Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER S 958
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE February 10, 1800
AUTHOR [General] Philip [John] Schuyler
RECIPIENT Philip Jeremiah Schuyler
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler (daughter), Catherine Van
Rensselaer Schuyler (“Mama”), Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler
Van Rensselaer (“sister Rensselaer”), Sarah (”Sally”) Rutsen
Schuyler, the children,
PLACES Peekskill (Peeks Skill), New York, Rhinebeck
KEYWORDS travel
Monday Feb: 10’’ 1800
My Dear Child
I had the pleasure of your / affectionate letter of friday last, thank / God I am perfectly restored to health_
It will facilitate and expedite my / Catherines return If you can find it / convenient to meet her with your slay [sic] / I expect she will leave New York to day / and Probably come on about twenty miles / and may reach Peeks Skill to morrow _,,_
Your Mama & Sister Rensselaer are in / Good health, and unite with me in love / to you to Sally and the Children, God / bless you my Dear Child
I am ever most affect’ly Yours /
Ph:Schuyler
Ph:Jer:Schuyler Esq’r
[ADDRESS]
10
To Philip: Jer: Schuyler Esq’r
At
Rhynbeck
[REVERSE OF ADDRESS]
Gen Schuyler
Feb’y 10. 1800Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
