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2 / 21019 Cherry St. Philada 6 mo. 18. 1861
My dear Cousin
M. P. Gibbons
Late last evening I was informed of the
very trying circumstances which had been permitted to come
upon thee, and my sympathies have been aroused in no ordinary
degree. I had previously had no intimation of dear Cousin H.
being in any way out of her usual health, and consequently,
the information that she had been not only suffering from extreme
illness, but that she was even then numbered with the dead,
and that I should see her no more, quite shocked me. -- I have
also felt, and Still feel much for thee in the peculiarly trying
character of the case, --which, as I understand, has cut thee off
from the kind attentions and sympathies of your friends during the
progress of the disease, and at the Solemn close, -- and also in
the thought of the continued loneliness which thou must experience
in the severance of a constant companionship of so many years.
I trust however that it has all been ordered in best wisdom,
and that looking to the only time Source of Comfort, thou
1019 Cherry St. Philad<sup>a</sup> 6 mo. 18. 1861
My dear Cousin
M. P. Gibbons
<p-bgn>Late last evening I was informed of the
very trying circumstances which had been permitted to come
upon thee, and my sympathies have been aroused in no ordinary
degree. I had previously had no intimation of dear Cousin H.
being in any way out of her usual health, and consequently,
the information that she had been not only suffering from extreme
illness, but that she was even then numbered with the dead,
and that I should see her no more, quite shocked me. -- I have
also felt, and Still feel much for thee in the peculiarly trying
character of the case, --which, as I understand, has cut thee off
from the kind attentions and sympathies of your friends during the
progress of the disease, and at the Solemn close, -- and also in
the thought of the continued loneliness which thou must experience
in the severance of a constant companionship of so many years.
I trust however that it has all been ordered in best wisdom,
and that looking to the only time Source of Comfort, thou
My dear Cousin
M. P. Gibbons
<p-bgn>Late last evening I was informed of the
very trying circumstances which had been permitted to come
upon thee, and my sympathies have been aroused in no ordinary
degree. I had previously had no intimation of dear Cousin H.
being in any way out of her usual health, and consequently,
the information that she had been not only suffering from extreme
illness, but that she was even then numbered with the dead,
and that I should see her no more, quite shocked me. -- I have
also felt, and Still feel much for thee in the peculiarly trying
character of the case, --which, as I understand, has cut thee off
from the kind attentions and sympathies of your friends during the
progress of the disease, and at the Solemn close, -- and also in
the thought of the continued loneliness which thou must experience
in the severance of a constant companionship of so many years.
I trust however that it has all been ordered in best wisdom,
and that looking to the only time Source of Comfort, thou
wilt be supported under the Afflictive dispensation --
My dear Mary unites with me in the expression of tender Sympathy and love --
Most affectionately E. H. Bonsall wilt be supported under the Afflictive dispensation --<p-end>
<p-bgn>My dear Mary unites with me in the expression of
tender Sympathy and love --<p-end>
Most affectionately
E. H. Bonsall
My dear Mary unites with me in the expression of tender Sympathy and love --
Most affectionately E. H. Bonsall wilt be supported under the Afflictive dispensation --<p-end>
<p-bgn>My dear Mary unites with me in the expression of
tender Sympathy and love --<p-end>
Most affectionately
E. H. Bonsall