always if and the spring weather.  She is cleaning house and with her other work is much more then than she ought to do.  Aunt Lucy is felling very well these days lives on the terrace several hours everyday when the weather is comfortably. Aunty had a nice letter from Cousin [ILLEGABLE] last week all about as usual and Will Sanders has another Bug.

I think they are all well at Evanston.  I received silk very beautiful a shirt waist from Rebecca last week and said if I would come out there she would make it fit me. Aunt Lucy and Jennie gave me [ILLEGABLE] for a dress and the boys two pairs of stockings. Thank you for your pretty collars. I am glad to know that you are thinking of surrounding yourself with Gods people. It has been my prayer for you many years and may Our Heavenly Father enable you to live to his glory. You were not  [ILLEGABLE] in infancy and I have often wished that my children had been.

I am very anxious to have our boys know Christmas now in their early days but they seem [ILLEGABLE] Unconcerned and indifferent to spiritual things. Wont you pray for them that they my become the servants of God. That they may be blessings to them that they may lead holy and useful lives. I do so much wish that you could live nearer to us where we could see you often. It would be such a comfort. How is John since his ulcer. I think the weather we had this spring has been very bad for his rheumatism. I hope his cough is much better.

Jennie is having some trouble with a blister on her hand which troubles her some about walking.  What do you hear from mother Lawrence and liver another as well as usual.  I believe that Rebecca birthday is the 24 of April.

David has just took a new milch cow and her calf.

Give to my love to John and tell him I hope he will be much better. [ILLEGABLE].

With much love

Yours affectionally

S.W. Reed

Here is the scanned copy if you want to try and pick out the other words. 

Family

• Joseph Sanders(1764-1829) married Elizabeth Hall(1765-1836)
• David Sanders(1791-1863) married Amy Wheeler(1793-1874)
• Lucy Sanders Sanderson(1821-1910)
• Sarah Wheeler Sanders(1823-1919) married Benjamin Franklin Reed(1819-UNKNOWN)
• Jane Caroline Reed(1846-1936) married David Joy Wright(1851-1908)
• Edward Nimes Wright(1884-1947) know as Ned
• David Sanders Wright(1887-1967) married Florence Edna Smith(1892-1937)
• Caroline Wright(1930-2016) married Robert Ervin Putnam(1927-2011)
• Me
• Lucy Amy Reed(1848-1918) married John Dresser Lawrence(1847-1907)
• Albert David Sanders(1852-1947) married Rebecca Clark Strong(1854-1935) referenced as R
• Albert David Sanders(1979-1949) married Edith May Richardson(1877-1963)
• Amy Sanders(1887-1937) married Murray Arnold Hines(1876-1969)
• Ruth Sanders(1891-1964) married George F Thomson(1892-1959)