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- Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman.
West Chester, PA - 1 July 1849
Money is a very convenient thing but if you should not be successful, do not be discouraged. If you have your health and return to America, you will find even little West Chester large enough to make a comfortable living
- Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman.
West Chester, PA - 22 July 1849
Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman... I know that you have been wanting to go to that tempting place, California, and that you would never be satisfied if you did not go. So I hope it is all for the best.
- Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman.
West Chester, PA - 5 December 1849
Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman... Your daguerreo-type proves the greatest source to my comfort. It would be impossible for me to tell you how often I have opened it. I hold it most dear of anything this side the ship Europe.
- Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman.
West Chester, PA - 5 March 1850
Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman... Could I seat myself by your side but for one hour, how much I could tell you that my sheet will not contain.
- Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman.
West Chester, PA - 14 July 1850
Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman... Philadelphia has been visited by one of the worst fires that ever was there. Three hundred and sixty-four houses burned down and many lives were lost and many persons injured.
- Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman.
West Chester, PA - 8 September 1850
Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman... I am delighted that you have quit digging the earth for what you could not find, and have taken surer means of making a living.
- Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman.
West Chester, PA - 13 January 1851
Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman... -Your last letter speaks of prolonging your stay another year. That was not cheering news.
- Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman.
West Chester, PA - 16 March 1851
Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman... You speak the truth when you say I love you for yourself, and not for wealth. I would love you as devotedly without a dollar as if you had thousands.
- Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman.
West Chester, PA - 4 June 1851
Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman... When I am expecting a letter and do not receive one, I feel disappointed, and how much worse must you feel when you are disappointed in a strange land, and among strangers.
- Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman.
West Chester, PA - 31 August 1851
Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman... When I saw by the Ledger that Mr. Gunn had been dragged from his bed and murdered, and that several others employed in the office had been shot, I felt dreadfully distressed
- Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman.
West Chester, PA - 28 October 1851
Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman... I think you had better make up your mind to come home. Let the hills of gold stay where they are if you cannot get them without risking your life or health.
- Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman.
West Chester, PA - 8 December 1851
Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman... Although it was such a great pleasure to receive it, it made me feel rather sad to see how much thinner you are. But, oh, that awful California is enough to wear flesh and bones both away.
- Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman.
West Chester, PA - 5 March 1852
Ellen Apple letter to Enos Christman... Please, dear Enos, do not put it off longer. Begin to settle up your affairs soon, for it will take a long time to get ready to leave a place where you have been three years.
