Rebecca Dennis Wylie to Louisa Wylie Boisen, 25 January 1884

Rebecca D. Wylie, Bloomington, Ind. to Mrs. Louisa Boisen, Lawrenceville, New Jersey

Bloomington

Jan 25, 1884

My dear child,

            I have not written to you before, not as you know because I did not sympathize with you but because I have been waiting to hear something from you. Oh how terrified and shocked you must have felt. I have been fearful of such a thing ever since the attack at Martha’s Vineyard but still was unprepared for it. We know not, perhaps you have been spared from something worse. The Good Father alone knoweth. I know it is hard for you to bear but I hope you know where to get comfort and strength. I trust your Father and Brown have reached you in safety. I thought it was better for B. to go than for me as he could attend to things and help you more than I could. Pa seemed so prostrated that I would not let him go alone. One thing you have to comfort you and that is you and your dear children will always have a home as long as we have one, and we will all be glad to have you with us again. I will not write more as persons are calling all the time and I expect to be interrupted. But remember I am always your affectionate and loving

            Mother, RD Wylie

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