Letter from Mark B. Hardin to Susan L. Hardin, 1867

Creator:

Hardin, Mark B. (Mark Bernard), 1838-1916

Scope and content:

Written from Lexington, Virginia. Letter regards Susan L. Hardin's engagement to James Berrien MacPherson.

Language:

English.

Other descriptive data:

Va Military Institute

Your letter has just reached me, my dear Sue, and I can scarcely express my astonishment at the news it contains. I thought from your previous letters that you were either in jest or that you were, like most girls of your age, building castles to play with in the air.

I had no idea that you were serious, and could scarcely believe it now but for the womanly and dispassionate way in which you write.

I should have been much pleased to have met Mr. McPherson. I am gratified to know that you are not acting hastily and that the engagement has the entire sanction of your relatives. It would give me pleasure to visit you this winter & I would like to be present at your wedding, but I do not see how I can possibly go.

Thank my little coquette of a cousin for her thoughtfulness, and tell her if she is satisfied, of course I am. She speaks very authoritatively, however, and I should like above all things to give her a little lecture on the subject.

I am glad to hear that Johnnie is improving & taking some interest in his studies.

Remember me to your Grandma & Uncle Walter & believe me yours affectionately

Subjects:

Correspondence

Names:

Hardin, Mark B. (Mark Bernard), 1838-1916

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