Today's item is a letter written on the 5th day of December, 1900 by Anna P Kelsey to her cousin Mary, requesting that she honor the 10th day of December as the 100 year anniversary of the birth of their aunt Mary.
Cape Vincent, NY
Dec 5, 1900
My dear Cousin Mary
I received a letter from cousin Julia Wilson today (whose
address is 1032 Pine Street, Boulder Col) asking that we might as a family
celebrate the 10th day of Dec 1900, as it is the 100th
anniversary of Aunt Mary’s birth- “In the only way we can, scattered over the continent
as we are, by observing a special commemoration, a continual commemoration in
our hearts, giving thanks 1st for the noble lives of our grand
parents, and their children” of whom (your father and mine, together with Aunts
Mary, Maria, and Julia and Uncle Ogden,) we have such lovely remembrances.
2nd “That
not one of their posterity has disgraced the name.”
3rd “That
no quarrel, hatred, misunderstanding has ever entered the circle to spoil our
home love.”
And 4th a prayer for each of us, that we may
have grace given us to live worthy of the ancestry which is our, Worthy of
them.
Cousin Julia wishes me to “notify you of this call for
our centennial commemoration and give her your address. She will try on that day to send a short
telegram to you.[“]
Lovingly your cousin
Anna P Kelsey
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| 1900 United States Federal Census Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York Ancestry.com |
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