Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER VC 1269
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE January 10, 1840
AUTHOR Philip Gilbert Van Wyck
RECIPIENT Philip “Cortlandt” Van Wyck
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE “Holland and Aspinwall”
PLACES US ShipNaples, “off the Highlands”, [illegible - Blfairese?],
KEYWORDS “Ship Naples”, Cortlandt is “very feble + much reduced”, “Holland
and Aspinwall” owners of the “Naples”,
Ship Naples
off the Highlands Jan 10th 1840
My Dear Father
You no doubt will be very much astonished / in receiving this but do not be alarmed. I left [illegible location] / on November last in this ship on [??-ks] [??-ks?] - I have been sick / for a long time and am now very feble + much reduced / owing to the length of [^ the] voyage + sudden changes of the Climate / I wish you would come down to New York immediately / you will find out wether the ship [^ has] arrived or not by inquiring / at the store of Mr [Holland?] + Aspinwall to whom [she?] / belongs at preasent there is no prospect of me / getting [off] to day as the wind is a head from [?? ??] / I send this letter up by the pilot boat
Your affectionate son
PC Van Wyck
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Philip G Van Wyck Esq’r
Sing Sing
Westchester County
New York
[POSTMARK]
10
[POSTAGE STAMP - red ink, circle]
NEW YORK
JAN
11
[LABEL]
Mid P.C. Van Wyck
Jan’y 10th 1840
___________Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
