路易莎写信给她的儿媳阿比盖尔·布鲁克斯·亚当斯，描述了接下来发生的事情. 路易莎邀请狄更斯一家“在教堂的皮尤长椅上坐下，然后在两点半和我们一起进餐。. The invitation was declined; 和 I thought 那。 I should see nothing more of the literary Monster. The day after; a Note was brought to me stating, 那。 Mr. & Mrs. Dickens being very sorry 那。 they were engaged out to dine; if it was agreeable to me they would come 和 take a Lunch at my Dinner, 因此，我荣幸地向先生一家表示敬意r. 亚当斯.”
晚餐办得很成功. 路易莎写的, “我们吃了一顿很愉快的即席晚餐，你可以想象得到——狄更斯是一个毫不做作、活泼而随和的人, seemed perfectly delighted with the coversation of his Host; 和 by the time they left us . . . 你会以为我们早就认识了.”
“在这种情况下，烤火鸡是优先的, being placed at the head of the table; 和 well did it become its lordly station, 散发出浓郁的气味 可口的馅料涂了一层薄薄的奶油霜……
… 肉汁碗 和 蔬菜盘 处置在那个地方.
…. 有一个巨大的葡萄干布丁，蛋奶冻，还有 每个名字的馅饼 和北方佬土地上前所未闻的描述; 然而南瓜派占据了最显眼的位置. 还有几种丰富的蛋糕，和各种各样的糖果和水果. On the sideboard was ranged a goodly number of decanters 和 bottles; the former filled with currant Wine 和 the latter with excellent 苹果酒 和 ginger beer…”
在过去的几年里，你可能已经观察到了这一点,re has been an increasing interest felt in our l和 to have the Thanksgiving held on the same day in all the States; it now needs National recognition 和 authoritative fixation only, 成为永久的, 美国的习俗和制度……
莉迪亚·帕克和大卫·韦斯最终收集了足够多的来往信件，填满了13本大书, 除了两件外，其余都收藏在马萨诸塞州历史学会. (另外两份保存在哈佛神学院档案中.)每卷, 页数在四百到八百页之间, 功能转录数百个字母. 对话者包括西奥多·帕克的哈佛同学, 竞争对手部长, 崇拜追随者, 以及忠实的评论家. He received 信s from worshipful fans who wrote him about how his writings prompted their own spiritual or moral awakening; these converts to “Parkerism” ranged from an itinerant minister in upstate New York to Queen Victoria’s dressmaker in Buckingham Palace.
