This letter was addressed to John D. Swain, West Norfolk, Conn. On the back someone has printed "FIRST LETTER FROM EDITH (EXCEPT NOTE.)." Letter is dated Oct 27, 1890.

Dear John,

My thoughts go back to that lovely Oct afternoon a picturesque road and everything lovely around me which must be the reason I promised to write you a letter.

I must own? altho it is very humiliating for me to do ? that since that memorable day, you ? within me a feeling of ? and, I feel almost like saying what! Write a letter for a ? to play? Has the learned to laugh at? No indeed, not I! As I feel ? I shall prove uninteresting and then too I am not certain that it was "good form" to make such a promise.

Previously I reached home safely but rather damp. It rained so hard when we arrived in Hartford that I could not get out of the Depot, so Mrs. Smith ? ? and told Alice I was there and she came and took lumch with me and stayed ? an hour. We had quite a little visit I think you forgot the message your ? to send ? by me: I could not remember anything nice that you told me?

I did not find as many babies as

(will finish this transcription later, too hard to read, will go on with the others for now)

Letter transcribed by Vergie Barber DeAntonio

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