Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER VC 1210
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE [December 1828]
AUTHOR Joanna Livingston Van Wyck
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7NW-NM8
(approx. 16 years old?)
RECIPIENT Mary Smith Gardiner Van Wyck (“Mama”)
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE “Aunt”, Dr. [Mc.Naughton?], his brother (also Dr.?), Catharine Van
Renfselaer, “Uncle Pierre”, “Uncle General”,
PLACES Fairfield,
KEYWORDS “lectures at Fairfield”, election, Uncle General “confined to his
room with his tooth and face”
My Dear Mama
I am happy to inform you that Aunts / health continues to improve she is much better than / when you left us and has a good appetite / Dr. [McNaughton?] has gone to attend the lectures at / Fairfield and his Brother now attends Aunt / Uncle Pierre left her on friday he said he / should return after the election I should / of wrote you last mail but Uncle Pierre said / he should see you as soon as a letter would / Catharine Van Renfselaer is now staying here / Aunt had a letter from Uncle General he said / he was confined to his room with his tooth / and face I hope / by this time he has got / quite better of it Aunt joins me in love / to all the family tell Eliza she must write / to me
Your affectionate daughter
J. Van Wyck
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[LABEL]
Joanna Van Wyck
December 1828Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
