Maria Magdalen Flagg Letters, 1790-1793 (inclusive). A/F5745, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Charleston May 1 1791

altho' not indebted to my dear Aunt still the affection I feel for you induces me to embrace the favourable opportunity of thanking you for your last of 13th April which I have already acknowledged receipt of & I believe forwarded by Mr Jenkis. Mr Rhodes sails tomorrow, I expect he will call this evening for a [line?]. Therefore must be expedi tious. Pray make my best compliments to Mrs Gramon, and Mrs Nightingale, ask the latter if she will be so good as to spare Jack again that he may make us a longer visit next winter for he will hardly let us speak to him now before he intends to depart, he favourd me with a tune yesterday eve' for the first time. I think he plays very well. I long to see you. I sadly fear I never shall. It is late and I am busy preparing for a visit to Mooreland but it is uncertain whether I shall go

however it is best to be ready.

I must bid you adieu & believe me yours

Mary M. Flagg

Miss Lydia Nightingale Providence

Charleston 1st May 1791 Miss Maria M. Flagg

Bethlehem Octo 2d 1791

I thank my dear Aunt Lydia for her letter which I received yesterday & do but think that among all my numerous correspondants you were the only one who remembered me. Well I really do not know what to make of their neglect, do they cease to love? No! I will not put so unfavourable a construction on their silence [I will] imagine the letters are lost. Bethlehem is indeed [a ch]arming place & I feel already attach'd to it & should certainly prefer it to any other, had I never see Providence which I like best & ever shall - how charming it will be when I return to it for good. Betsy & I often speak of of the many happy days we once spent in the society of our young friends with anxious desire of being again reunited to them. I wish to enlarge my correspondce as much as I can find convenient & I assure you that that of Miss Richmonds will be no small addition. She will excuse the liberty I take of requesting her to write first. My very best attend her as well as Polly, Abby, Susan & P. J Nightingale And return my compliments to the young gentleman & my love

in return to our friend Mr Clark. My respects to Mrs Gramon & a kiss for the little girls particularly my favourite Harriet

We have many very delightful walks over the Lahi & many other romantic scenes of which Bethlehem abounds. The bell will ring in a few minutes for meeting & I must bid my Aunt adieu. I hope you will write me letters like these I recievd from you while in Charleston very very long. Believe me yours affectionately

Mary M. Flagg