Letter from Mark B. Hardin to Susan L. Hardin

Creator:

Hardin, Mark B. (Mark Bernard), 1838-1916

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Written from Alexandria, Virginia. Letter regards Mark B. Hardin potentially accepting a faculty position as Professor of Chemistry at VMI.

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English .

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June 6th 1867

My dear Sue
I have been so constantly on the go since I received your letter that I have really not had time to answer it in a way at all satisfactory to myself.

I shall probably remain in Alexandria for a week or two as a middle point between New York & Lexington. In the present unsettled condition of my business & the uncertainty as to the future, it is absolutely impossible for me to think of paying you a visit. You cannot be, my dear Sue, more anxious to see me than I am to see you.

I have not been since the war ended in a situation, which would admit of absence from my business. Until I feel that I am settled, it must be a positive & serious disadvantage to me to leave the busy part of the world. I have been & am endeavoring to find a place, which I can make my home. As yet I have not decided, but think it more than probable that I shall accept the chair of Chemistry at the Va Military Institute. So soon as I can possibly go south I shall go to see you. Meantime you must feel that my interest in you is unaltered and that it is only a stern necessity, which keeps us so long apart.

The invention is now in the hands of manufacturer & I do not know what will come of it. They seem very hopeful.

Grandfather is here with us. He is quite feeble with age but his health in other respects is good. He always asks (as do the whole family) most affectionately after you & sends now his love to Johnny & yourself. Rest assured that you shall see me as soon as I can take "a leave" & that I am always your
Devoted brother
Bunny

Subjects:

Virginia Military Institute—Faculty—19th century
Correspondence

Names:

Hardin, Mark B. (Mark Bernard), 1838-1916

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