BLACKWELL FAMILY
ELIZABETH BLACKWELL

From Rogers, FannyMy dear Cousin Elizabeth.
I am very glad [that]
I have heard that
tomorrow will be U-
birthday, many
to wish you "Many 
happy returns of the
day.  This indeed I do
with all my heart.
L

U- is out or would I know
Send a message.  I am very glad you almost 
promise to have 
yr. lecture printed
Again wishing
you all the good
wishes my heart
can
Believe me
dear Cousin Elizabeth
young cousin
Fanny RogersI'm sending you a
birthday greeting.  I may
further take of many
thousands as well as
for myself send forth
the words.  I wish
I could come & see you
tomorrow.  Perhaps
next year I may walk
into yr. room on this
day.  Who knows.  But Al,

if even then I am obliged 
to send my salutation
in pen & ink I shall
think of you.  Indeed
when Shall I not
think of you & thank 
you for what you 
have done for me.
I had a very kind
& interesting letter from
Cousin George this morning.
I read his letter very eagerly 
hoping he would perhapsFanny Rogers

perhaps tell us we had
decide upon joining
you in England, but disappointed that.
I am looking forward
to seeing you on Friday.
Here you may be able to
see us where you can
spare one eveng.
My good nurse is 
going to sit up tonight with a 
poor old lady (a friend
of Mrs Sercet's) who I fear 
is dying-& She wants
to get me "settled".  So I 
have had to write every
weekday.On the top of Mt "Pilatus".
Sep 4th 1874.

My dear Cousin Elizabeth - 

Here we are, weather bound - but
having a good rest - a spare
hour to write as many letters as
we can get paper for - only three
sheets can be found in the house 
& of course we have no writing
materials with us.  First I must
send a little note to you, for I have 
been longing to write to you to tell you
how thoroughly we are enjoying our 
tour in Switzerland & to thank
you very very much for suggesting
& indeed altogether being the reason
of our coming here.  For tho' John
had suggested it, I quite discouraged 
the place until I saw you.  Not
because I did not wish to come,
for as you know it has been a
dream of my life to see the 
Alps, but because it seemed 
a more serious undertaking
than it really is - we took Gage'sTourist's tickets / 2nd class from Dover.  (Not coupon.)
& travelled most comfortably to 
Lucerne.  Staying two nights & a 
day in Paris, a day & night at Basle.  
We were not able to get your room
at Pension [Luter?] tho' they wrote 
a week or two ago & promised 
it to us on the 31st.  However we
had a very comfortable bed
room & small dressing room 
at the Chateau in the garden 
which I've liked better than
being in the house, as the
weather was very fine & hot.
Miss Luter was most kind &
attentive.  She asked much 
about you & hoped to have seen
you this summer.  After 
being three days at Lucerne
we decided to come up amongst
the mountains away from 
the towns & the tourists & 
yesterday ascended this mountain
from [Heagisnyl?].  John walked
up of course & I rode as far as 
the first Hotel.  It was a glorious
day & I've got to the top just as


as the sun was setting.  The scene
was much more beautiful than
I had ever dreamed anything
could possibly be.  We descended
overpowered with the magnificence
of the whole scene - but you know
how useless it is to try & describe 
it.  As we came along I felt
wild with delight at constantly 
coming uponsome new &
beautiful flower or fern
every fir tree I've passed  seemed 
more beautiful than the last.
This morning we saw a very
glorious sunrise but almost 
immediately after the brilliant
colors had faded away a
thick cloud rolled over us & we
cannot now even see the rocks which
we can almost touch from
the windows.  Tomorrow we
go down to [Stenstat?] & from 
there to Grindelwald, Thusis, 
Interlocken, & Geneva -- perhaps, 
over the Gotthard Pass.  I suppose
you are back in England again, 
& I hope are feeling very much
better for yr. rest & the change.  
They talked of staying a fortnight
longer in London when I last heardfrom Mother, if so I hope they
will see you.  The visit has been
a great pleasure to the girls
& it was a pleasure of great consequence
to me.  My wedding was as quiet
as I could possibly wish.  I do 
hope dear Cousin Elizabeth
that you will be able to come 
down to Monmouthshire this
Autumn & that you will pay
us a little visit at our new
home in Caerleon.  John most
heartily joins with me in
this hope & he also begs I
will give you his very kind
regards.  I do not know
when or how you will get this 
letter.  We have no envelopes or
stamps here but when it does 
reach you you will know
that we are talking & thinking
of you even when we are
at the top of Mt"Pilatus"
We shall see you if we possibly
can on our way thro' Loualou
at the end of the month.
Yours very affectionately
Fanny Rogers