Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER VC 1206
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE March 4, 1827
AUTHOR Joanna Livingston Van Wyck
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7NW-NM8
(approx. 14 years old)
RECIPIENT Mary Smith Gardiner (“mama”, “MSVW”)
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE -Uncle David [Gardiner],
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L4LS-V5J
-Aunt Julianna (wife of Uncle David, Juliana McLachlan) https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MP2Z-CB7
-Mrs Edwards
-Samuel Gardiner - brother to Mary Smith, “Uncle Samuel”
Samuel Smith Gardiner
-Sarah Gardiner - relation unknown
-”Uncle Pierre - Pierre Van Cortlandt II ? or dif from “Uncle General”?
-”Aunt Mary” -
-”Catharine” [Van Wyck?] - sister?
-”Courtlandt and the children” - ??
Likely: Philip Cortlandt Van Wyck
-”little David” - David Van Wyck
-”Pierre” (child) - Dr. Pierre Cortlandt Van Wyck
-”Uncle General” - dif. from “Uncle Pierre”? PCV II?
PLACES New York, “Mr Hall’s School” for boys, “westend of” Long
Island, Flushing, Jamaica, “the north river”,
KEYWORDS drawing, french, Dancing School Balls, “regretted for the first time
that I could not dance”, “little boys” of Mr Halls school (8 years and
up), Uncle David talks of buying a farm west LI, Uncle Pierre had
been unwell, excursion to Jamaica and Flushing to look at
properties (with/for? Uncle David),
New York March the 4th 1827
My Dear Mama
I have received papa and Catharine’s letter / some time since and have neglected answering th-[??em ??] but they / must consider this as an answer although addressed to you and / I hope they will write me [^ again] soon Since I wrote you I have enjoyed / good health and spirits and regularly my drawing / and french school accepting two or three days when the / weather prevented The winter with me has passed / rapidly away + I can scarcely realize announce - / ment of spring I have attended two dancing School / Balls within the last two weeks and enjoyed them / very much and regretted for the first time that I could / not dance The little boys belonging to Mr Halls School / consisting of about fifty attended accompanied by / their teachers I assure you it was a handsome and / and pleasing sight to observe their elegant dancing / and gentlemanly deportment even those of eight / years old appeared perfectly like gentlemen. _
Uncle David talks seriously of buying a farm on the / westend of Long Island and Aunt Julianna Mrs Edwards / and myself spent one day last week in riding to Flush - / ing and Jamaica to view the different places adver - / tised for sale I enjoyed the excursion very much [well] / Although I think Uncle David had better conclude / to go some where up the north river. I called last evening
[END OF PAGE 1]
At Uncle Samuels they are all very well and Sarah / Gardiner is making them a visit I hear nothing / from Uncle Pierre to inform you of some time since / I was informed that he was very unwell but as I have / not heard of him lately I presume he is better. Aunt / Mary wishes me to call there with her which I have / engage to do the first pleasant day if she is well / enough. I was much pleased to learn from Catha-[^rines] / letter that Courtlandt and the children were / making such rapid advances in their studies / I should be delighted to see little David who has / probably by this time grown quite out of my knowledge / and Pierre too must have improved very much in his / talking give my love to Grandmama Uncle General papa / and the children
Your affectionate daughter
Joanna Van Wyck
[END OF PAGE 3]
[LABEL]
Mifs Joanna Van Wyck
To
Her mother
Mary Van Wyck
March 4th 1827
[BLUE INK - later, different hand?]
[??-nting?]Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
