Elizabeth Cushier to Emily Blackwell, Sept 14th (p6, p7)

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Elizabeth Cushier to Emily Blackwell, Sept 14th (p6, p7)

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she may be better when you come
[unclear] so dear you are
in Boston, + so much nearer
home, + I also hope the little
home will be all right
when you come. Things do
drag so, + Mr [A----ly] was
away + they will not put the
second coat on until this week,
+ until this is done + the blinds
on, I cannot have your office
finished up + in order. the
painters want to go in + out
to the windows, + every wretch
of a workman leaves his t
races behind him. I have
made [A----ly] promise me
to have everything completed this/ (end p.6)

week, + then dear by early next
week everything will be in
order + waiting for you. 
       Miss [C-------] spent this
afternoon + took tea with
me. She tells me that the
[G----s] think very well
of the Quaker school at Providence
I promise you will [visit?]
this among other schools.
      The weather is lovely + I am
glad that you will have cool
days for your expeditions. -
      Sophie is come again + I have
the direction of the household
but with Lucie’s help it does
not bother me. L. has been very
much better during the past few/ (end p.7)

Bibliographic Citation

Blackwell family. Papers of the Blackwell family, 1831-1981, Folder 187. To Emily. n.d.; includes letters from Emily Blackwell's companion, Dr. Elizabeth Cushier, from Mary Putman Jacobi, Marie Blackwell Droussart, and E.S. Minturn re: Harvard Annex entrance examinations., http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/47593387 seq. 60

http://schlesinger.radcliffe.harvard.edu/onlinecollections/blackwell/item/47593387/60