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Annie Adams Fields — 4 Jun. 1862

To ANNIE ADAMS FIELDS
June 4, [1862], New York City

My dear Mrs. Fields


Will you be glad to see me soon? At home I always promise myself a pleasure every Saturday night—after the fashion of our ‘plus [ ]’ brothers. So next Saturday morning I promise myself to see you. Mrs. Fremont[1] tells me I will leave New York at 8 in the morning and reach Boston some time about 2 pm. She or Miss Fremont[2] will go with me, only part of the way however.


I am glad I am going—which I say with as much earnestness as that I am


always your friend
R. B. Harding


New York Wednesday June 4



Notes

  1. Jessie Benton Fremont (1824-1902), author of memoirs and fiction; RHD met Fremont in Wheeling when her husband, General John C. Fremont, was stationed there.

  2. The Fremonts’ daughter, Elizabeth or “Lily” (1842-1919).


Key Words

Elizabeth Benton Fremont, Jessie Benton Fremont, travel


Source

Richard Harding Davis Papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia


Contributor

S. M. Harris

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