Rebecca Dennis Wylie to Louisa Wylie Boisen, 12 December 1872

Rebecca D. Wylie, Bloomington, to Miss Louisa E. Wylie, Care of President Read, ColumbiaMissouri

Bloomington, Dec 12/72

Dear Lou,

While I am waiting for the boys to finish their breakfast I thought I would write a few lines to you. I am anxious for you to hear once a week & we have written to you at least that often Pa wrote to you last week. & sent the books & I sent the stockings & a little shawl. The shawls are very fashionable here. some wear them with the point before & some behind. I could not get knit stockings so I concluded to send the best I could. I had a letter from Maggy to day. She has been to Indianapolis to see Lib but I suppose she has written you all about it. Next Tuesday Mrs. Sue Bailey is coming to help me make your dresses. & I will send them as soon as finished as I think you must want the silk one. Night before last we had the mite (U.P.) here. The house was crowded. I suppose the must have been at least 100 persons here and only about six married ones. They appeared to enjoy themselves & staid until nearly 12 o'clock. Whose wedding do you think we were at yesterday? No other persons than Sade Cummings & Mr. Dunean. I was surprised at receiving an invitation and had nearly missed going, for in putting things away for the nite the card was mislaid and I thought it was to be on Thursday, but somebody said it was on the 11th so I sent over to Mrs. Tuley's and she was dressing to go. You may imagine I had to hurry. I sent Toph over to tell Pa as it was half past ten and the invitation was for eleven, however Dr Nutt had told him. We got there about eleven & were ushered into a room full of persons, taken up and introduced to Mrs. Cummings & Mr. & Mrs. Newlin &c. The bride was dressed in an invisible green traveling dress a white hat trimmed with the same color. In fact, the room was so dark that I thought she was dressed in black but Mrs. Nutt assured me it was green & beautiful at that. Sade did not look as handsome as I have seen her look. She was very much affected & so was her mother it must be hard for them to part. Mrs. C told me S had devoted the last three years of her life to her she had not gone out any but staid at home and nursed her. Last week we had three deaths in town two in our immediate neighborhood. Mr. Call & Mr. Burton Mr. Burton was only sick a week. Mr. McCord died on Wednesday and Mr. Call & Mr. McCord were both buried on Sabbath. I mad a cross for Mr. McCord & Aunt Emma a wreath the cross was buried with him but they preserved the wreath with paraffine. Clara came home sick about two weeks ago. I was there yesterday. Morgan was sick in bed. Some think he has Consumption but he says it is only a bad cold. The horses are all sick and the hearse can not be used so men have to carry the corpse to the grave yard. Sam is well as yet but we do not like to take him up town Yesterday I went to see Mrs. Atwater she stays at home looks very interesting I do not know when she expects. I must stop as it is late & I must do the morning work. I wish if Mrs. MF is there you would pay her for that brush & I will repay you. Love to Mrs. R & the girls, respects to the Dr. Mrs. Hardin asked me if you had met any of her friends

Theophilus Adam Wylie Family Correspondence, 1806 - 1930, (bulk 1850 - 1930), Collection 2005.003.2849, Wylie House Museum, Indiana University, Bloomington.