Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER VC 1289
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE February 26, 1840
AUTHOR Ward B. Burnett
RECIPIENT Philip Gilbert Van Wyck
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Major General Aaron Ward
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PLACES Ottawa
KEYWORDS sent Gen. Ward a pair of taxidermied prairie chickens (grouse),
now Burnett returns a gift of two pair of game birds from the West,
Ottawa, February 26th 1840
Dr Dir,
In sending Gen. Aaron Ward, a pair / of prairie chickens or grous, prepared as they are / when exhibited at Museums; it has occurred / to me that such a specimen of the abundant / game of the West, would not be unacceptable / to you, as a present from an old friend.
The two pair are now [packed?], and will / leave here in a week or fortnight on their way / East. I should have been glad to have sent / you some for your table this winter, (the only / season of the year when they could reach you / fit for such purpose,) but I have not had / an opportunity.
My wife joins me in my respects to / you and your family and believe me
Yours Very Truly
W. B. Burnett
To
Gen. Van Wyck }
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[ADDRESS]
Gen. Van Wyck
Sing-Sing
Westchester Co
New York
[POSTMARK]
[25?]
[POSTAGE STAMP - red ink, circle]
OTTAWA
MAR
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[??]Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
