1871

Jennie McQuivey to Theodore Drake
Waukegan, Illinois to Clyman, Wisconsin
dated: February 19, 1871

Dearest Theodore,
Your letter I received in due time, was pleased to hear you are improving hope you are
quite recovered by this time. I am well as usual now, but thought last week I was going to be
sick, was far from well. Pa says he give more for a good stout Dutch girl than (I’ve forgot
how many) like me. but I shall not be sick, but speaking sincerely I don’t like moving to begin
to think the old saying, “two moves are as good as a fire,” is true if not more so, you be
pleased to hear that I am improving mentally if not physically & morally. I have been
appointed to read in history at the next meeting of the ----. G.P. Putnam is president, now
you remember, G.-. the fellow that was shining round here. Well I let him as long as --- was
here to take the sin off. after she went away I received a note from him asking my company
for some place & signed “yours affectionately”. I returned a very polite refusal. Told him I
was no trifler & could never give him more than my friendship. in the ---- ----, before she
went away there was a warning for him to look again before he leaped, but he didn’t see it.
hence she --- & answer. this won’t be a very long letter but you can read Lenas and Tammies
& imagine you have received a very long letter. I haven’t a pen I can write with & will not ---
your eyes with a longer letter. What do you think of doing & where are you going next
summer. I don’t know as this letter will be very interesting but I don’t feel very interesting
tonight. Write & tell me what you was doing to nite (Feb 19). we are all sitting round the
table, all writing except ---- & ----. Althea Brown says give him my love ( of course she don’t
know who or what I am writing to) she is playing on the organ now.

Jennie

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