Sunday, June 27, 1880 Very hot weather. Sara making her final preparations to leave tomorrow. I cannot bear to think of her going for we shall miss her very much. She and I went over to the cemetery after tea. The daisies I placed on dear Gertrudes grave last Monday were still quite fresh. Dear, darling Gertrude. I have been reading some of her letters today. In one of them from College Hill she speaks of Mrs. Bissell and her loneliness and sadness and she says that if I should die and leave her she is sure she could not live without me. Dear loving heart. I wonder if she is conscious of my grief for her. I wonder if she can know how sad the world is without her. No one was ever more tenderly and devotedly beloved than I was and I do not think she could have endured my loss. It is wiser that she went first. I often think of going to her with a feeling of longing.
< Previous Entry | Next Entry >Have you ever wanted to see a handful of folders in a collection at the Archives of American Art, but you couldn't find the time to come to our DC reading room? Then the Archives of American Art’s Digitization on Demand service is for YOU!
Original material can be consulted by appointment in our Washington, D.C. Headquarters.
Copies of unrestricted microfilm materials can be obtained through one of our affiliated research centers.
Research and reference services provides help finding, accessing, and using the collections at the Archives of American Art.
