E.H. Hasgard to Edwina Booth Grossman

E.H. Hasgard to Edwina Booth Grossman

E.H. Hasgard sends Edwina Booth Grossman a copy of his book written by his niece so that when he is "gone" he will be "kindly remembered by a grandchild of that most gifted & distinguished man whom I knew so well."

Hasgard, E.H.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

1889-08-14

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[Provicence?] Aug 14th 1889

My Dear Mrs Grossman

I send yue a little book written by a niece of mine. I feel, that when I am gone, which must be soon, I would like to be kindly remembered by a grandchild of that most gifted & distinguished man whom I knew so well. There is nothing remarkable in the book, only that

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the girl who composed it did not enjoy the advantages of an academic education she is mainly self-educated

I have been intending all summer to take her & her sister down to see you & your husband & father & those lovely children, but I have not been to the Pier but once

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this whole summer; and that was when I made the call on your father You, being a mother, can understand why an old bachelor is tender toward the child of a widowed sister With kind regards to husband & father believe me vry truly your friend & servant E H Hasgard

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