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Mysterious Personal Letter of Apology to "Mother", 1845 Delaware County, PA
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Mysterious Personal Letter of Apology to "Mother", 1845 Delaware County, PAOutside of folded letter:
Mrs. Sarah Garrett
Radnor Township
Delaware County
Spread Eagle
PA
(Partial Transcript)
Spread Eagle November 1, 1845
Mother,
I take my pen in hand with wounded feeling to direct a few lines to your you been informed that you imbibed a belief that I had bad feeling towards you at your last visit at my house. Which information struck me with sorrowful feelings as I was aware that I had no just cause to treat you with no other respect then
as a friend and mother.
The mystery is the relationship between the letter writer to the
recipient.
The letter is signed by
Joseph Levis Worral 1819-1901
who was married to Susanna P. Garrett 1822-1911
Could the letter have been meant for his Mother-In-Law? The letter is a sincere apology about a misunderstanding.