Letter from Hert

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Letter from Hert

Entry/Object ID

2005.014.005

Scope and Content

Two-page letter dated July 9, 1884, from Harriet Lowndes Rhett [later Maybank] to her grandfather [Gov. Wm. Aiken, Jr.] about the boat and a few boat rides that she and her siblings went on. Transcription: July 9th, 1884 Dear Grandpapa How are / all? We are all quite well. / Edmound got this boat / yesterday and was very / muched [sic] pleased with it. / We went for it in the / cart. It was too wide / and could not get in, / so they filled the cart / with straw and put / the boat on top we got / in it to keep stady [sic], we / went strait [sic] to the pond. / Aiken and Edmound / got in and took us / with them they are teach- / ing Alicia and I to / row and to steer, we like / to go in it very much. / It is called the Mountain / Lilly. The same day we / got in at 11 oclock and / staid [sic] in till 2 and we / went in again in the / evening, we row up and / down the pond. Your Granddaughter Hert

Collection

Aiken-Rhett House

Acquisition

Accession

2005.014.

Source or Donor

Wright, Elizabeth

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

In Memory of Burnet Rhett Maybank

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Letter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Correspondence, Personal Papers, Aiken-Rhett Family--Correspondence

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

Jul 9, 1884

Archive Size/Extent

1 folder containing photocopy of letter and transcription; original in protective sleeve

Restrictions

Access: Refer to photocopy.

Archive Notes

Date(s): 1884 Level of Description: Item System of Arrangement: Copy of letter with transcription; original in protective sleeve.

Location

Location

Container

Misc. A-R Family Documents

Shelf

ARH Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Container

Document Box

Shelf

ARH Shelves, ARH Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Aiken, William (Jr.) (Gov.)

Person or Organization

Rhett, Harriet Lowndes

Person or Organization

Rhett, Edmund

Person or Organization

Rhett, William Aiken

Person or Organization

Rhett, Alicia

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

June 1, 2005

Updated By

kemmons

Update Date

August 8, 2019