Handwritten letter from Willis N. Tuller* in Columbus, Ohio to Gertrude Starkey Pitcairn. 2 pages, double-sided.

Contents: -letter of July 21st received; apologies for not responding sooner; busy with studies & spending time in his boat -will not ask Gertie to write about the troubles she has gone through this summer if she will not even speak of them to her family; only wanted to share her burden; agrees with Miss Muhlbach’s quote in Queen Hortense that some accusations shouldn’t be legitimated by defense -any doubt he has in the New Church is a passing state; would be untethered w/out New Church truths, possessed of a fearful repugnance to woman, and would become an infidel or go insane; has perfect faith that both the law and the Writings are the Truth -has not been able to get away from the city due to work; would not go East if he could; hopes to let the clouds blow over first -was he right to write to Pauline about her engagement? very happy for her -remembrances to Mrs. P. – Auntie & the rest Names mentioned: Miss Muhlbach (Luise Muhlbach; author of Queen Hortense: A Life Picture of the Napoleonic Era), Pauline (Pauline Starkey Wells), Mrs. P., Auntie (Peirsol)

*mistakenly filed under “W. A. Fuller” originally; author is Willis N. Tuller, son of Dr. E. R. Tuller