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CATALOG NUMBER VC 1195
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE n.d.
AUTHOR Rev. Stephen Henry Battin (son-in-law)
RECIPIENT Gard[iner Van Wyck (brother in law)]
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Catharine VW Battin (“Kate”, wife), baby, “Aunty”, Joanna VAn
Wyck,
PLACES Christ Church Rectory, Cooperstown NY, Albany, bookstores, Kip farm,
KEYWORDS [“Lossing’s Revolu-[tion]?] (poss. Benson John Lossing], interest
in purchasing Kip farm for $11,000, retirement
Christ Ch. Rectory.
Dear Gard,
I reached home on / friday night and found Mrs B. / and baby enjoying a very bad cold, / Aunty looks pretty well. She wishes / Joanna to write oftener, because / she is lonely __ I looked in at all / the bookstores in Albany + found / bare one copy of [Lossings Revolu?], / for which I paid the low price of / $7. I would not take $10 to day /
I have revolved in my mind / the cheapness of the Kip farm, + / and as I shall want by and by to / retire from duty, think that I / should like to be near you all, /
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If it must be sold or is to be sold / at any rate, at $11,000 _ which is / considerable less than $100 [^ $85]. per acre, / why I should like to be the pur / chaser of about 30 or 40, acres / for which I can easily pay by / installments, There is no danger / but it will soon be worth more, / Beside it is pleasant to live near / rich relations – I will locate / the acres when I come down in / the fall, when too I hope to be able / to pay ½ down _ if yet unsold. / of course. I save you the trouble / of looking for Lossing _ with / love to all your affect brother
S. H. BattinTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
