Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER HF 3038 D
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE August 9, 1841
AUTHOR Ogden Hoffman
RECIPIENT Emma Nicholas Maloney
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Charles Fenno Hoffman
PLACES
EVENTS Emma visits NYC,
*Original spelling retained throughout work, content appears exactly as written.
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Monday Aug 9, ‘41
My Dear Emma -
Charles told me on Friday / that you were in N York but / I was constantly engaged in / Courts until late on Saturday / Night _ Yesterday I thought / I would certainly see you, / But I was so much india - / posed that I could not / leave the [town] _ to day I / am better, but again busy / in Court _ and this afternoon / its possible I start for Goshen. / If I do not go, I will come / + see you this Evening and / if I do I will return in / a few days _ I am sorry, my / dear Emma, thus to postpone / my welcome; and am also / sorry that my wife is not /
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Here _ But in a few days / if not this Evening, we / will meet; and I will / bring with me my wife’s / love for you _
I am in great haste _
Your affectionate Uncle
O Hoffman
Mrs E Malony
[END OF LETTER]Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
