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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.05.26 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of brothers James and Theodore Goold [Decimalized .01-.23] Collection of letters to Albert Gillett [Decimalized .24- .31] |
| Title | Etta Summers to Albert Gillett expressing her love but asking that he keep the matters of their correspondence to himself, until they decide if they will marry |
| Date | 1 July 1888 |
| Author | Summers, Etta (fl. 1888) |
| Recipient | Gillett, Albert |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Begins her letter, "Tis Sabbath pleasant & cool & all nature seems to rejoice, even the birds singing in the trees wafting their songs while I sit by my window trying to talk to you in this silent way, but I trust the near future holds something better for you & me than exchanging our thoughts on paper." Expresses excitement that he might be there by the middle of July. Asks that he keep the matters of their correspondence to himself, until they decide if they will marry. Tells him, "my heart throbs with warm emotions & I ask myself is it So or am I dreaming." Also discusses her past husband, "Oh once I loved with love all fresh and pure and thought affections flowers would bloom while ages would endure, but sorrow drew her curtain round and brought its sadest change and sundered loving hearts." |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Love Letters Marriage Death |
| People | Summers, Etta (fl. 1888) Gillett, Albert (fl. 1888-1895) |
| Place written | Scottsburgh, New York |
| Theme | Children & Family; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |