Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER VC 1273
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE December 8, 1827
AUTHOR Catharine Van Wyck (young)
RECIPIENT Philip Gilbert Van Wyck
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE General Pierre Van Cortlandt,
PLACES Mount Pleasant, Misses Delavans school, Miss Mary, “Cortlandt
Town”, Westchester
Likely Mary Ogden Delavan: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9NW9-PHR
KEYWORDS school, education
Mount Pleasant, December 8th 1827
My Dear Father
I now have an opportunity of writing to you, to let / you know that we are both very well. I should like to see Mama, / GrandMama, Uncle General, and all the children on Christmas. I like my school / very much, and I learn Geography, Grammar, History, Writing and Arithmetic, /
There are twenty six boarders at the Misses Delavans school. I send my / love to Mama, GrandMama, Uncle General and all the children.
Mifs Mary says I may soon begin to draw maps. I remain your / affectionate daughter Catharine Van Wyck
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[LABEL]
Daughter
Catharine Van Wyck
1827
about the school
[ADDRESS - DIFFERENT HAND]
To/ Philip Van Wyck Esq’r
Courtlandt Town
West ChesterTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
