Sarah Ann Camfield, May 18, 1906

South Bend may 18th 1906

Dear Children

we are well and hope you are also. for dinne yesterday and today we had lettuce out of our garden we have had five messes of dandoline grens already tis spring.

I got aletter from Aura Smith yesterday and one from Mrs. Bogardus wednesday she has been sick or something I think she has a shock of paralasis by her letter it is so mied up we could not make it out hardly she said she had been so she could not write nor read but little but hoped she had got over it

Pearl just got a postelcard from scotland it had 7 cents in stamps on it and Rose had topay 6 cents more

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we are having such nice weather only it is pretty dry or it seems so to me the people are watering the gardens so much Rose waters hers three times a dany

my dress has lasted me good all winter it has so much better than it ever was before it goes on and off so much easier I have had to mend it twice once on the elbow and once on the hip the last place I should think of how id the plants Tamerson Ruby is looking for aletter from you or was a few day ago how is your umbeeld [?] doing Anna have you got done cleaning house we was only part of three days about it

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Mr Houses folks have not come back have they is ther any one in Rolisons house is Miller still in their does the baby runalone

I have piced six since thanks giving when you was here I two block started towards one four of them are all set togather ready for the other tw are only blocks I sent one to Libby and gave one to the Salvation army that was plain nine patch Libbys was the phildelpha pavement all set toga [page folded]

well I guess I close for this time so good by

from your Loving Mother
S A Camfield

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Rose send you one of her big
Pansys she har the lages blossoms I think ever saw


I love the letters that mention the garden. I've never tried dandelion greens and don't believe I will but Sarah Ann seemed pleased to have them.

I believe Rolinson should be Robinson and refers to Toley's brother Abner and his family. Sarah Ann's spelling and writing have deteriorated a bit.

For more see:
Camfield Family Letters
Descendants of Sarah Ann Wisner
Michael Camfield
Henry Bogardus, Shirt-tail Cousin


Camfield, Sarah Wisner (South Bend, IN) to “Dear Children”
[Sarah Ann Camfield Carlisle]. Letter. 18 May 1906. Digital Images 1-3.
Privately held by Apple, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,]
Snowville, New York. 2009.
[Carlisle Family, Box #1, Correspondence, Apr – Dec 1906,
Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. 2008.]

Anna Camfield Carlisle, Sept 20, 1905

Buchanan, Mich.
Sep 20th 1905

Dear Daniel.

Your letter just came, will answer now so as to send it out this afternoon. we was ever so glad to get your letters and the card. yes you first letter came all right. There seemed a big lonesome place after you were gone but was very glad to hear you were through all right. want you to get all the good out of your trip you can, and hope you will enjoy it.

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rather hope you will like Michigan best so come home whenever you want to.

Frank and Francis was here last week. he says you have got father west than he has ever been. he has never crossed the Mississippi river. Francis was real good. better than when she was here with Mamie. Frank makes her mind. we have had more rain than was good for my flowers so they do not look so nice as they did. we have been putting up peaches. bought a bushel and a half of Mrs. Aaron Miller

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for 50 cts a bushel and then she gave us a bushel so our peaches sis not cost us very much. we have bought four cords of wood so with what was in the wood shed before, it is pretty well filled up. Your Father has been going a few days work on charlwoods house on Portage st. next week he expects to go to Dayton to work. This week I am making over Grandma Camfields brown dress. now I hear you say, "I wonder what she thought I would care about that." but I wanted something to fill up with. Bert Warman was here the Sunday after you went away. said he was very

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much surprised when he heard you were gone. Mrs. Miller Father is dead. died very suden in South Bend. they went over to the funeral last Monday. You said I need not send you the paper, but I will send the one that tells about the ball game. I thought you would like to know about that and you need not read the rest of it unless you want to.

I do not know as there is any thing more for me to write as Tamerson is going to write some. we shal keep looking for letters from you as often as you have opertunity to send them.

Yours with love.
A Carlisle

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Peter woke us up Sunday morning barking. He kept at it so long we got up to see what was the matter. He had four young coons up a peach tree. They belonged to the Voorhees boys. They had got out and came this far. And penny had treed them.


This was the first I'd ever heard the Grandpa (Dan) had traveled "out west." I mentioned it to Mom and said was surprised I didn't know. Seems he did a little bit of everything. Of course I was driving at the time so I didn't get anything written down.

Francis wwas of course Frank's daughter, Frances.

Sarah Ann will mention her dress in a future letter.


For more see:
Camfield Family Letters
Descendants of Sarah Ann Wisner
Michael Camfield


Carlisle, Anna Camfield (Buchanan, MI) to “Dear Daniel”
[Daniel Michael Carlisle]. Letter. 20 September 1905. Digital Images 1-4.
Privately held by Apple, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,]
Snowville, New York. 2009.
[Carlisle Family, Box #1, Correspondence, 1905,
Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. 2008.]