Filicchi, Patrizio, Pisa, Italy, to Elizabeth Seton, New York, New York, 1886 May 25

Elizabeth must think from his protracted silence that he was dead or in his dotage. He is now quite well, but on his 86th birthday, 25th of March, he was taken ill with a fever of the typhoid type. He received the Holy Sacraments. His sister Julia came from Florence, spent a day near his bed, leaving only for a quarter of an hour to visit their Archbishop Count Capponi, her cousin. His daughter, Amabilia, has been his assiduous nurse. He was obliged to remain in bed for thirty-three days. Elizabeth's letter on his birthday was a great comfort. The news of Aunt KateMother Catharine Seton, R.S.M . was almost a cordial to his heart. He sends her his warmest love. Elizabeth is to shake hands with Robert and with John. Elizabeth's grandmother's portrait with that of her father, friend of Filicchi's youth; of Aunt Kate whom he accompanied daily in her walks; with Filicchi's father's likeness, are just behind the chair in which he is sitting. When Elizabeth goes to St. Joseph's she is to kiss her grandmother's grave and the floor of the room which she left for Paradise. Ubaldo and Amabilia are with him, quite well, as is his wife Eliza. Laura, with her child, is now with them on a visit; his son George is a cavalry captain in Rome. :: II-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo.