ADDRESSED TO: Mrs. Hellen Stage, Mansfield, Tioga Co., Pa
FROM: Emma L. Darling, Friend, Covington, Pa., Oct. 26, 1891
Covington, Monday Oct 26, 91
Dear Friend Ella1, I will write you a few lines this afternoon, to inform you that those papers you left here have both been executed and are on the way to Washington.
Father went up to Uncle Henrys yesterday. And Henry came down this morning. Mrs. Dike came home last evening, and signed the paper this morning. I hope all other evidence may be furnished as promptly. Hoping your Mother may soon be better, We remain your true Friends.
Write often and let us know how you are.
Yours Truly,
Emma L. Darling.
Notes from the peanut gallery:
1) This is one of those references that leads me to think that Helen went by Ella to her close childhood friends and possibly her Aunt Sarah (see letter from Sarah Owen in "Wood Family Letters").