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@alice_austen:person {full_name: "Elizabeth Alice Austen", birth: @date_1866, death: @date_1952, occupation: "photographer", residence: @staten_island}
@helen_randall:person {full_name: "Helen Constance Randall", residence: @albany}
@will_hill:person {status: "engaged"}
@mr_ludlow:person {}
@fred_parker:person {}
@alice_austen_house:organization {type: "museum", location: @staten_island}
@staten_island:place {region: "New York", country: @united_states}
@albany:place {state: "New York", country: @united_states}
@worlds_columbian_exposition_1893:event {name: "World's Columbian Exposition", year: @date_1893, description: "The 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, often referred to as \"the Fair\"."}
@easter:concept {}
@music:concept {}
@helen_randall_correspondence:document {title: "Helen Randall Correspondence Collection", creator: @helen_randall, institution: @alice_austen_house, created: @date_1893_03_20, language: "en", subjects: ["Correspondence","Social life","Music","Victorian era","Friendship"], description: "Letters from Helen Constance Randall to Alice Austen discussing social events, music, and personal news."}
@letter_1893_03_20_1:document {content: "get it again from Mrs. Austen.\n\nI am selfish enough to write most earnestly that Mrs. Austen will not leave town, for if she does, shall I ever see you again? I am not pleased with that idea!\n\nHave you heard any music this winter? I have been practising, and am going to play at an entertainment directly after Easter. I was also to have played a duet with a friend of mine who plays the Violin, but to my sorrow he is very ill, and if I ever get\n\nMarch 20th 1893\n\nMy dear Alice!—\n\nSent you on Friday, a little photograph frame to let you know that I have not forgotten a certain young lady who was born on St. Patrick's day.\n\nI was later than I intended in sending it, as I had lost your address, and had to", when: @date_1893_03_20, from: @helen_randall, to: @alice_austen, location: @staten_island}
@letter_1893_03_20_2:document {content: "see him again I shall be thankful.\n\nI suppose you know that Will Hill is engaged. He is so happy that it is really very funny to me. I never saw any-one so intensely pleased with such an achievement before. He fairly bubbles!\n\nMr. Ludlow and Fred Parker are alive and flourishing, the former particularly as, to judge from his dancing. Went to my first ball last month, danced twenty-four dances right through and reached home tired but happy (moderately) at 4:15.\n\nI have written more than I meant to do, so wishing you \"many many happy returns\" I will close,\n\nI am\nYours affectionately\nHelen Constance Randall.", when: @date_1893_03_20, from: @helen_randall, to: @alice_austen, location: @staten_island}
@helen_randall -> wrote -> @letter_1893_03_20_1
@helen_randall -> wrote -> @letter_1893_03_20_2
@letter_1893_03_20_1 -> mentions -> @music
@letter_1893_03_20_1 -> mentions -> @easter
@letter_1893_03_20_1 -> mentions -> @worlds_columbian_exposition_1893
@letter_1893_03_20_2 -> mentions -> @will_hill
@letter_1893_03_20_2 -> mentions -> @mr_ludlow
@letter_1893_03_20_2 -> mentions -> @fred_parker
@letter_1893_03_20_1 -> contains -> @photograph_frame:concept {type: "photograph frame"}
@letter_1893_03_20_2 -> contains -> @ball:concept {type: "social dance event"}get it again from Mrs. Austen. I am selfish enough to write most earnestly that Mrs. Austen will not leave town, for if she does, shall I ever see you again? I am not pleased with that idea! Have you heard any music this winter? I have been practising, and am going to play at an entertainment directly after Easter. I was also to have played a duet with a friend of mine who plays the Violin, but to my sorrow he is very ill, and if I ever get March 20th 1893 My dear Alice!— Sent you on Friday, a little photograph frame to let you know that I have not forgotten a certain young lady who was born on St. Patrick's day. I was later than I intended in sending it, as I had lost your address, and had to
see him again I shall be thankful. I suppose you know that Will Hill is engaged. He is so happy that it is really very funny to me. I never saw any-one so intensely pleased with such an achievement before. He fairly bubbles! Mr. Ludlow and Fred Parker are alive and flourishing, the former particularly as, to judge from his dancing. Went to my first ball last month, danced twenty-four dances right through and reached home tired but happy (moderately) at 4:15. I have written more than I meant to do, so wishing you "many many happy returns" I will close, I am Yours affectionately Helen Constance Randall.
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