Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from Dr. George R. Starkey in Washington, D.C. to his daughter, Gertrude Starkey Pitcairn. Starkey hopes this will be the last season that he is away from his home and family, though he knows their situation is not as bad as some- he has a patient with advanced consumption who rarely gets to see her husband and two children. Starkey has just returned from Church, which was enjoyable, apart from the discourse. He is grateful for the opportunity to collectively acknowledge...

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from Dr. George R. Starkey to his daughter, Gertrude Starkey Pitcairn. Letter faded and difficult to read in places, transcription follows: “Easter Sunday 1875. My Dear Gertrude! So it appears that I am to be with you & Mamma at your first Communion. I can hardly tell you how glad I am. In contemplating this event, the concourse of emotions which I experience surprise me, & cannot be expressed for want of words. First, there is a beautiful solemnity...

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from Dr. George R. Starkey in Washington, D.C. to his daughter, Gertrude Starkey Pitcairn. Oval seal pressed into upper lefthand corner. Starkey writes Gertude a birthday letter while getting some much-needed rest on a bright and cool Sunday. He believes she has just entered the most eventful year of her life to date. Having received her first holy Communion, she is now “being initiated into new & most important experiences in life.” The good and truth which the Lord...