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CATALOG NUMBER S 1049
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE December 24, 1847
AUTHOR Matilda Bergh [Catharine Matilda Taylor Bergh]
https://fromthepage.com/ncsulib/rare-and-unique-digital-collections/aspca-20211027-28721
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bergh
RECIPIENT [Mary Anna Sawyer] Schuyler
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Mr. & Mrs. Schuyler, Mr. Marcheal, Mr Coleman, Mrs. [Moulton],
her daughter, Mrs. Walsh, Mrs. Haight, Mr. ?? Hamilton, Maria Anna Marzia (“Marietta”) Alboni, Jenny Lind, Guilia Grisi, Mr. & Miss Hamilton, Henry Bergh,
PLACES Paris, Florence, Nice, Genoa, Hôtel Du Rhin, the
Grand Opera, the Italien Opera
KEYWORDS MAS travel to Europe, steamship, début of Moulton daughter, Mr.
Hamilton’s “beauty”, Mrs. Haight’s “recherche dinner”, “the
Presentation”, masquerade, “palin” “M’elle Alboni” vs “Jenney Lind”, Grisi’s “departing glory”, writing case, Opera,
Paris Dec 24th.1847
My dear Mrs Schuyler
I received your charming letter last evening & / am delighted to hear that you have reached / Florence without being robbed, or other disagrem’ens / incidental to travellers, Not getting a letter, I began / to be somewhat alarmed having heard of several / hairbeadth escapes between Nice & Genoa ___
By the last steamer we received two / very Kind notes from Mr & Mrs Schuyler, / tho ties of association are so strong that I / will not allow myself to feel that they are / from strangers. You ask me if we are still / to the Hôtel Du Rhin? Yes_ and I begin to / doubt if we shall ever leave the enchanting / spot. Occasionaly we send for Mr Marcheal / & find any quantity of fault & threaten to / leave, then he promises to do so much better / for the future, that we are induced /
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to remain_. As to what we do + probably / Mr Coleman's letter will inform you, as he / told me to day that he had written you / and said of us, that we had "nothing / to do but read the news papers & love"__ /
We have just received an invitation / from Mrs.. [Moulton] for monday evening, it / is to be the début of her daughter & quite / a large ball._ Mrs.. Walsh gave a party / on friday, which is said to have been a / magnificent affair in the Paris sense, / which is somewhat different from ours__ /
Mrs Haight gave a recherché dinner / last week, (by the by tell Mr Hamilton / I am rather disappointed in his beauty) / those are the only American entertainments / I have heard of__
We have made all our preparations / for the Presentation. How I wish you were / all here to go with us, I can't tell you / how desolate we have felt since your / departure, sometimes we have become / quite desperate, & decided to leave forth- / with then the recollection that it is winter, / and rather cold to visit Russia, has / determined us to remain until the spring / when I hope we shall see you. Do / hurry through Italy & come back and /
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Spend a month or two here_ /
The second masquerade is to be given on / Saturday at the Grand Opera, the stores / are filled with dominoes, masks, & all / sorts of queer dresses, & present a most / attractive appearance at night when / lighted , with persons trying on / the various costumes__
At the Italien Opera there is a new star Melle Alboni, as yet we have been unable / to obtain places every thing desirable having / been engaged for a week or two. Report / says she sings delightfuly, second only / to Jenney Lind, but that she is shocki-[page torn] / -ly plain, being perfectly even from head / to foot, not the least appearance of a wais-[t?] /
Grisi is exerting herself astonishingly & / for the last few nights is said to have / quite revived her departing glory___
The little writing case has been a perfect / treasure, I use it on all occasions & value / it exceedingly for its many conveniences, & / for having been the travelling companion / of one I love so well.___
With love to Mr. & Miss Hamilton in / which Mr.. B_ joins, & in the hope / of meeting you ere long, believe me, my dear Mrs Schuyler /
yours truly,
M. Bergh
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[ADDRESS]
Mme Schuyler
(aux soins de Mesrs Torlonia & Co)
Rome
Italy
[POSTAL NOTATION]
[??] d’ Angleterre
[7?]3
[POSTAMRK 1 - red]
V[EN]D[I?]
[U]NINGA
[POSTMARK 2 - red, circle]
ROMA
3Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
