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How to Write Love Letters : LETTER LXXX. From a Gentleman to the Father of...by Madame le Fontaine (Carleton B. Case, ed)
Return to "How to Write Love Letters" Index LETTER LXXX. From a Gentleman to the Father of...LETTER LXXX. From a Gentleman to the Father of a Young Lady to whom he Proposes to Pay his Addresses.Dubuque, Iowa, October 1, 1913. Dear Sir: Having had the honor of meeting your daughter several times at the houses of mutual friends, I have learnt to conceive a great regard for her, and desire no higher happiness than the possession of her hand. I have reason to believe that my attentions to your daughter are not altogether distasteful; and I therefore respectfully beg permission to pay my addresses to her, and to be recognized by yourself and family as her suitor. Although I am young, the position I occupy is a good one, and there is every reasonable prospect of my circumstances improving as time advances, so that I feel certain of being able to maintain your daughter suitably. As you are on terms of intimacy with some of my connections, you will be enabled to learn from them such other particulars as you may desire to know. And I may be permitted to add that, in the event of my proposals meeting your approval, the study of my life will be to prove myself worthy of the father's confidence and the daughter's love. Awaiting the favor of a reply, I remain, sir, Yours very respectfully and faithfully, Thomas Edmonds To Lawrence Rutgers, Esq. |
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