Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER HF 3042 N
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE March 5, 1834?
(after Sept 1833 bc of Greene St address)
(note: death of Judge Jonas Platt was Feb 1834)
AUTHOR Eliza Storrs
RECIPIENT Emma Nicholas
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Ann Nicholas, Peyton, Papa and Mama Storrs, Eliza Sill, Eliza in
the window?, Mrs. (Susanna Paltt) Lansing, Judge (Jonas) Platt
PLACES
EVENTS translations of verses and Godfrey’s speech, death of Judge Platt
Addressed to
Miss Emma Nicholas
224 Greene St.
March 5th
My dear Emma
As you did not / come down yesterday, I conclude that you have heard from your mother and / are occupied in making a change in / your dress as she requested you to do. / You would have seen me long before / this time but I have been confined to / the house since Sunday morning with a / cough and this morning my throat troubles / me. I feel more than half sick and do / not expect “to be able to go out” all the / rest of the week. I wish very much to / see you; do come as soon as you can
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If the translation is corrected will you send it to me by Peyton that I / may copy it. I have been correcting / Godfrey’s speech and think it is much / improved, and in addition to this I / have translated three new verses, and / succeeded much better than I could / have expected for I had no assistance / from any one and missed your / conjuration [sic] in making sense of it / very much.
I have received a letter from / Eliza Sill in which she says she has / been very happy this winter, which / induces me to think that her father / has not been as troublesome as usual / I have not heard from your Mother / [??asters?] [^this week] as I was passing the house
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Friday I saw Eliza at the window [page torn] / we did see them in the street [page torn] day / which I had almost forgotten. Mrs. / Lansing is very much afflicted by the / death of her father Judge Platt.
Papa’s better, he went / to the city Hall yesterday, and has been / three hours in his office to day. Mama / has been almost sick with a sore / throat. So you see our room has been / a hospital the last three days, but / we are all recovering I hope rapidly. This note has the merit of variety at / least and I will finish it by repeating / my request that you come down to / see me as soon as possible.
Yours
Affectionately
Eliza STranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
