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Tenney, Sarah M. Brownson, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Henry F. Brownson, Detroit, Michigan, 1873 December 7

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Identifier: CBRH III-3-a

Scope and Contents

Sarah was quite distressed when Minnie told her Henry's wedding cake had disappeared before Henry could get it. Sarah and the Judge William J. Tenney returned Tuesday afternoon and heard immediately that Brownson had not allowed George to take away the furniture. She and the judge went down that evening, and Brownson talked all ways until in despair she asked him what he wanted. He said: "I want my own way that the Judge and Sarah should live there and Brownson board with them, but that he would not have his own way forced upon him. He has Dolly, Minnie and Mina and keeps Minnie though Sarah has no girl and so much work to do. He has had a hundred plans but is now contented with Dolly, who is to have $15 a month, and a washerwoman once a week. He wanted Mrs. Smith and intended to give up his sleeping room to her and have his bed and library all in one. It made Sarah so angry that she told him he had put his only daughter and his last child out of her husband's house in order to have his own way and was now bringing a woman in his house to rule him with an iron rod. He has now given up the idea of having her and thinks Minnie will do. Sarah does not know what to make of Brownson. He tells all kind of contradictory stories and tries to make trouble between the judge and herself. He told the judge that Sarah remarked she would have no home to come to if she could not come back to Brownson. When Sarah denied this, Brownson affirmed it, but the judge knows better than to believe him. They are pleasantly situated here. As they expected to live at the other house the judge made no preparation for Sarah here, but took great pains with the other house, but they are quite settled now and for the first time in her life she is at peace and happy. She thanks Mr. and Mrs. Philip Van Dyke for their magnificent presence. They stayed all the time in New Haven. It was a splendid hotel. The judge graduated at Yale and knows the city perfectly. The judge sends Henry his regards and thanks him for coming on. Jessie Tenney also sends regards. :: III-3-a A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Dates

  • Creation: 1873 December 7

Language of Materials

English.

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