LETTER TO EMMA NICHOLAS (MALONEY) FROM MATILDA NICHOLAS

Letter

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

LETTER TO EMMA NICHOLAS (MALONEY) FROM MATILDA NICHOLAS

Entry/Object ID

HF 3042 A

Tags

Accessioned object

Collection

Hoffman Collection

Cataloged By

Tara R. Iacobellis

Category

Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts

Acquisition

Accession

HF 3042 A

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

HF 3042 A New York April 17th 1826 / My dear Em / I received your short but / sweet little letter while I was staying / at Mrs. Sedgwicks. Grandpa returned / this morning. He sends you a great / deal of love and desires me to tele / you that Nance kittens have grown / quite large and are very good / and very playful. Billy has grown / quite cross and he and Nance / fight a great deal. How do you / like the present cousin Fanny / sent you? I hope you will answer / her letter soon. She often speaks of / Page 2 You with great affection and she / would like to hear from you very / much. Julia sends her love to you / she will eventually write by Mr [?] / Are you going to have cotillion / parties once a fortnight? And where / are you going to have them? / Tell Mother I believe Uncle Phil / has gone to the Lake for I have not seen him since the [?] day that / Jean [?] town. How does French / school come on? Ask Mother if I may / not have the frock that cousin / Fanny gave me dyed a margarine / blue. Tell her it is very much foiled / and that I have worn it a great / Page 3 And have saved my other silk / I did not alter it because I thought / as I would have it dyed than / better not. And now dear Em I must / bid you goodbye as I have several / things to do before I go to see the / [?] player. Do write me very soon / and let it be a longer letter than / the last. Tell Mother that Uncle / Phil has not gone to the lake that / he’s just now here and we are going / out there to spend the day on Wednesday / He sends his love to you and Mother [?] / told me to ask Mother if she thinks it will / do for me to stay there two or more / days week after next. He was very kind / indeed to me. Goodbye again dear Em / and think often of your affectionate sister / Matilda / My love to [?] and [?] I will write do not worry / Back To / Miss Emma Nicholas Stockbridge / Massachusetts / Forward by Mrs. M Watts [?]

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 24, 2024

Updated By

tiacobellis@hudsonvalley.org

Update Date

April 11, 2025