Name/Title
Letter from Mary Rhinelander to Emma NicholasEntry/Object ID
HHV 008.252Description
Letter from Mary Rhinelander to Emma NicholasSubject
party at the RhinelandersSubject Person/Organization
Mary Colden Hoffman Rhinelander (1796-1818?), Emma Nicholas Malony (1816-1866)Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
New YorkContext
after Sept 1833 (Greene Street address)Collection
Hoffman Manuscript CollectionTranscription
Addressed to
3rd
Emma Nicholas
224 Greene St.
My dear Emma.
You are now called / upon to fulfill your / promise and attend our / second party. [crossed out] /
Aunt Mary will stop / for you to morrow [sic] / afternoon, to come up / + stay with us the night / before the party to help / us [? unrecovered fix + on other matters?]. /
The rest of the girls are / coming out on Wednesday /
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morning, (the day of the / party) but we cannot / think of being able to pre - / pare without you. The / party will be a little / longer than it was before, / but very little. You must / certainly be ready to morrow [sic] / afternoon, after dinner / I will not be in town / myself but I suppose you / will not be afraid to / come with Uncle [?T] + Aunt M. / Do not forget your [?“chefs/dress?] / de nuit” as you are all / going to stay until Thursday / Tell Charles & George I ex - / pect them both on Wed -
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nesday afternoon by / five o’clock.
Adieu, you must certain- / ly come, or else I shall / be quite angry with you / Eliza is coming up with / the girls on Wednesday / morning.
Good bye, do / not fail, to come / & believe me yours truly
Mary C. Rhinelander
Monday Eve’gOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
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Former NumberOther Number
HF 3042 AK
