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LOWELL, MASS., Nov. 25, 1888.

Brother Frank: It is some time since I have

heard from you. We hope you and Liveria are in

comfortable health.

Well, Frank, the Republicans have won a glorious victory. The Democrats die hard. They are now trying to save the lower House of Congress, by fraud or otherwise. But I think they will not be able to count out enough members to give them a majority. The solid south" is broken. White Republicans and negroes must be allowed to vote or representation in the South must be reduced.

I send you papers with two speeches by Ben. Butler. You see he is a Republican again. Many of our citizens, who had always been Democrats, this year voted the straight Republican ticket. They had got enough of Cleveland's free trade Democracy.

I notice that many Republican soldiers have been elected to Congress. This looks as though soldiers are yet to have their rights given them, and there will not be so many pension vetoes in the future. Twenty-five years have passed since the war, and how many are troubled with disease or wounds caused by patriotic efforts to save this Union. I have not seen a well day since I left the service. Of course you see the same with the soldiers in Charles City, including Col. V. G. Barney of my old Regiment, the Ninth Vermont. I think there was not a State in the Union whose soldiers were shot down or wounded as were the Iowa boys. And then think how they suffered in Andersonville, Libby and other prisons! It was terrible. The Democratic party was responsible for all this. Here in Lowell, the veteran soldiers re-organized under the name of the "Boys in Blue." of our patriotic citizens furnished us with uniforms, fed us and paid all our expenses. During the campaign we went to Lawrence, Manchester, Tyngsborough, and other places. The ladies gave us a silk flag that cost ninety dollars, lettered

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"Boys in Blue," of Lowell. To wind up, we had a State parade here in Lowell. They came from all parts of the State and some parts of New Hampshire. Every one was hoarse with cheering and shouting. Hundreds of houses were marked 239," Harrison's electoral vote, also thousands of flags and banners were marked with these figures. Every business man now feels encouraged. We shall have a new Government building here to cost $200,000.00; also a memorial building, a new armory building, and a new city hall, besides a large number of new dwelling houses.

We want to know how Liveria is. Abbie speaks of her almost every day, and sends a sister's love to her.

Accept thanks for papers received. Are you aware that I am almost sixty years old? How time passes! Write often.

From your brother,

ALBERT G. HILDRETH.

BOSTON, MASS., October 4, 1883.

My Dear Friend and Cousin: Your kind and sympathetic letter of recent date was duly received. I thank you for the kind expressions tendered to the memory of my father. He was truly, as you say, a man of many excellent qualities. They were of course well known to me, as I was so closely connected with his every thought and act, more especially during the last fifteen years. That you and others hold his character in high esteem is good evidence that we have not overestimated his worth. He was unassuming and careful of the rights of others. He did not boast of his virtues, and yet practised all the virtues according as he understood them. He was to me the best of fathers and a true friend.

Last Monday your cousin, Miss Sarah Tyler, dined with us, and she asked to be remembered to you. She wishes you would write her in reference

to your brother Daniel and your sister, Mary. She says her sister is very near death's door, having been sick the last two or three years, and does not weigh more than sixty-five pounds. Miss Sarah is also much worn with constant attendance upon her sister. I have just received a letter from Persis M. Waterhouse, of Charles City, in which she states that you are in Chicago; so this letter will await your return. I do wish you could continue your trip to Boston. I can assure you of a warm welcome. The memory of your and your wife's kindness towards me is ever fresh in my mind. Do, both of you, come so soon as you can, and stay a long time. My wife and I will be most happy to receive you. We trust you are well and will continue to enjoy good health.

Yours very respectfully,

LUKE J. PAGE.

No. 211 Pleasant Street, Boston, Mass.

To Hon. A. B. F. Hildreth,
Charles City, Iowa.

MADISON, WISCONSIN, July 5, 1880.

My Dear Cousin: I have been very negligent in not answering your letter ere this time. School work has kept me so busy that I have found but little time for anything else. I have recently been seeking a little recreation. I first visited in Milwaukee, and then went to Hillsdale, Michigan, to attend Commencement at the College there, and the Alumni reunion. Besides the reunion and anniversaries of the different Literary Societies, I had a very pleasant time with my old friends and class-mates. Nearly two hundred of the old graduates were present and I was indeed very proud to be numbered as one of them.

I came here, to Madison, for a visit, and find here many old acquaintances. This week I shall attend the State Teachers' Association and then return to the home of my mother at Big Spring,

Wis. I remember my visit at your house with much pleasure. My brother Amos and family are as well as usual. Mother's health is not very good. I shall hope to hear from you soon after my arrival at home. I should like very much to have another happy visit with you and your good wife, but do not know when that can be. However, I do not always expect to teach. With much love, Your cousin.

ROXIE C. TYLER.

HILLSDALE, MICHIGAN, July 10, 1882.

Dear Cousins: I suppose you may have a little curiosity to know where I am and what is my situation. Well, I was married in this place on the 5th of last October to Rev. W. E. Dennett. I have a very pleasant home and my married life thus far has indeed been a happy one. My husband is an earnest an devoted Christian, a fine scholar, an able man and a loving husband. He is taking a course in theology at the college here. He is now pastor of a Free Will Baptist Church at Batavia. thirty miles west of Hillsdale. His church has

prospered finely since he had charge of it-the membership has more than doubled. I am hoping to have my mother with us some this year. I wish very much that you and cousin Liveria could visit us here, we should enjoy it so much. I find some time for study and reading. I began the study of Hebrew this spring, and have progressed so far that I am enabled to read the Bible in the original language. I must confess that I had rather study Hebrew than to wash dishes-but the dishes are always washed. My husband is absent, or he would certainly send his kind regards. Write so soon as you can find it convenient to do so. With much love to you both.

Your cousin.

ROXIE TYLER DENNETT.

PASCOAG, RHODE ISLAND, June 21, 1890.

Dear Cousin Hildreth: It is with a heavy heart that I write to say that my dear companion, Roxie, left me last night for the other shore. She was a loving wife and a devoted Christian mother. She was one of the choice women of earth. The ways of a kind Providence are often mysterious, but always right. God only knows what desolation fills my life. I have three children-Tyler D., seven years old, and two little girls. I ever wish to be remembered at the mercy seat, particularly now in this greatest affliction of my life. I am, dear cousin,

Yours truly,

W. E. DENNETT, Pastor F. B. Church.

PASCOAG, R. I., Sept. 22, 1890.

Dear Cousin: Your very kind and sympathetic letter was duly received, after the death of my dear Roxie, and is by no means forgotten. Soon after her death I found that a change of surroundings was imperatively demanded. I visited my father in Lowell, Mass., and some relatives in Portland, Maine. I returned home with the children. Tyler and Mildred, where I spent the Sabbath, and then, with them, started for Wisconsin. There my relatives and grandma Tyler were glad to see their dear Roxie's children, since they could no more see her upon the shores of time. I received a very warm welcome also, but we were all sad together. It was there that I first met Roxie, and there we engaged to be married. Ever afterwards we were to each other the dearest of earth. I should have been glad to visit you, but could not. On Monday morning. August 10th. sister Amanda and I, with the children, boarded cars for Chicogo, where we met my brother, and we all came direct to Boston, on G. A. R. excursion tickets. Thence Amanda and I and the children came to my home here in Rhode Island. But my little

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