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Beers, Julia, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley, Newark, New Jersey, 1855 April 12

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Identifier: CBAY II-2-n

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Bayley's note was received saying he could not be away this week. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nesmith were really disappointed. Mrs. Nesmith broke down on Good Friday and has been confined ever since. She is very weak and nervous. Nesmith left when he found out that Bayley was not coming and Beers could not Leave Mrs. Nesmith while he was absent. The services at the Cathedral were beautiful. Miss Emily Harper is quite well again. Beers has breakfasted or dined with them every day this week and meets such pleasant society, Catholic society. Yesterday she and Harper went to see Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick and in the afternoon he returned the visit. He is very kind and affable in his manner, and very holy. Beers was surprised to see Archbishop John Joseph Hughes in church yesterday. He spent a day here on his way to Washington. At dinner yesterday, Beers saw Mr. Eastman . Eastman asked her if she had any regrets for changing her faith. They had a long talk and Eastman seemed happy that Beers was happy in her faith. There is a convert here from Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Miss Sedgewick, a niece of the Anthonys. Beers should call her disagreeable and she would be if she were a Protestant, but they have become very good friends. Beers will get home by the last of next week, stopping one or two days in New York. The Nesmiths will go farther south, either to Richmond or the eastern shore of Virginia. Frank sends his love. He thinks he could bring Bayley to Baltimore. :: II-2-n A.L.S. 8pp. 32mo.

Dates

  • Creation: 1855 April 12

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English.

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