Philadelphia, 4th mo. 20th
'61
My dear good Father,
I write in some haste to make a request
of thee. Will thee please send me by return of mail, thy
consent to my going South with the nurses?
I feel fully prepared in every way: Thy
consent only is wanted, and I depend upon it.
Do not be anxious-if I go-for I shall
be no more away from thee than I am here: and Death may
be as near when I sit quietly at home, as any where else.
I have enjoyed this life and have no fears for the next.
Danger is always near though we may not always see it.
All last night I dreamed most pleasantly
of Home.
No one out of the family need know of
my going. I shall write again when I receive an answer.
I must go---and I trust (you) will give the desired reply.
Farewell dear Father
Farewell! --
My love to all
Please tell Mr. Loring - Music Store -
that he can put the money in the Saving's bank wh. he receives
for my guitar - I told him how little I had used it - but
have feared in thinking about it - that he would think I
had used it more than I have so it is important that he
should be told - that the reason of so old string was that
a friend who use to play gave them to me -
[The note appended at the bottom
of Sarah's letter is from her brother, Pliny Chase, to their
father.]
