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A Letter to a Younger Brother from a Sister in 1836
Grammarly hates this document, but this is how a well-educated articulate person wrote 150 years ago.
From our Family archives:
Letter of Analyza, daughter of General Richard Gentry, written in 1837, to her brother, just starting in business for himself at Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Analyza, came to Missouri with her parents in 1816 when she was six years old . She was a woman of rare talent and very considerable culture, a fine English scholar, fond of literature and history.
She taught school in the counties of Boone, Pettis, Grundy and Andrew. She was a strong, lovable Christian character; to be in her company was not only charming but educating and inspiring.
She possessed the art of winning the love and admiration of her pupils, so that in after life they always spoke of her with the greatest affection and highest esteem.
To: R. H. Gentry, Esquire, July 9, 1837.
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Dear Brother — We all feel a great deal of solicitude about you, not having heard from you since you left Orleans. Hope kindly whispers to me that you are doing well. I beg of you to write to me immediately on the receipt of this and tell me how you speed in business.
