In March of 1867, Anna writes Ellen details about Augusta's latest baby. By "down to mothers", she means that August went the short distance to Ellen's parents house, Waldingfield (Mr. and Mrs. Haven's house). Augusta and Milt Hopkins, and Anna and Dr. Sweetser, lived in the same area of Fort Washington as Mr. and Mrs. Haven.
"She did not expect to be confined for about a fortnight, she had been down to mothers in the afternoon, and then
about five o'clock she began to have some pain.
When Mr. Hopkins got home she said it came on now and then, but she felt well enough to go down to tea, and while
she was at the table she fell one coming on and told Mr. H. she thought she would go upstairs and as soon as he had
finished, she would like to speak to him, he got up and went in the entry with her, and asked her what was the matter,
she told him she was afraid she was going to be sick.
He told her she had better go up and lie down, keep quiet perhaps she would feel better. She did (however before
she went up she wrote a letter or a note to Mrs. Morris, Mr. Hopkins said that he would send the first thing in the
morning for her) presently he came up said he had noticed her pains came every 10 minutes, and he was going to
send for her to come down and sleep there.
But she begged him not to then, so he did not send up till about 11. She said when the child began to be born, it was
over soon and to this she attributes her being so well. She and baby have had no drawbacks and are getting along
just as nicely as possible.
I thought you would like to know all this, and so I write it. It is not very proper.