Postcard signed “A.F.,” New York, to “dear Mamma” (Elizabeth Heller), 2602 Caroline St., St. Louis, Missouri. “Received your postal today. Glad you are well. We are O.K. now but I was ill. We arrived here Thursday Eve. Will leave by boat for Richmond tomorrow. I’ll write as soon as I can. Don’t expect me home before 29th. We may get through before but I can’t tell yet. I’m having a glorious time, never imagined the world so great & full of pleasure. Dr. sends love & so does his wife. Get Amelia to stay with you.” (accession number 80-0130), 1881 Sept 19, Box: 1, Folder: 2. Flickinger Family Papers, A2351. Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center.

Postcard signed “A.F.,” New York, to “dear Mamma” (Elizabeth Heller), 2602 Caroline St., St. Louis, Missouri. “Received your postal today. Glad you are well. We are O.K. now but I was ill. We arrived here Thursday Eve. Will leave by boat for Richmond tomorrow. I’ll write as soon as I can. Don’t expect me home before 29th. We may get through before but I can’t tell yet. I’m having a glorious time, never imagined the world so great & full of pleasure. Dr. sends love & so does his wife. Get Amelia to stay with you.” (accession number 80-0130), 1881 Sept 19, Box: 1, Folder: 2. Flickinger Family Papers, A2351. Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center. https://mohistory.mobiusconsortium.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/36941 Accessed November 22, 2024.