Dear Mamma,
I find myself thinking more and more often of your pregnancy with Sophia. You were older than I am now, and yet I find myself constantly exhausted the further along I get.
(Ronan & Anne Flinn, c. 1851)
Ronan makes me rest in the house all day. Thankfully John and Maggie are old enough to pick up some of the chores, but it worries me nonetheless. I will make sure Ronan writes as soon as the baby is delivered, so you may know how I and the babe fare.
(Anne & Sarah Flinn, c. 1851)
The ranch is doing well. The flock now sustains itself, with plenty of new lambs born each spring. We have that to look forward to next season. We have also put another addition on the house, and moved the parlor and kitchen to it, so that there is more space for the children’s beds. The house feels so big now, but it is still yet smaller than the house we lived in on the bay when I was born, not to mention the grand house in town after that.
(Tommy Flinn, c. 1851)
There is not much news besides, I shall write to you if there is any.
Love,
Mrs. Anne Flinn
Dated 1851, shipped by Mrs. Anne Flinn from Castaña, New Mexico Territory to her mother, Mrs. Sarah Ávila in Brindleton Bay, ME. Recovered by the Brindleton Bay Historical Society, part of the Hawthorne Family Collection, on loan to the Chestnut Ridge Heritage Center.
(The Flinn Family, c. 1851)
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