Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER HF 3044 D
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE 1833-1836
AUTHOR Mary Ella
RECIPIENT Emma Nicholas (Maloney)
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Aunt Beebee, Mrs. Morgan, Miss Shannon, Eliza Storrs, Mrs
Hamersley, Mr Hyde, Cousin Julia (Hoffman),
PLACES Greenwich St, Storrs house,
EVENTS Mary Ella’s “bad conduct”
Addressed to
Miss Nicholas
Greene St
Dear Emma
I am almost afraid / that you will not read this when / you see who it is from, but I can assure [^ you] dear Emma I have felt / sad enough about my bad con - / -duct [sic]. On Aunt Beebee’s return / from down town I found she / had made an engagement for me / early on yester day [sic] morning with / Mrs Morgan which not only affected / myself but many others particularly / Aunt, and which it seemed my duty to perform, accordingly I prom - / ised to go, but thought it would / not interfere with my intended /
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Visit to Miss Shannon for / knowing that Miss Storrs was / to be called upon I thought / you could step over to Mrs / Hamersley’s and then I could / accompany you this I intended / to have said to you / before going down town and / came down stairs expecting / to go immediately and see / you but just at that moment / Mr Hyde came in and sat / some time, Cousin Julia was / waiting for me to go out with / her also and so off I went / entirely forgetting to see you/ and it was not until reaching / Greenwich [^ St] that you entered my / mind. At first I thought of / returning but found that would /
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Make me too late for both / engagements and therefore / I determined to go and tell Eliza S hoping that you would / be at her house.
I am very sorry Emma for / I know that it must have / been the means of breaking up / you day. I can make no / apology but having presented / the true state of the case / must trust to your goodness / for forgiveness. I would come / and see you about [^ it] but we have a dress maker at our house and I can hardly / take time to scratch this
Your careless but fond
And affectionate
Mary Ella
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[END OF LETTER]Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
