Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER VC 2316 E
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE April 1841
AUTHOR
RECIPIENT “Mrs Van Cortlandt”
MEDIUM paper, ink
PEOPLE Mr Foster, Charlotte White, John Meads
PLACES New York, Great Britain, Albany,
KEYWORDS stick seat, replica as gift
Mrs Van Cortlandt,
Mr Foster a British Ambafsador to This / Country, on leaving, gave to a Celebrated / Belle of New York Miss Charlotte White / [page torn] stick seat, which at that time was / considered a Curisoity, Miss Charlotte was / good enough to lend me the Stick to bring / to Albany. John Meads made that which / I hand to You Your old [hunk?] [MC]
April 1841.Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
