"Dear Minnie..."

Emma Savage's Letters to Araminta Brown

Addressed to 2 Eastfield,Dover Street,Ryde Isle of Wight.

Dec'r 21st 1900

Dear Minnie,

Very pleased to hear from you and shall be glad if you will come and spend a few days with me when you arrive.
We are down here now more, only going up occasionally to London when we think its necessary thats all-

Rillo and Gersham are getting on alright we are all pretty well - I am dying to have my fortune told. Annie is alright baby still at Sudbury. We are going to London for Christmas as usual wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year - with love
Your Sincere friend
E.Savage.

P.S. Before leaving ask Mrs Seeley to please give you a written character you may want it and you might not, but be sure and ask for it dont forget

Even a short, "Christmas Greetings" letter of this sort offers us several glimpses into the lives of Emma and Araminta, and those around them.

• The Savage businesses were presumably doing well enough to allow them to spend more time "in the country", but London was the place to be for Christmas.
• Rillo and Gersham are still employed by the Savages
• The Fortune Teller reference coresponds with a letter from a Fortune Teller among Araminta's letters.
• Annie Wright and baby: there is now a separate page dedicated to them.
• And this letter seems to imply that Minnie was leaving her employment on the Isle of Wight

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