Bernardston, Mass. Mar. 3/08
My dear Cornelia:-
I am sending the cloth for the embroidery to Mrs. Thompson by this mail and have told her that it must be done by the end of the month or earlier. Probably she will get it done earlier. Her address in [sic] Mrs. L. M. Thompson, 37 Spring St., and I told her to write you when it was done and you would come for it. I am very glad that I could do this for you, and you need not feel under any obligation. "It's all in the family." you know.
I hope that I shall see you again before you go west. How I wish I were going, too. We two ought to have one good trip together, for we like the same things and should enjoy doing the same things. Perhaps the time will come when we can, some day. As you probably know, we did not see Hattie and Mary on Aunt Kate's birthday, nor since. But I hope that they will come up soon. I went down to see Anut [sic] K. Sat. and found her feeling much better, but she said that she should not go out of doors this month. She shows the effects of her two colds, but seemed to be in good spirits, considering. Poor woman, condemned to stay shut up ik [sic] that cold northeast room, with no love or sympathy, what has she to live for, anyway? You see what it is to be an old maid when you are old, don't you? Isn't that a moral to you? But then, there are worse things than that. Yes, I knew of Hattie Snow's marriage[.] Had cards. Shall get a letter of congratulation written in time, I hope.
Lovingly, Kate
[This is likely Cornelia's first cousin Kate Maria Slate. Cornelia's father Richard Clapp and Kate's mother Mary Clapp are siblings. Kate Slate lived in Bernardston in this era.]