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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.05.25 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of brothers James and Theodore Goold [Decimalized .01-.23] Collection of letters to Albert Gillett [Decimalized .24- .31] |
| Title | Etta Summers to Albert Gillett expressing her desire to meet him and giving direction to her home |
| Date | 19 June 1888 |
| Author | Summers, Etta (fl. 1888) |
| Recipient | Gillett, Albert |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes "is it true you can call me dear Etta & say from your inmost heart that you love me without ever beholding my face." Expresses that she would never marry him if his children were opposed to it. She continues on by stating though that children do leave their parents and that "if we can be a comfort to one another & cheer each other along lifes pathway it would be pleasant. I hope I shall yet have that priceless blessing, a husbands faithfull love." Reports that another man would like to marry her, but that she doesn't think she could love him. Expresses her desire to meet him and gives him directions to her home. Signs off the letter with, "yours in hope." |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Children and Family Marriage |
| People | Summers, Etta (fl. 1888) Gillett, Albert (fl. 1888-1895) |
| Place written | Scottsburgh, New York |
| Theme | Children & Family; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |