Burnet, David G., fl. 1830-1870 to Mattie

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GLC#
GLC05508.056-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
circa May 1, 1850
Author/Creator
Burnet, David G., fl. 1830-1870
Title
to Mattie
Place Written
Galveston, Texas
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 19.2 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Burnet writes to a young girl who is feeling swings in emotion, and ascribes the problem to excessive indulgence in "fashionable amusements." He advises putting "a philosophical curb on our enjoyments and restrain[ing] them from exciting us too much," and preserving "our minds from too great depression by contemplating the transitory nature of all earthly things." The rest of the letter continues with family news and concludes with general marriage advice.

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