Cincinnati,
August 23rd 1861


My Dear Miss Lascelles,

I trust this letter and the paper that accompanies it will find you well and able to read. You will see your dear Kate's marriage in the paper and as she left us on Sunday the 20th for her home in Gambier, Ohio, you see I loose but little time in writing to let you know. She said she would send you cards and write herself from Gambier which is about 150 miles from Cincinnati. Mr Trimble is professor of Greek and Latin at Kenyon College. His salary is eleven hundred dollars a year, free house like all the other Professors there and a farm besides. It is a most lovely place to reside and she will have the best society, that is, the educated and pious. Bishop Bedell's residence is quite near them. She was with us a month before she left and I miss her much but am thankful that she has got a Christian for her companion through the remainder of her life. As I know you take an interest in us all I must tell you that we had no one at the wedding but our clergyman and his wife who are next door neighbours. They came in to breakfast and after breakfast we drove over to the church you have so often heard me speak of. Father was able to come with us and give her away, he had been so ill the two weeks previous that we feared she could not leave. He is better a good deal and may, I trust, … sufficiently to pay her a visit soon. Mother is looking well and has really got fleshy again. It is quite time I should ask about your own health. I trust you will be able to write to either Kate or me very soon. I hope you have got someone to take care of you since you wrote your last. You had such an indifferent servant. We have had a very enjoyable summer, only very warm for about 2 weeks. Mr Heathers has resigned St. John's church and will return to Ireland this November. He finds the American people difficult to work among; the truth is merit and that alone will enable a man to maintain his position in this country especially in the Church. I think I shall send Mr Campbell a paper. Will you let Mr Surch know about us. We are all quiet about our city so far. It will be a fearful struggle between the North and South. The North should conquer. Mother and all my household join me in best love to you my dear friend, your affect.,

Nannie Cinnamon