Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER VC 1249
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE March 27, 1861
AUTHOR Joanna Livingston Van Wyck
RECIPIENT (“sister”) (Kate or Eliza?)
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Eliza and Eddie, Sarah, Rachel, Mrs Chappel, her children
PLACES Providence, depot, Harlem, Grace (Episcopal Church),
KEYWORDS Sarah’s illness, journey up to Providence, omnibus, train,
presents, caps, “knitting cotton”, new chimes and bells at “Grace”,
knitting,
https://www.gracechurchprovidence.org/music-at-grace/the-ringing-bell-tower/
The C# bell is inscribed “From the Physicians of Providence”
My Dear Sister
I arrived here / very safely yesterday afternoon / but with a very bad headach / found Eliza and Eddie very / well, the Dr had gone that / morning to New York, after / leaving you on Monday / I walked up to [Sloan’s?] then / took the Omnibus to Sarahs / I found her better than she / was in the morning so she was / able to be down to tea, I did / not feet it that night but / think I must have taken cold / for I woke up the next day / with headach + sore throat / however I got up and eat
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Some breakfast _ rode up / to the depot where I found / my trunks all safe, checked / them _ got in the cars all in / good time, by the time we / got to Harlem it began to rain / it cleared up before we got / to New Haven + the sun came / out but it soon clouded over / again but we had no more / rain. There was snow in / the fields + the sides of the / road all the way + very / high drifts in some places / I cannot write you a very / long letter as my head is / still aching, allthough / much better than it was / yesterday. It has been rainy / all day. Eliza is going down / to church at [4] oclock but / I am not going out to day / Eddie was very much
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pleased with her preasents / Eliza was delighted with / the Photographs you sent / she desires her best love and / says she will write to you / in a day or two. The caps / were just the right things + / she was also much pleased / with Rachels work, she / will send you the knitting / cotton when she writes. She / got your last letter but she / was very busy at the time + / forgot it. Mrs Chappel + / her children have been hear / spending a week.
The workmen are busy put= / =ting in the new chime of / Bells at Grace. They are / to be ready for Easter / write soon + tell me all / the news. Tell [Gaity?] I have
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Been knitting on the [reins?] for / her table today . . Give my / best love to all at home
Your attached Sister
Joanna
Providence March 27th 1861
[LABEL - REVERSE]
J. L. Van Wyck
61/Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
