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CATALOG SHEET
Catalog Number: HF 3041 I
Object Name: Letter
Date: May 14, 1836
Author: Aunt Mary
Recipient: Emma Nicholas
Medium: Paper and ink
Description: Handwritten letter on letter paper. People: Emma’s father, Emma’s mother.
W 3041 I
Phil / May 14, 1836
I hope my dear Emma will not ere this / have concluded that the pleasure I expressed a the commencement of our / correspondence was merely profession, but since I wrote you / until withing the last few weeks, a return of my complaint has / obliged me to be in bed, or on the sofa for the greater part of the day / which is is my excuse fore having so long delayed answering / your affectionate letter. Becky will be the bearer of this to you / she is one of the attendants at the Miss Beck’s wedding who has just / married a gentleman of New York where she will reside; her brides / maids all are to be with her whilst she receives company which / will be next week in New York; I hope you will go to se her at / Dr T ? staffs No. 25 Waverly Place; she will take on with her / your father’s watch which is the only article of his we have yet / received; his trunk which I presume only contains clothing was / shipped by the gentleman who brought the watch before he left / Richmond; but has not yet arrived. In a letter received sometime / ago from your sister, she mentioned the wish of you mother / to have his miniature sent on; we have been informed by this / gentleman, that during your Father’s residence at Mr. Heath’s / a part of his house was destroyed by an explosion of some gun / powder, and with it your Father’s large trunk containing his /books, papers, and I presume your Mother’s likeness, as I is not to be / found by Mrs. Richardson the lady with whom he lived. This is the / information received by your Uncle from Mr. Purvis the gentleman / who made the inquiry. I regret that I did not see Mrs. Hoffman / when she called, and that she left town without my seeing her. It / is sometime since I have heard from Matilda, I am one or two / Letters in her debt, but I hope she does not stand upon ceremony with / me, as both your letters will always give me pleasure; give my love / to her and tell her to write. I hear she is going to remove to the West / and that your and your Mother will accompany her, with you let / me know when you write? You speak in your last letter to me / of your numerous “duties and engagements” preventing your writing / to me; how are you so much occupied? All that relates to you will be interesting to me, my dear Emma, you must not wait / for me to answer every letter, but write whenever you feel inclined. I do / most sincerely rejoice at the strain of piety throughout your letter / no earthly pleasures or ? could compensate for the want / of that obedience to our Heavenly Father’s will, which appears to be / your greatest delight, and may it be the will of our heavenly ?/ to multiply greatly your spiritual blessings. I must refer you / to Becky for a more particular account of us as I hope you / will see each other soon after her arrival. Your Aunt and Uncle unite with me in love to you. I fear my last letter to you gave you / pain, if it did my dear Emma forgive me for I would not willingly wound / your feelings. Remember me to your Mother. May God bless you is the prayer / of your Aunt Mary
ADDRESS
Miss Emma Nicholas
Care of Judge Hoffman
New York
