488 INDIANA HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS 

 Letter to Leila Robinson 



[Ms. in Harry Robinson Strait Papers, Gary] 



NEAR Richmond Va. Sunday April 27**^ 1851. 

 Miss Leila Robinson. 



My Dear little daughter. 



Your letter of the 9 & 11^^ inst. I found 

 in the post office on my arrival two days since in Rich- 

 mond. It is not so well written or composed as the pre- 

 vious one. This is in consequence of a little carelessness 

 of yours. Capital letters are used to words where they 

 should not be & single words are marked as though 

 quoted that have no important mark of distinction to 

 show why they should be marked as quoted. Your punc- 

 tuation is also eroneous. I wish I could be with you to 

 teach you some of these things that your school teachers 

 never seem to think of. 



I expected to have been in New York before now, but 

 business still detains me & perhaps will for three weeks 

 more — I hope not longer, for I am so tired — so anxious 

 to get a chance to unpack my trunk once more & feel as 

 though I could stop at least a week in one place. As soon 

 as I get there I shall write to mother exactly how, where 

 & when she is to come & all about it exactly, and she need 

 have no thought about money for I shall provide her with 

 all she wants to come with & use when she gets there. I 

 had thought of sending home a trunk of clothes &c. first, 

 but perhaps it will be better to wait until she returns. I 

 do not think it worth while for you or Charles to accom- 

 pany her — If you will both attend devotedly to your 

 school, you shall both have an opportunity to see New 

 York if I live long enough — and perhaps sooner than you 

 expect. 



I am sorry my letters give you so little satisfaction. I 

 have sent packages because I could not write long letters, 

 for I had neither time or matter to write about. 



Sometimes when I am tired with business & want a 

 little relaxation, as you want a game of romp when tired 



