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@alice_austen_house:organization {name: "Alice Austen House Museum", location: @staten_island}
@alice_austen_correspondence:collection {title: "Alice Austen Correspondence from Eva Hartwell", creator: @eva_hartwell, institution: @alice_austen_house, created: @date_1885_07, language: "en", subjects: ["Personal correspondence", "Victorian social life", "Friendship", "Tennis", "Family relationships"], description: "A collection of personal letters from Eva Hartwell to Alice Austen in July 1885, discussing social activities, family matters, and personal reflections."}
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@alice_austen:person {full_name: "Elizabeth Alice Austen", birth_year: @date_1866, death_year: @date_1952, occupation: "photographer", location: @staten_island}
@eva_hartwell:person {full_name: "Eva Hartwell", role: "correspondent", location: @new_york}
@julia_t_martin:person {full_name: "Julia T. Martin", relationship: "friend", location: @albany}
@julie_bredt:person {full_name: "Julie Bredt", relationship: "friend"}
@violet_me_ward:person {full_name: "Violet M.E. Ward", relationship: "friend"}
@isabella_king:person {full_name: "Isabella King", role: "photograph buyer"}
@bessie_strong:person {full_name: "Bessie Strong", relationship: "friend"}
@lucas_place:place {city: "Lucas Place", region: "Squintville", state: @new_york, country: @united_states}
@new_brunswick:place {state: @new_jersey, country: @united_states}
@staten_island:place {borough: "Staten Island", city: "New York City", state: @new_york, country: @united_states}
@albany:place {state: @new_york, country: @united_states}
@date_1885_07 {description: "July 1885"}
@date_1885_07_21 {description: "21 July 1885"}
@date_1885_07_25 {description: "25 July 1885"}
@date_1885_07_06 {description: "6 July 1885"}
@letter_1885_07_25_4003:document {date: @date_1885_07_25, from: @eva_hartwell, to: @alice_austen, location: @lucas_place, content_summary: "Discusses tennis plans, social feelings, and a request for a reply."}
@letter_1885_07_25_4004:document {date: @date_1885_07_25, from: @eva_hartwell, to: @alice_austen, location: @lucas_place, content_summary: "Mentions a young man named Bob, expresses longing, and reflects on personal emotions."}
@letter_1885_07_25_4005:document {date: @date_1885_07_25, from: @eva_hartwell, to: @alice_austen, location: @lucas_place, content_summary: "Talks about a tennis match against Fred Fiskler and a guardian’s affection."}
@letter_1885_07_25_4006:document {date: @date_1885_07_25, from: @eva_hartwell, to: @alice_austen, location: @lucas_place, content_summary: "Apologizes for a long letter, expresses impatience, and asks for a prompt reply."}
@letter_1885_07_06_2002:document {date: @date_1885_07_06, from: @eva_hartwell, to: @alice_austen, location: @lucas_place, content_summary: "Invites Alice to a gathering at Helen's at six o'clock; mentions partnership writing."}
@letter_1885_07_06_2003:document {date: @date_1885_07_06, from: @eva_hartwell, to: @alice_austen, location: @lucas_place, content_summary: "Signed by Elisabeth B. Strong; includes poetic remarks and a request for news about a recent spree."}
@eva_hartwell -> wrote -> @letter_1885_07_25_4003
@eva_hartwell -> wrote -> @letter_1885_07_25_4004
@eva_hartwell -> wrote -> @letter_1885_07_25_4005
@eva_hartwell -> wrote -> @letter_1885_07_25_4006
@eva_hartwell -> wrote -> @letter_1885_07_06_2002
@eva_hartwell -> wrote -> @letter_1885_07_06_2003
@tennis_match_1885_07_21:event {when: @date_1885_07_21, where: @lucas_place, participants: [@eva_hartwell, @alice_austen]}
@eva_hartwell -> attended -> @tennis_match_1885_07_21:event
@alice_austen -> attended -> @tennis_match_1885_07_21:event
@letter_1885_07_25_4003 -> mentions -> @tennis_match_1885_07_21:event
@letter_1885_07_25_4004 -> mentions -> @bob:person {full_name: "Bob"}
@bob:person {full_name: "Bob", relationship: "acquaintance of Eva"}
@letter_1885_07_25_4005 -> mentions -> @fred_fiskler:person {full_name: "Fred Fiskler"}
@letter_1885_07_25_4006 -> mentions -> @guardian:person {role: "guardian"}
@letter_1885_07_06_2002 -> mentions -> @helen:person {full_name: "Helen"}
@letter_1885_07_06_2003 -> signed_by -> @elizabeth_b_strong:person {full_name: "Elisabeth B. Strong"}
@elizabeth_b_strong:person {full_name: "Elisabeth B. Strong", relationship: "friend"}that they are quite agreeable, and I am only afraid Miss Blanch will prove a rival. We had an engagement with them and C.B.L at half past seven for tennis this morning. We got there at nine to find the grounds deserted. Aren't we mad? Well some!! Have you seen Mr. Robert Lucas Place Squintville, N.Y. New Brunswick July 25th '85. My dear Alice: I think you were very unkind not to write to me too, but I will forgive you on condition that you answer this epistle soon, and at length. We miss you dreadfully. Life has not been the same to
But it's you who I like better yesterday. What Bob has written for me and tells me about to leave Thursday in a week I want to get there as early but I am not at all anxious to have it. So, I don't want to tell you things but tell what I do I will say nothing about the possibilities except Several young men since you left—neither have we had any thing in the way of gaiety since your departure. All of you went with you. Is that melting? Do you know & think it is a great shame I am not a man, I could make love beautifully. But a trace of all this nonsense I suppose
singles against Fred Fiskler to-night. My Guardian was up to call today and he told me to give you a heart full of love for him. He said that his trip to the Islands would be a bright spot in his life and that he would now be able to make it without a trifle of bother. For please, he has his way down there almost every day. I really hate it so many and have been on such a condition. Be kind to him. I fancy you may write a bit about him. You are not the exact words that
he used, but it was what he meant I am sure. I intended to write you a sensible letter and try to counteract the impression that you must have of me, but the impishness is in me and must come out. I will wait until we you to finish that story. It is too long to write. Do write soon. I think & gave you Unlikely lately? I read this cricket more with the greatest interest. I care not if I never see me again for I will make myself a martyr to my own impatience to finish that story. It is too long to write. Do write soon. I think & gave you
My dear Alice, I've no doubt but that you will open your eyes when you receive this note; it is a sort of partnership affair, both of us writing at the same time. So please excuse our manuscript (Eva has a better word but mine must answer.) You will come and go over to Helen's with us at six o'clock won't you? Dear just what you please, as I speak. My dear Alice, Bess does not want me to write, but I must say that I hope you will come up and go over with us. We are both writing at the same time, and as I have very much the worse pencil you must excuse chiography. I want that good? I searched the dictionary for it. Dear you oldest clothes for it will probably rain again, but do come what ever you
to. I do hope these will be no more rain. Hoping to see you later I am aff'ly yours Elisabeth B. Strong July 6th 185 do. Have you received from Saturday's spree? I have not as you may see. Rhyme!! I don't think that I am quite deaf - it is only one of the eccentricities of genius. Most lovingly Eva M. H.
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