Letter from Joanna Livingston Van Wyck to Philip Gilbert Van Wyck, 1861
Entry/Object ID
HHV 002.259
Description
Letter from Joanna Livingston Van Wyck to Philip Gilbert Van Wyck
Subject
Family life, the Civil War, questions about life in New York
Subject Person/Organization
Joanna Livingston Van Wyck, Philip Gilbert Van Wyck
Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Providence, RI
Context
April 18th 1861
Collection
Van Cortlandt Manuscript Collection
Letter Details
Letter Date
Apr 18, 1861
Transcription
Transcription
My Dear Father
Not having quite / as much headach as [??] / this evening I thought I / would have a little talk / with you about the War / you think it is all right / I know, and that appears / to be the universal opinion / their is noting else talked / of or thought of here the / streets are crowded, the stars / + strips are flaunting from every / Public building + trs are / marching about in every / direction a numer of them / left this evening for Washington /
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and more tomorrow, the / greatest enthusiasm [presents] / even the church bells, chime / the national [airs], [Grace] / has just had a new set of / chimes, sixteen bells, and every / afternoon they play Hail / Collumbia, the star spangled / Banner, + Yankee Doodle on /them. __ I received a letter / from Annie to day she said / Kate had a great deal of / Neuralgia the day she went / to Greenwood . I feel quite / anxious to hear how she / is. _ Cousin Eliza + Eddie / have gone to Cambridge for / a day or two, + Hattie Gardiner / + I are keeping house the / Dr is home, he is all for / War. I expect to [return] / the [lot] of Mary Cousin Eliza / is coming with me she / will stop a week in
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New York though before / she comes up to Sing Sing / How is the Shad fishing / coming on ? [Gaby?] promised / to send me the Sing Sing / paper while I was away but / I have received but One. / Give my love to Kate + Eliza / Hattie also desires her love
Your affectionate
Daughter Joanna
Providence April 18th 1861
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J L Van Wyck
18 April 61
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[Mrs?]
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