Father seemed very pleased at the card Susie enclosed. I wished it had been addressed to him. Cheltenham North Shore Janary 12th./81 My darling Lucy, I think it is your turn for a letter so as it is a very hot morning I thought I would sit down and have a chat. Dear Father is sitting in the armchair reading. When I look at him and think of the wonderful improvement there is in his […]
Category: Nutter – Lucy Charlotte 1866-1948
Letter 1881-01-25 Fred A Nutter – Lucy Nutter
[Written on one sheet of paper – maybe there was another page folded inside. But he says never writes more than one sheet] Auckland January 25th 1881 Dear Lucy, I have not written for some time. The cause is idleness. I have been on camp since the beginning of November – am now in town for an indefinite period, I may have to go out tomorrow or perhaps not for three months. I received a […]
Letter 1881-03-09 Eliza Nutter – Lucy Nutter
Do the folks still pray for us or are we forgotten now! We never needed it more. North Shore March 9th/81. My darling Lucy, We have moved our lodgings from Mrs Williams to a Mrs Hoens[?]. The change is not an improvement certainly but we were obliged to leave. Mrs Williams’ lodgings are so much sought after that she had let our rooms as I had told her we were leaving for Vincent Street, but […]
Letter 1881-04-02 Fred A Nutter – Lucy Nutter
Auckland April 2nd 1881 Dear Lucy, I need scarcely inform you that it is some time since I last wrote to you & I suppose it is likewise useless to express my regrets which however are heart-felt. I really do not know that I have much to say, as I suppose Susie has given you all the news. She seems to spend most of her time writing south. Firstly I must thank you & Emma […]
Letter 1881-07-13 Eliza Nutter – Lucy Nutter
Ponsonby July 13th. /81 My darling Lucy, It is your turn for a letter I think, so I will try & write you one. We have moved, as you have no doubt heard from Sue and when we are quite settled we shall be nice and comfortable. Of course it is beginning life again, and we can expect to be as comfortable as we were in Forth Street. It takes time but we do not […]
Letter 1881-08-19 Eliza Nutter – Lucy Nutter
Ponsonby August 19th. /81 My darling Lucy, I am sure it is your turn for a letter this time. Susie is writing on one side of me & Tom [Tom (1862) is the son of Robert and Emma (nee Matthews) MacDonald.] on the other. Tom has come up to sleep at our house to keep him out of the way of the fever. Poor Aleck [Aleck (1869) is the son of Robert and Emma MacDonald.] […]
Letter 1881-09-08 Eliza Nutter – Lucy Nutter
Ponsonby Sept. 8th. /81 My darling Lucy, I am so sorry to hear that you have sore eyes but I daresay they will be well before you get this. I am glad you have had the measles & got over them so well. I wish Fred had had scarlet fever as it is so prevalent here and seems rather a bad kind, poor Aleck [Son of Emma and Robert MacDonald] is still very bad, he […]
Letter 1881-09-13 Frederick H Nutter – Lucy Nutter
Auckland 13th Sep 1881 My dear Lu, I have just written a short note to Emma but I could not let it go without just sending down old Lu a line, especially after the measles from which I hope she has by this time fully recovered and quite herself again. Susie will doubtless tell you that Alex has taken a favourable turn and is much better. Fannie I saw a day or two since and […]
Letter 1881-12-07 Eliza Nutter – Lucy Nutter
Give my love to any one who you think care for it I’m sorry about Jack Young Ponsonby Dec 7th /81 My darling Lucy, I felt I must not let the mail leave without a line to tell you that you were lovingly remembered yesterday and earnestly did I pray that the Lord would bless you abundantly as He sees best for you. We are but poor short sighted creatures, we do not know what […]
Letter 1882-02-23 Nutter, Lucy (Cambridge) – Nutter, Lucy
Beech House Cambridge Feb 23, 1882 My dear Lucy, I have often thought of my namesake across the ocean, & it occurred to me the other day, I should like to begin a correspondence with my cousin. I shall find it rather difficult as the receiver of this letter is unknown to me, & the one remembrance I have of you, is your photograph, which was taken when you were about ten or eleven years […]