Fredonia N.Y. Aug 30, ‸1882.‸
My dear Brother:
I write in great haste while waiting for the car, to say that Charley has made every thing perfectly satisfactory. I was greatly surprised and distressed when I learned that O. had written you about my affairs, but I could not complain because I knew he meant it for my good and yours. He however entirely misunderstood Charley and misconstrued his acts. I confess I was in a measure to blame for this, for some things I misunderstood myself. But O.’s judgement of C was far more severe than it should have jumped at conclusions that were not warranted by what I told him.
I will say for C that every time a misunderstanding is cleared up it leaves me with a higher opinion of him than ever before.
Affectionately
P. A. M.
Well, Annie, you see there’s nothing so wholesome as an occasional storm. It clears the atmosphere. I think your mother [one or two words canceled] will end by having as high an opinion of Charley’s integrity & honorable intentions as I have halways had.
S L C
Source text(s):Previous publication:
MicroPUL, reel 2.
Provenance:
See McKinney Family Papers in Description of Provenance.
