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CATALOG NUMBER S 1015
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE April 3, 1800
AUTHOR Clarissa Renard
RECIPIENT Mary Anna Sawyer Schuyler
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Mr. Rogers, Mrs. Rogers, Susan [Payson/Parson], Mary
[Payson/Parson], Sarah Stocker, Mehitable Greenleaf,
Payson: possible daughters of Moses Paul Payson?? undetermined
Sarah Stocker: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KHJ3-F7H
Mehitable Greenleaf: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH8W-YP2
PLACES St. Bartelmy,
KEYWORDS slow mail, parties, death of Mr. Rogers ??, Clarissa moved to
West Indies, regards to old friends, girlhood,
St Barthelemy the 3ird April 1800
My Dear Mary anna
I received your letter of the 18 of September the / 19 of march it was very old but it gave me a great / deal of pleasure it shows me that you did not forget / me I hope that you did are very well as well as all / your family. When I remember all the agreeable / parties that we used to past in newbury port / I die to be thier my Dear friend give your / self one Idea this Island where we live it has / only Rocks and thorns I have not one young / lady for me to play with I often think of all / my little friends that is in newbury and I / I say to myself it may be one day that / I will meet you again with all of your my Dear / mary anna. I heard with a great sorrow / that Mr Rogers was dead [page torn - two lines of lost text]
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I pray you when you will see her [^ Mrs Rogers] to asure / her of my Respect and when you will write / me to give me of her news. Mama and grand / mama gives their love to your mama and sister / and grandpapa and [^ uncle] gives theirs to your papa and / brother tell your sister that mamas has sent / her letters to papa but she has not received the / ??? answer yet. And tell her that I do not / forget her and that love her always I pray / you to remember me to the miss pasons / susan mary nand sarah stocker & and mehita / ble greenleaf and tell them that I speak / of them a great deal and tell them I hope / hope that they Remember their dear Clarissa / and I hope that they will write me. I am / with a great deal of sincere love and affection[^n] / your friend clarifsa
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[ADDRESS]
Miss Mary Anna
Sawyer
Newbury PortTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
