BLACKWELL FAMILY ETHEL BLACKWELL ROBINSON BLACKWELL, EMILY157 West 74th St.
New York
May 13th 1901
My dear Aunt Emily
and Dr Cushier
You have no doubt 
had one or two letters about the 
wedding, so I must not repeat, and 
will generalize. It went off beautifully. 
The room (Edith's office) was 
a bower. Dr Collyer was a dear, &
 he married us, Uncle Wm making 
the prayer. Jane Harris played for me. 
May Robinson was bridesmaid and won 
Uncle Harry completely. A Harvard friend, 
Wm Abbott, was best man. Howard & Cliff 
ushered. We were married with two rings. 
I wore a white organdy and white veil. 
The groom was perfection. We 
stopped in Washington long enough to 
see the new library, and then went on 
to the  mts. of Virginia. We stayed in 
Charlottesville, at a lovely big house with a 
lot of cottages around it, and pea-cocks all 
over the lawn, and mocking-birds singing about,
 and apple-trees a-bloom. There we
so enjoyed the quaint old University of  
Virginia, founded by Jefferson. The 
Columbia library is modelled after 
their library. We saw the old yellowish 
record-book with an account by Jefferson 
of the plan of founding the University 
on the old college. A quantity of 
old minutes of meetings, he acting as 
Secretary; and Madison after him. 
Then we drove to fair Montecello, 
Jefferson's old home - on a hill, 
where he could look down on the University 
buildings as they were going 
up. They tell you that he sat for 
hours in his tiny study, with his 
glass, looking down miles below, to 
see that the work was carried on 
properly.

Then we went on to Natural Bridge. 
Do you know it? It is one of the 
most beautiful places I have ever 
visited. And perfect for a wedding-trip, 
as it is most romantic; friendly 
mts. and glens and woods and streams 
all about you. The Bridge is of course 
wonderful. But only a part of all the 
loveliness. We saw G.W. carved on 
the rock at the Bridge where our illustrious 

Father of his Country (not then 50) 
had carved his name. Imagine 
his scrambling up 30 or 40 ft to do it! 
A dozen Johns Hopkins fellows were 
geologizing there and gave us petrified 
leaves. We also got some stalactites 
from a small cave, like those at 
Luray. We left Natural Bridge with 
regret, and went on to Luray. Here 
we saw those remarkable caverns 
with their stalactites and stalagmites - 
spent an hour and a half 
wandering thro' them. And I had 
the next-day, the most remarkable 
drive I have ever taken, ten miles 
straight up, or rather serpentining 
up, 4028 ft up Stony Man Mt., so 
called because of the rocky profile. 
Over a shockingly narrow road with 
frightful precipices everywhere. 
We found specimens of copper on 
top. And Mr. Pollock's camp. 
We stayed a few days at each 
place, but had to get back for 
Alfred's business.Last Saturday, my new mater & 
sister sailed for Spain and Austria, 
possibly Russia - if all is well.
We are a cozy family of three, 
Pater Robinson, Alfred and I. Our 
large room is beautifully fitted up 
for us with ever so many dainty 
new things. We have just gotten ferns 
from the woods yesterday, and fitted up 
our new fern-dish, on our new tabouret, 
and it is charming. We 
are boarding here, at least for the 
summer, when we are not away. 
They intend to keep us, if we 
will stay. Everything and everybody 
is lovely. And now dear 
kind Aunt Emily I want to thank 
you so much for the big check. It 
was just as sweet and good of you 
as it could possibly be. And Alfred 
and I appreciate it very much. I 
have put it, with other money, in 
the savings bank until we go to 
housekeeping. You will like my husband. 
He is sincere and interesting and fine-looking.


Mamma & Grace expect now to 
go to M.V. on the 21st of May. 
Mamma spends her birthday (76)
 with Papa (May 20th) and then 
goes. Mamma is better, but 
needs the change. Papa will 
probably prefer to stay on at 
64th St., until Edith comes, 
which will be soon, then. 
Later, when Edith goes to M.V., 
Papa will stay with Agnes & 
Tom in East Orange.
This letter is hastily 
written, dearie, but brings 
very much love.
Your aff neice
Ethel Blackwell Robinson S.B., M.D., M.R.S
Send to Aunt Elizabeth 
& Kitty please - and so 
save repetition.
EBR