Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER S 1002
OBJECT NAME LEtter
DATE December 3, 1840
AUTHOR George Lee Schuyler
RECIPIENT Eliza Hamilton Schuyler
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE ?? Lorillar, ?? Ludlow, ?? Richards, John Bryant, Schuyler children,
PLACES New York City, Nevis, Boston, Baltimore,
KEYWORDS Telegraph (boat), “Renwick on Steam engines”, “Barlow on the
Strength of materials”, ball in Saratoga, her “ troubles of
constitutional fears”, “Mr Wares Probus”, the dreaded “Nanagansett” (boat?), steamboat business, “a cylinder was cast”,
New York, Decr 3d 1840
Dear Eliza,
It was my intention / to have gone up to Nevis this / morning, join the party for Lorilla[r's/ +c.] / who dine & sleep at Ludlow's +c., + / come home in the eveg~ But some / how or other I find I am getting / older than I used to was, and / all these frolics begin to lose / their charm_ You will say perhaps / it was the early rising_ excuse / me, my dear friend, for I intended / to go up in Telegraph at one / o'clock, dine at Ludlow's +c_
Here I am quietly studying / Renwick on Steam engines, and Barlow on the Strength of materials. / Whether I shall go to the ball / tonight or not depends upon /
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my feelings at the hour_ /
I got your letter by Richards and am rejoiced that / all went on well; do not / fear about the return_ There / are enough drawbacks to the / pleasures of life in the evils / which actually do occur, without / embittering it by the constant / apprehension of those which / may occur_ I feel every / sympathy with your troubles of constitutional fears; but you / must not let them affect the powers of the mind_ /
Suppose it were certain that / we should both perish on a / given day, what then? Your / fears at the moment of death / would be natural, but the / intervening space should be tranquil / because the soul is the or /
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should be master of the body_
Read Mr Wares Probus over again_
The part of this epistle / which is to the point, announces / to you my departure for / Boston on Friday at 4 PM _ / arrival next day_ + departure / on Monday - think of that_ /
This is in order to / save you from the dreaded / Nanagansett_
I am very busy / but all affairs go on / pretty smoothly_ good news from / Baltimore about shafts +c. + / a cylinder was cast yesterday_
Love to John +c, Kiss the / children & expect me early
Thine ever
G.LS__
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[ADDRESS]
John Bryant Jr. Esq.
For
Mrs George L. Schuyler
Boston _
[POSTMARK - red ink, circle]
NEW YORK
DEC 5
[BLACK INK - later]
1840 / Dec 3Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
