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CATALOG NUMBER VC 1275
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE November 30, 1828
AUTHOR Catharine Van Wyck (young)
RECIPIENT ? - cannot see salutation at top of page
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Ann Van Wyck (sister), Philip G Van Wyck, Mary Smith Gardiner,
Pierre ??, General Andrew Jackson, Eliza van Wyck,
PLACES Peekskill, school
KEYWORDS Ann and Eliza at school with Catharine, Catharine received
“Geography Medal”, Ann medal for improved reading, voting for
Jackson, Pierre had a “hand full of tickets and threw them in the
Jackson box”,
With pleasure I sit down this evening / to write to you to inform you that I have got the Geography / Medal every week this term. Ann is very much pleased / with her situation and school. Ann has had a Medal / for her improvement in reading. Pa and Ma were / down here on Friday and they told me that Pierre went / to Peekskill to vote for General Jackson and he had a / hand full of tickets and threw them in the Jackson / box. I have had a bad cold also Ann and Eliza / but have got better. I want to know very much how / Grandma is and also should like to know how the boys / come on with their studies.
I send my love to all the family. I / remain your affectionate Neice.
Catharine Van Wyck
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Catharine V. Wyck
Nov’r 30, 1828Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
