Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER S 1044
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE October 31, 1807
AUTHOR Sybill Sawyer (mother)
RECIPIENT Mary Anna Sawyer Schuyler
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Philip Jeremiah Schuyler, George Gardner Lee, Mrs. Greenleaf,
[Kitty/Hilty?], her Mother, Mrs Frothingham, Thomas Sawyer, aunt
Hay, Uncle ??, sister [Hannah?], Mr Parsons, Louisa [Catharine
Louisa Farnham?], her Father [William Farnham?], Daniel [Farnham], her sisters [Mary, Charlotte, Phebe, Sybil, Elizabeth Farnham], her brothers [William], Clementine ??, Caroline [Smith? - cousin], Sybill [Simth? - cousin], Catharine [Hay? Or other?], William Sawyer (brother), Catharine [Schuyler - step daughter], the little boys [Schyler stepsons], Mr Sands, Micajah Sawyer (father), Cousin hannah, Hannah Bliss Emerson Farnham,
PLACES Hartford, Andover, Rhinebeck, Boston
KEYWORDS “ungratful servant”?? [sister or someone else?],” go to Andover to
board for his health”, Myrtle (plant), “ask them to husking”,
“Complaint in your eyes”, death of Hannah Bliss Emerson
Farnham, tribute to her,
NewburyPort October 31 1807
My Dear Maryanna
We were very glad to hear by Mr Schuylers letter that you got / on so well to Hartford, the weather continued very plesent till Saturday when we hope you / reached home Safely and found all well. we were surprised to hear by a letter from Hannah / of the ill turn which she had when you was with us, she writes that she is much better since / her diet has been cheifly [milk?] that she felt so much better as to think of visiting us, / no doubt Mr Lee has informed you of the recovery of your ungratful servant, Mrs Greenleaf / sent very soon after you left us to have you visit her. [Kitty/Hilty?] call'd and said her Mother / would have come in the rain if she had a knowen[sic] you were a going so soon, Mrs / Frothingham is a geting cleaverly, they have persuaded her husband to go to Andover to / board for his health, -- your Myrtle has taken its station at the corner of the siting room / and is much noticed for its beauty._
November 10th
[page torn] delayed finishing My letter in hopes of receiving one from you, be affured / My dear Child you occupy much of My thoughts, I am often with you in Imagina-[^tion] / do write me everything relative to your self and family. Thomas spent last / Sunday with us he said that they had heard of your geting well to Rhinebeck / we should have gone to Boston before this. had not Hannah [^repeatedly] wrote us that / she was much better, we entend going very soon, your aunt Hay came to your / Uncles last evening, by her we have a few lines from your Sister, she mentioned being / troubled with ague, but says Mr Parsons has just call'd to ask them to husking on / Thursday which is tomorrow. she hopes if the weather / is good to be able to go, the weather is very fine today, and I hope will continue so,
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My love to Loisa [later - ^Farnham] and tell her that her Father has agreeable accounts / from Daniel, and her Sisters and other Brothers are well, desire to be rememberd, / Clementines health is better, Sibyll is very well, Caroline is going to [Savoy?/Lavry?] with / catharine whilst your aunt is here, thay[sic] all desire to be rememberd to you all / we have no letters from William Since you were here, but are dayly expecting some / My love to Catharine, and the little boys, who I hope are all well, our regards / to your worthy friend Mr Sands, hope his health is better, we are favoured / with good health, My journey was of great advantage to me, /
although seperated from many of our earthly friends, what a privilege that/ we have an Almighty friend, who is not a far off,
Nov 11
I have just returned from seeing your aunt Hay, she told me that Thomas / information was a mistake as to them haveing heard from Rhinebeck, that we / were happrehensive something was the matter. am happy in finding a letter / from you, and that you are releived from the Complaint in your eyes, it is / [mimular?] to what your Father had,
your letter from William is later then[sic] any we have received, we have had small flights of Snow repeatedly / but very pleasant after, dont give your self any anxiety as to what Cousin / hannah did for you I will take care of it, My paper is full and it is / time to leave of, your Father unites with me in love and affection to / Mr Schuyler and your self,
adieu S Sawyer
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The following tribute is offered to the memory of Mrs Farnham, whose death / was announced in our last
Strangers admired the dignity of her manners and the sweetness / of her countenance; her acquaintance respected and honored her / maternal character; but her friends, the chosen companions of / her heart, alone knew her worth, They beheld her fortitude in / suffering, her cheerfulness under the adverse scenes of life, and / her constant endeavors to promote the happiness of those / around her. They too witnessed her patience in sickness, her / resignation to the divine will, her lively and animating / faith in a Redeemer, her fervent devotion and her deep humility / Her prayers were those of a penitent before the Throne of Grace– / her hopes rose upon the promises of the Gospel, an affectionate / husband mourns her departure- children yet too young to [page torn] / thier loss, weep in sympathy with thier elder brothers a-[page torn] / Sisters-- but her trust was in God; and he will never leave / nor forsake those that put their trust in him,
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[ADDRESS]
Philip J. Schuyler Esq’r
Rhinebeck
Dutchefs County State of
New York ______
[POSTAL NOtATION]
17
[POSTMARK - black ink, circle]
NEWB? MS
NOV
12Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
