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CATALOG NUMBER VC 1216
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE September 1, 1831
AUTHOR Joanna Livingston Van Wyck
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7NW-NM8
(approx. 19 years old?)
RECIPIENT Mary Smith Gardiner Van Wyck
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Mary Dayton, Uncle Nathaniel [Gardiner], Aunt Eliza, Miss
[Balton], Samuel Gardiner, also “Uncle Samuel”, Aunt Mary, Eliza
Van Wyck (sister), Ann Van Wyck (sister), Catharine Van Wyck
(sister), Cortlandt Van Wyck (brother),
PLACES Easthampton, Saybrook, Sag Harbor, beach, church
KEYWORDS trip to Long Island, steam boat Macdonough, early AM arrival,
steamboat Matilda, “religious revival”, converts, Mary Dayton
converts, where to school for Eliza and Ann,
The Macdonough: https://www.emergingamerica.org/exhibits/steamboat-barnet/sources/macdonough-steamboat-1826
Dear Mama
We arrived here tuesday evening or rather morn - / ing for it was one oclock We left New York on Monday at / five oclock with the Steam boat Macdonough and arrived / at Saybrook at little before Sunrise when we took the / steamboat Matilda to New London and arrived there to / breakfast We was all day and till eleven oclock at night / [coming?] to Sag harbour which was very tedious we found / them all very well here, I went to the beach yesterday / afternoon and went to Church last evening there has / been a very great revival of religion here Mary Dayton / is one of the new converts. I called at Uncle Nathaniels / this morning Miss [Balton] is staying there yet. Aunt Eliza / dose not appear to be reconciled to Easthampton.
I saw Samuel Gardiner this morning be said that Uncle / Samuel is a going to New - York to morrow but Aunt Mary / dose not accompany him, __ Where to you intend sending / Eliza + [??] to school tell Eliza and Catharine they must / write to me Cortlandt is very well give my love to all / the family write me soon
Your affectionate Daughter
Joanna
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[LABEL]
Joanna Van Wyck
To
Mary S Van Wyck
Sept 1st 1831Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
