Letter

Letter

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Letter

Entry/Object ID

HF 3031 D

Tags

Accessioned object

Collection

Hoffman Collection

Cataloged By

Tara R. Iacobellis

Category

Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts

Acquisition

Accession

HF 3031 D

Source or Donor

Mrs. Wilton S. Burton

Acquisition Method

Gift

Source (if not Accessioned)

Mrs. Wilton S. Burton

Notes

Mrs. Wilton S. Burton: Donor Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Wilton S. Burton

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

Transcription

Transcription

CATALOG NUMBER HF 3031 D OBJECT NAME Letter DATE c.1831 AUTHOR W.R. Williams RECIPIENT Ann(e) Hoffman Nicholas MEDIUM Paper, ink DESCRIPTION Letter in regards to Ann Hoffman’s library. PEOPLE PLACES EVENTS KEY WORDS Ludlow *Original spelling retained throughout work, content appears exactly as written. [PAGE 1] My dear Madam/ I return your message with many thanks for the/ pleasure of pursuing it has with regret that you should/ have deemed it necessary to submit it to my examination/ I think the scene a very touching one both with much/ beautiful simplicity the truth that “fact is stronger/ than fiction” appears from the circumstance that the/ very object which struck me on the first reading was,/ that such apparent quotations in the last hours of/ life are hardly natural. On viewing again your/ note, I observed what had before been overlooked/ was the dialogue is founded as fact./ Wishing you much success in your library/ [unrecovered] that Ludlow [unrecovered] by which/ all shall be consecrated to the sources of your God./ I remain very respectfully/ Yours/ W.R. Williams/ To Mrs Nicholas/ [END OF PAGE 1] [PAGE 2] Mrs. Nicholas/ [received] [END OF LETTER]

Transcriber

Kathryn Alexander

Language

English

Parts

Count

1

Location

Notes

Temporary

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Mrs. Wilton S. Burton

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

Department

Note

Library

Created By

CHannan

Create Date

January 23, 2024

Updated By

kalexander@hudsonvalley.org

Update Date

March 13, 2025