Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER VC 1189
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE September 1851
AUTHOR Rev. Stephen Henry Battin (son-in-law)
RECIPIENT Phillip Gilbert Van Wyck
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Philip Van Cortlandt Battin (deceased infant), Mary Smith Gardiner
Battin (“Mother”), Rachel
PLACES Cooperstown NY, New York City,
KEYWORDS death of son Philip VC Battin, grief
Dear Father + Mother (+ family.)
I feel that this letter must not be / closed . without another heartfelt expression of my love and / gratitude to all, for their sympathy and kind attentions to / us and our dear little Son, I cannot tell you how / much I feel his loss, For his Mother’s sake + his own I / had exercised for 10 long weeks considerable self denial / hoping then to see him return improved in every thing, / But God saw fit to take him to himself.
With love + kindest regards to all - including Rachel / who must also be included above.
I remain your affectionate Son,
S.H. Battin
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[LABEL]
Rev’d Stephen H. Battin
July Sep’r 1851
on the loss of his sonTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
