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CATALOG NUMBER S 1013
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE March 18, 18[08]
Likely date: since cousin Enoch dies soon after and
AUTHOR Mary Anna Sawyer Schuyler
RECIPIENT Dr. Micajah Sawyer & Sybil Farnham Sawyer
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Mary Bliss, William Schuyler (son, “the little babe”), [Dr.?] Mr. E.
[Enoch] Sawyer, Mrs. Tillotson, “cousin Enoch” Sawyer,
Cousin Enoch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MNM3-347
PLACES Newburyport, Tours, New York City, France, Holland, Switzerland
KEYWORDS “The Eastward”, “little babe”, new lighter wagon, “open” wagon,
Couchee, William Sawyer in Europe,
[BLUE INK - later]
キ refers to/ Letter from William Sawyer dated Tours Jan’y 2’d 1808 [incorrect date?]
From Mrs P J Shuyler to / /her father + mother
[ORIGINAL]
I have suffered a longer time than usual / to pass my dear Parents without writing you for it . / has been so long that I have not received one line / from the Eastward that I felt myself almost forgotten / yesterday I got your letter dear mama of the 7th M=ch / which informed me all was well. I am glad Mary Bliss / has got so cleverly give my love to her _ We are all / wekk here Too & the little babe grows finely. _ We / intend coming to see you about June & in a waggon / though not an open one _ it has been built on purpose / to travel with & is lighter ten times than the couchee _ / I think you will be pleased with it _ I wonder they / are not used in that part of the Country. I have often / thought Mr. E Sawyer would find one of them a great / convenience either with or without a top they are most / common here without ____ I rode down & drank tea / with Mrs. Tillotson the other afternoon she was all the / time wishing you could see the little Will’m . she said she / knew all about it by experience _ every body thinks him / the very image of Papa & Mr Schuyler says he never / saw so great a likeness between an infant & a grown person. / If he is only as good when he is a man! We have no other wish. /
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I hope you intend coming out in the Spring pray / write me word what is the reason nobody like me / well enough to come & see me ____ We received a / letter from brother Will _ dated Tours Jan’y 2nd perhaps / you had one at the same time though he says he / write in much haste as he had but just heard of / the opportunity & she sail’d immediately for N York _ / he wishes us to direct [^ to him] either by the way of France or Holland / he prefres the former if possible _ he says / he is very well & spends his time very pleasantly / his only alloy is not receiving letters from America his / last was dated Sept’r ___ he says _ “I am pretty much / decided to hazard another year abroad & trust the / event. In this case I shall probably go into Switzerland the / ensuing summer & to Italy the Winter following these / plans however so distant are of course in a degree / uncertain” ___ I write thus particularly thinking it / possible ours may be the only letter _ I long to / have him yet home am nevertheless glad that he / should gratify his curiosity to the extent ___ / Mr. S_ & children desire their remembrances of / respect & affection With much love your child _
MAS __
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My dear Cousin Enoch I was very glad of your short / Postscript & having always heard that to be thankful / for a little was the way to get more take the first / opportunity to tell you of it _ Heaven give you health & / happiness yours MAS ___
Dr. Tappan _____
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Dr Micajah Sawyer Esq’r
Newbury Port.
[LABEL]
Mrs Schuylers letter / 1808__
[POSTAL NOTATION]
17Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
