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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}
@julia_martin:person {full_name: "Julia L. Martin", relationship: "friend of @alice_austen", location: @albany}
@staten_island:place {state: @new_york, country: @united_states}
@albany:place {state: @new_york, country: @united_states}
@bennington:place {state: @vermont, country: @united_states}
@cambridge_ma:place {state: @massachusetts, country: @united_states}
@christ_church:place {type: "church", location: @staten_island}
@loring_hall:place {type: "hall", location: @albany}
@trout_fishing:concept {type: "recreational activity"}
@ben_brown:person {status: "ill", age: 30, relation: "acquaintance of @julia_martin"}
@file_pinax:file {title: "Julia Martin Correspondence to Alice Austen, 1893", creator: [@julia_martin], institution: "Alice Austen House", created: @date_1893, language: "en", subjects: ["Correspondence","Personal letters","Victorian social life","Family relationships","Staten Island history","Albany (New York)","Bennington (Vermont)","Health and illness","Social customs","Fishing"]}
@letter_apr_14_1893:document {date: @date_1893_04_14, from: @julia_martin, to: @alice_austen, locations: [@albany, @staten_island, @bennington], topics: ["health","melancholy","social visit","church"], summary: "Julia describes recent illness, visits to Staten Island, Easter Sunday at Christ Church, travel to Bennington, and expresses longing to stay longer."}
@julia_martin -> wrote -> @letter_apr_14_1893
@letter_apr_14_1893 -> addressed to -> @alice_austen
@letter_apr_14_1893 -> mentions -> @christ_church
@letter_may_8_1893:document {date: @date_1893_05_08, from: @julia_martin, to: @alice_austen, locations: [@albany, @bennington], topics: ["illness","fishing","social gatherings","Loring Hall"], summary: "Julia reports being on the sick list, describes a trout‑fishing trip in Bennington, mentions a visit to Loring Hall, and sends affectionate regards."}
@julia_martin -> wrote -> @letter_may_8_1893
@letter_may_8_1893 -> addressed to -> @alice_austen
@letter_may_8_1893 -> mentions -> @ben_brown
@letter_may_8_1893 -> mentions -> @trout_fishing
@letter_may_8_1893 -> mentions -> @loring_hall
@file_1893_4_14_julia_martin_apr_14_1893001_copy_jpg:file {type: "image", ocr_text: "Miss Austin Rosebank Staten Island N.Y. ALBANY, N.Y. APR14 12-M 1893"}
@file_1893_4_14_julia_martin_apr_14_1893002_copy_jpg:file {type: "image", ocr_text: "staying in bed for a week if I feel as melancholic... Easter Sunday found me in Christ Church and at my Father's house all day long... Bennington on Monday Apr 17th... Dear Alice, I know or rather do not know what you must think of me..."}
@file_1893_4_14_julia_martin_apr_14_1893003_copy_jpg:file {type: "image", ocr_text: "Our place—the towns are really very much cut up & the hedges have been burned down... I will send the photo as soon as I go back... Please write me soon & give my love to your Mother & Aunt..."}
@file_1893_5_8_may_1001_martin_copy_jpg:file {type: "image", ocr_text: "Miss Alice Austen & me G R Richards Cambridge, Mass Staten Island & Channing St., N.Y. AI BANY. N.Y. MAI 8 Y 0 - PM 1893"}
@file_1893_5_8_may_1002_jtm_copy_jpg:file {type: "image", ocr_text: "Let me see since my last letter we have all left Bennington & am in Albany for a few weeks... I am on the sick list today so did not go out with Mrs Cooper... Do not speak of this to our single person as things get out & I do not want anyone to know it..."}
@file_1893_5_8_may_1003_jtm_copy_jpg:file {type: "image", ocr_text: "the trout fishing begins on that day & we all went fishing in the pouring rain... I went to \"Loring Hall\" the other night & thought it awfully pretty..."}
@file_1893_5_8_may_1004_jtm_copy_jpg:file {type: "image", ocr_text: "sure & send me a letter on Sunday & with much love to you all. affectionately Julia S. Martin May 8th 1893."}Miss Austin Rosebank Staten Island N.Y. ALBANY, N.Y. APR14 12-M 1893
staying in bed for a week if I feel as melancholic. You do not know how much I enjoyed my little visit to Staten Island, and especially the day with you. It seemed like old times to be sitting talking to you and I only wish I might have remained over night. Easter Sunday found me in Christ Church and at my Father's house all day long. In the afternoon he drove me over to Arrowax and I saw the havoc that the Skinmane have played on Bennington on Monday Apr 17th 239th Street Apr. 14th 1893 Dear Alice, I know or rather do not know what you must think of me for not sending you at least word that I did not die of undue remorse the afternoon I left you. I have been in one grand rush from that time up to date & will not be sorry when Monday finds me quietly settled at Bennington. I have had the promise of
Our place—the towns are really very much cut up & the hedges have been burned down in places. I believe my family were back now in a few weeks. Since I have been in Albany I have been having a great time. Every one has been so pleasant. Last night at Birthday I blackened up and went all over the neighborhood. We called on all the stayed and dignified people and they seemed to enjoy it all more than a little. I saw Mrs. Smiley when I returned and gave her all your messages. Ben Benson has been ordered away from Bennington!!! by his family. We had a good laugh over him. He is thirty, but not bold enough to take care of himself. I will send the photo as soon as I go back. I am going out this afternoon for a ride on horseback—day before yesterday saw me on the road for the first time & I got along beautifully. Please write me soon & give my love to your Mother & Aunt, with lots always for yourself affectionately, Julia L. Martin
Miss Alice Austen & me G R Richards Cambridge, Mass Staten Island & Channing St., N.Y. AI BANY. N.Y. MAI 8 Y 0 - PM 1893
Let me see since my last letter we have all left Bennington & am in Albany for a few weeks. Mrs Cooper came home on Monday & Mrs Lively, the boys & I came down to meet her, so our kind of pleasure ended and duty begins. Ben Brown is still ill. I tell Mrs S it is this winter's work that she put in. Poor man he sits & mourns, for though thirty, his mamma does not appear to Mrs S or of me. If she only knew what fun she gives us. I go Dear Alice, I am on the sick list today so did not go out with Mrs Cooper. I feel sometimes so discouraged for I am not strong & I seem literally to be going all to pieces. Do not speak of this to our single person as things get out & I do not want anyone to know it and hope with a strong tonic to come out all right.
to the house on all occasions to ask after him or to borrow something & Mrs. Brown acts too funny. What fools people can be. You should have seen Mrs. S—the boys & I Monday morning—the 1st of May. The trout fishing begins on that day & we all went fishing in the pouring rain. Mrs. Smively did not wish to wear any skirts at all, but just her riding trousers covered by her ulster, but we were afraid she would lose a button or the wind might blow a hole in it. With no serious results to the nerves of the good Bennington community if they should chance to see her, so she put on our shirt as I did and off we went in cold & rain and after two hours came home minus a fish. I had a splendid time with Mrs. Smively & was heart broken when I had to leave her. Since I have been in Albany we have been very quiet. I went to "Loring Hall" the other night & thought it awfully pretty. I have no more news for this time. Be
sure & send me a letter on Sunday & with much love to you all. affectionately Julia S. Martin May 8th 1893.
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