Condolence letters on the death of Anna Lathrop Hewes, 1892

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Mrs Timothy Hopkins re Mrs. Hewes

Royal Bath Hotel

Bournemouth

My dear Mrs Stanford,

Though Tim tells me I must not write yet still I feel as if I could not rest any longer without writing you a few lines. Dear friend how much you have been in our thoughts & hearts I cannot express for our sympathy & love has gone out so so sincerely since the loss of your sister.

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sails from Liverpool on the 7^th. We had planned to go then to Switzeland [sic] as England is quite cold but hardly dare risk it on account of the Cholera. We hope you will keep as far as possible away from infected places. My kindest regards to Mr Stanford & Mr Nash & with love from Lydia to her "Auntie Stanford

Your's affectionately

M. Th. Hopkins

Sept 2nd 92

P.S. Tim sends his best wishes & love & hopes your all quite well.

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It is best not to reopen the wound which is in your heart but I trust the strong progress that Mr Stanford we hop will make in this his second course at Aix les Bains will do much to help you bear your other sorrow. Our trip through England this summer as regards comfort has been somewhat of a failure as this hotel & the one in London are the

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only ones we have found to be good. Lydia has enjoyed Bournemouth very much she has found some nice little play mates & the bracing sea air has given her a boundless appetite which Miss Hirachy has found difficulty to appease. On the 5th we ex- pect to go up to London to see Mrs Moses Hopkins who

Mrs. Timothy Hopkins Sept. 2, 1892

Condolences on Hewes

Mrs. J. C. Burnett (Condolences on loss of sister.) August 1892

located at this place by the Lake where he can come from the city to us every evening. We have been very happy as you may imagine. I dread the time when we must seperate, in spite of the old home in Albany I am not contended there without Albert and if we could afford it would travel with him all the time. He is now examing the Rochester Saving's Bank. We, (Bessie and I will probably return