Lucy Shinn wrote to her daughter about an upcoming trip to Santa Cruz for Annie

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Maybe 1877

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Lucy Shinn wrote to her daughter Milicent about an upcoming trip to Santa Cruz for ailing daughter Annie. Milicent broke a tooth and Lucy jokes that Milicent must wish that she had her brother Joe's teeth. She tells Milicent about a young woman who just became a teacher for very rough school. Updates on visits and such.

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Dear Millie, We have been pretty busy this week. We had a flying visit from Aunt Jane and Cousin Lue. They came up Tuesday eve and went back Wednesday morn. They had intended to stay till eve of Weds. But as we were to have the sewing society that afternoon they went back in the morning. We had the S.S. and [????], I told Annie to stay in her room until teatime and I would excuse her to the ladies and she did so. So I do not think she got tired about it. I thought you would come up this week, but perhaps you have to go back to Dr. Knox's? Be sure and come next week. Do you think Joe will be able to get along in his Algebra. It is not good for him to go into a class that is ahead of him. It seems to me he had better go into one that would give him some review. It was fortunate for him that he saw you at the boat. I was very sorry to hear of your tooth breaking. I wish you had a set like Joe's. I don't suppose however that you would be willing to trade heads even for the sake of getting such teeth, that is today if the contents were to be included in the trade. By the way was it a front tooth that was broken? Annie is going to Santa Cruz for a time. She will not go I think till Charlie comes home, because I want to take her down in the buggy and I cannot very well go till Charlie comes. However if Auntie thinks it better to go sooner we shall go. Aunt Jane W. is to go down with her and she is to try the warm sea baths. I see in the paper the marriage of Ed. O. Webb of Haywards to Mrs. Flora Madden. Mary Brier is having rather a rough time down in Tulare. After she had bought her ticket and just the day before she left, she rec. a letter from one of her Trustees with whom she had had no previous communication saying that he would advise her as a friend not to come. That the school was a very hard one and the place was not fit for a young lady; that he knew her Father and should be sorry to see her take such a place. Mr. [William Wallace] B[rier]. does not know the man, he was away from home and Mary decided to go. She finds it very rough there but has not been teaching long enough to decide what the school will be. Perhaps that Trustee preferred a gentleman and took that way to accomplish it. What possible cause can there be for Annie Head's fainting. I should suspect heart trouble. Tell Rhoda from me that it was not best to do too much of that kind of thing (laugh when you feel like crying) it is very wearing in the long run. With love, Mama [Transcribed by Kathryn Kasch]

Creators and Contributors

Creator: Shinn, Lucy Clark, 1826-1915
Transcriber: Kasch, Kathryn

Subject Topic

Dentistry
Teaching
Sewing
Algebra
Baths, Sea

Subject Entity

Shinn, Lucy Clark, 1826-1915
Shinn, Milicent Washburn, 1858-1940
Shinn, Charles Howard, 1852-1924
Brier, William Wallace, 1821-1887

Place(s)

Niles (Calif.)
Tulare County (Calif.)
Santa Cruz (Calif.)

Time Period

Maybe 1877