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CATALOG NUMBER HF 3042 I
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE 1826? (Stockbridge)
AUTHOR Fanny Colden
RECIPIENT Emma Nicholas
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Ann Nicholas, Matilda Nicholas, cousin David Colden, Zoe (cat), Sholto (dog),
PLACES Opera, Albany, Stockbridge
EVENTS David takes Matilda to the Opera,
Addressed to
No 1
Miss Emma Nicholas
Stockbridge
Saturday morning
My dear Emma
I was very much pleased / with your pretty letter and should have / answered it long ago, but we have had / so much sickness in the family that I could _ Matilda is quite well + has / been to see me to-day. [^Your] cousin David is / to take her to the Opera next Saturday / which she is very glad of, and your must / make her write you a description of it / Zoe sends her best love to you _ she is / in low spirits just now, and I have been / giving her an airing for her health / to-day_ I believe she is jealous of the / day you described in your letter and /
PAGE 2
Growls and spans a great deal more / since I told her of it. I heard from / Albany that Sholto has learnt several / new tricks, among others, he shuts the / door at the word of command and I / believe sings _ but this I don’t believe / he does as well as Zoe _ I hope your / cats escaped the influenza _ several / of the town cats were heard to sneeze / + gasp for breath + were evidently in / a high fever _ you may laugh at this / but it is a fact and if it is doubted / in Stockbridge, / I will send you my /authority _ I hope you are beginning / to turn your toes out beautifully, as / you are to learn to dance this sum - / mer _ I think I remember there was a / little improvement necessary, so pray / begin before your master comes or he /
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Will put your feet in stocks, [page torn - unrecovered] / I remember used to be very disagree - / able in my younger days _ I have no / more nonsense to tell you, and I am / afraid I have written so much already / that your mother will not allow you / to have such a foolish correspondent / give my best love to her and tell her / I will watch over Matilda like a complete duenna. Write to me, my / dear little Em: whenever you feel / inclined, and believe me your affection - / ate cousin ____ F. Colden
I send you a gauze handkerchief + / sash and hope you will like them.Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
