Letter from Mrs. C.E. George on the Territorial Fair, a new pastor, and health
Title
Letter from Mrs. C.E. George on the Territorial Fair, a new pastor, and health
Description
Letter from Mrs. C.E. George of Seattle to Mary Denison Lyman. She discusses the Territorial Fair, a new pastor named Mr. McLeod, and health. Reverend McLeod, who she described as receiving too eager a welcome, was only the pastor of Mrs. George's church for one year before traveling east.
Creator
George, Mrs. C.E.
Is Part Of
Lyman Family Papers
Language
English
Identifier
PUA_MS31_26_a
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Source
Pacific University Archives
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Letter
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Text
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Seattle Oct 5th 1873
Mrs. Lyman Dear Friend:
I don’t know when I have felt so glad and thankful as when we received Mr. Lyman’s letter & learned you were still [informing?]. And Mr. Scott said you were decidedly better. Dear friend I feel that it is to be, as I told you, your life will be spared for many years, you will live to see your children all enjoying positions of honor and profit, and that this may be so in my heartfelt prayers.
We had a good time visiting Mr. Scott. But he could not tell me much about Sarah—he however thought she was at home. I should like to know how her health is. I am feeling some better than when you were here. Amy contracted a heavy cold some two weeks ago from which she has not fully recovered. The Territorial Fair came off here this past week and was decidedly a success. The ladies department was well filled – fancy work, & needle work in abundance, & very nice—a fine array of fruits and vegetables, & different kinds of seeds—and also a good show of poultry, but there was no stock to speak of.
I presume you have heard that after you went away Mr. McLeod was chosen pastor of our church. The church is to pay him fifteen hundred dollars this year & he on his part assures them, that he is quite confident, he can lift the debt from the proceeds of his lectures.
I hope everything will be right at the close if the year, but I confess I have very grave doubts. I never saw a people so carried away—so enthusiastic about one man as the majority of our church is over him. And at the same time it confesses itself unable to pay such a salary & is depending on outside help—taking up collections every Sabbath & !
Some of the members have spoken to me rather apologizingly for asking this man instead of Mr. Lyman, & to all such I answered decidedly that Mr. Lyman did not want the place.
Mrs. McCord is rather worse than usual, the last four days, as she became rather excited over the Fair—you see she had a good deal of fancy work on exhibition. Now I do not ask you to write to me but if Mr. Lyman or one of the children would drop me a line occasionally & let me know how you are doing I would take it as a favor. Mr. George desires to be remembered to you all & so do I. As ever Your Friend,
C.E. George
Mrs. Lyman Dear Friend:
I don’t know when I have felt so glad and thankful as when we received Mr. Lyman’s letter & learned you were still [informing?]. And Mr. Scott said you were decidedly better. Dear friend I feel that it is to be, as I told you, your life will be spared for many years, you will live to see your children all enjoying positions of honor and profit, and that this may be so in my heartfelt prayers.
We had a good time visiting Mr. Scott. But he could not tell me much about Sarah—he however thought she was at home. I should like to know how her health is. I am feeling some better than when you were here. Amy contracted a heavy cold some two weeks ago from which she has not fully recovered. The Territorial Fair came off here this past week and was decidedly a success. The ladies department was well filled – fancy work, & needle work in abundance, & very nice—a fine array of fruits and vegetables, & different kinds of seeds—and also a good show of poultry, but there was no stock to speak of.
I presume you have heard that after you went away Mr. McLeod was chosen pastor of our church. The church is to pay him fifteen hundred dollars this year & he on his part assures them, that he is quite confident, he can lift the debt from the proceeds of his lectures.
I hope everything will be right at the close if the year, but I confess I have very grave doubts. I never saw a people so carried away—so enthusiastic about one man as the majority of our church is over him. And at the same time it confesses itself unable to pay such a salary & is depending on outside help—taking up collections every Sabbath & !
Some of the members have spoken to me rather apologizingly for asking this man instead of Mr. Lyman, & to all such I answered decidedly that Mr. Lyman did not want the place.
Mrs. McCord is rather worse than usual, the last four days, as she became rather excited over the Fair—you see she had a good deal of fancy work on exhibition. Now I do not ask you to write to me but if Mr. Lyman or one of the children would drop me a line occasionally & let me know how you are doing I would take it as a favor. Mr. George desires to be remembered to you all & so do I. As ever Your Friend,
C.E. George