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CATALOG NUMBER VC 1191
OBJECT NAME Letter - fragment, missing images?
DATE June 27, 1853
AUTHOR Rev. Stephen Henry Battin (son-in-law)
RECIPIENT Mary Smith Gardiner Battin
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE “Mrs Battin” [Catharine VW Battin],
PLACES Christ Church Rectory, Cooperstown NY,
KEYWORDS hot weather,
Christ Church Rectory
Cooperstown June 27, 1853
Dear Mother,
Your letter to Mrs Battin / was duly received, it must be three / weeks since, and last night; while / she + I was resting + meditating during / twilight, it occurred to us that it ought / to be answered at once, This was a / sage conclusion to come to, as you / will conclude, We are all pretty / well, Mary is much better than she / has been, + her Mother only complains / of one thing now, her let limb / last week we suffered enormously / from the oppressive heat of the / weather, To day + yesterday we really / enjoyed a good fire, The Cooper / Hotel is nearly finished and will /
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S.H. Battin
27 June 1853
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Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
