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CATALOG NUMBER VC 1204
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE May 18, 1826
AUTHOR Joanna Livingston Van Wyck
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7NW-NM8
(approx. 14 years old)
RECIPIENT Philip Gilbert Van Wyck (“Papa”)
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE [Mary Smith Gardiner] (“Mama”), Aunt ??, “Uncle General” (Pierre
VC II?),
PLACES Albany,
KEYWORDS Mama anxious for her to come home?, with Aunt in Albany still,
Albany May 18th. 1826
Dear Papa
I now take my pen in my hand to write to you to / to inform you that we are well.
Uncle General arrived here yesterd-[^ a]-y and leavs [It] again today for the / westward.
If Mama is anxious for me to come home I wish you woul come and fetch / me for it will be a good while before Uncle General returns from the / westward and Aunt does not extecp to come and pay us a visit this / summer
I wish you would xx?x write me soon and let me Know wether / mama wishes me to come down and when you are coming to fetch [^ me] / Aunt and and Uncle general unite with me in love to you all
I remain your affectionate
daughter
Joanna Van Wyck
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[LABEL]
Joanna VAn Wyck
May 18th 1826
[BLUE INK - later? Different hand?]
About her UncleTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
