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Bartholomew family letters, 1852-1893
1872-01-19 Page 4
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anything." It is a little after 1 oclock and I've been up since 8 oclock. I feel so well, only rather shaky when I walk about. I'm glad Em (?) such a sensible name as Kate. We had talked of " Emma Belle" (for our two youngest sisters) or Clara, Harriet, Mary Edna, or Edna alone, and Kate and couldn't decide which we wanted. Edna is so odd and pretty, and we most humbly beg Em to allow us a double name for our own extraordinary baby- and it shall be "Kate Edna, and if she will, she may name the next eleven, and we won't grumble if she gives such outlandish names as UPPER MARGIN:
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anything." It is a little after 1 oclock and I've been up since 8 oclock. I feel so well, only rather shaky when I walk about. I'm glad Em (?) such a sensible name as Kate. We had talked of " Emma Belle" (for our two youngest sisters) or Clara, Harriet, Mary Edna, or Edna alone, and Kate and couldn't decide which we wanted. Edna is so odd and pretty, and we most humbly beg Em to allow us a double name for our own extraordinary baby- and it shall be "Kate Edna, and if she will, she may name the next eleven, and we won't grumble if she gives such outlandish names as UPPER MARGIN:
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