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CATALOG NUMBER S 957
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE May 17, 1811
AUTHOR [Judge] Ebenezer Foote (https://stjohns1.org/ebenezer-foote/ )
RECIPIENT Philip Jeremiah Schuyler
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Mary Anna Sawyer Schuyler (“Mrs. Schuyler”),
PLACES Arbor Hill, Delhi (NY), Rhinebeck, New York City,
KEYWORDS politics, misunderstanding, reconciliation, Courts,
Arbor hill Delhi 17th: May 1811
My Dear Phil
Yours of the 3d Inst came to hand this moment and by / the god I swear that no letter I ever received before gave me half the / pleasure this does. although I feel humiliated on reflecting that I have / (in the agony of my Soul) been led to accuse a friend unjustly, yet the / knowledge of that even (however inconsistant it may appear) gives me / infinite Joy _ I am now restored to myself and feel sufficiently nerv'd / to face the whole host of Jacobinism_ tranquil and unmoved_ I now / know that twenty six years ago_ I was not deceived when I mark'd down / my then young friend as a man of Honor_ let this suffice . my spirits / are in considerable ag-[^it]-ation caused by a sudden transition from a sort of sullen / gloom occasioned by dispair of ever again, finding a man with whom I / could with safety injoy an interchange of sentiment but I thank god / that I was mistaken____ I shall not mention a Syllable on politicks, the / very word has almost become hateful and for fear that I might be led to [rov?-] / -ing again _ I will let the subject rest till I see you which - god willing / shall be somewhere about the middle of June - as soon as our Courts / are over (which come on the first and Second tuesdays in that month) / it is my intention to set out for New york and if I do - I shall not / fail to take Rhinebeck in my way and depend on you to have / me sent as paupers are to Poughkeepsie_ tell Mrs Schuyler I have / acted like a fool and am sorry for it _ and may the best of Heavens Bless- / -ings rest on you both_ I am yours as heretofore
Ebenezer Foote
Philip J. Schuyler
P.S. I should not send you this Rascally [wove?] paper / if our cuntry afforded better__
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[LABEL]
Ebenezer Foote
May 17 _ 1811
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[ADDRESS]
Delhi NY }
May 1[9]th 1811 }
Philip J. Schuyler Eqr.
Rhinebeck
Dutches CountyTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
