Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER VC 1193
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE September 12, 185?
AUTHOR Rev. Stephen Henry Battin (son-in-law)
RECIPIENT Mary Smith Gardiner Battin
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Catharine VW Battin (“Kate”, wife),
PLACES Christ Church Rectory, Cooperstown NY,
KEYWORDS birth of “another daughter” ?? [Anna VC Battin?] , Walker’s
dictionary of proper names, perhaps “Abigail”?, “Convention”
(poss. National Liberty Convention of Oct 1852?)
Christ Ch. Rectory,
Monday Sept 12 th
Dear Mother,
Mrs Battin / presented me last Evening / Sunday, at nine precisely / with another daughter, / Both are doing well!
I have looked thro Walker's / big dictionary of Proper / names, and find not one / that suits, shall I call / her Abigail? Its rather / pretty + may suit exactly,
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I shall be down in two / weeks time, to attend the / Convention, I may stop / long enough to pay one or / two small debts, but wont promise
With love to all,
Your affectionate children,
Stephen and Kate,
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[LABEL] Rev SH Battin
Sep 12th 1853
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“Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
