Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER S 1039
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE July 27, 18[??]
post 1837 birth of Louisa
AUTHOR Mary Anna Sawyer Schuyler (mother)
RECIPIENT Eliza Hamilton Schuyler (Mrs. George Lee Schuyler)
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE George Lee Schuyler, Dr. [William Ellery] Channing, Mr. [Paton] of
NY, Miss Faris, cousin Alexander Malcom, Mrs Dantforth, Phil & Louisa, Fan, Mary, & Angela (Hamilton family?), James Alexander Hamilton (“Mr & Mrs JA”), Louisa Lee Schuyler (“little” Louisa), Mrs. Sullivan
PLACES New York, The Bath, The Cottage (Nevis), The North River,
Newburyport, Boston
KEYWORDS Alexander Pope poem “Eloisa to Abelard” (“Popes banished lover
& captive maid”), [P Hantville] case??, upcoming visit to Nevis,
MAS arm issue (neuralgia), rheumatism, Louisa’s urn on hand,
NOTE: poem, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44892/eloisa-to-abelard
[LATER - black ink, pencil]
# 1840?
[??] Mrs. P J Schuyler
Mrs Danforth + Mrs G. L. S. (her daughter inlaw)
[ORIGINAL]
[Wi-???] July 27 / Monday
My dear Eliza
I have had a delightful / visit from George, I had more of his / society condensed into one day, than could / be diluted into a month of usual / New York ways & days I was fortunate in having / quite a reprieve from my usual pain. / & yesterday I was particularly well all / day . I really think if Doctor Channing had / preached in the little conventicle close at / hand, I should have condescended to listen. / But as Mr. [Paton] of NY was the per- / former I quietly staid at home . Miss Faris / went to hear him , but from her account / he is as great a stickler for the law / as our cousin Alexander Malcom _
I received your letter with all the / pleasure that a little document of that / sort can ever give, even including Popes / banished lover & captive maid__ I had / seen the [P Hantville] case as stated in / the paper . & feel most anxious for the / result. It seems to me too ridiculous the / idea of [yourselves?/ Gensalver?] having Ladies to support
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him in Court it must be a [quiz?] __
I have found a charming / acquaintance in a Mrs Dantforth , that attracts me by her beauty, he ease, / & her naturalness_ it seems to me / one of these sort of things that I / cannot suffer to die _ She is rather an invalid, & we have been drawn toge- / ther by physical & mental sympathies. / I think you will know her some day_
The Bath retains all its charms. / I long to have you here . to dive, / to swim, & to enjoy it once more -- / I have bathed this morning . I go alone / but am sometimes a spectator / of the fun & merriment of others_ I have not seen the naiads . no such / creatures of youth, & grace, & beauty / have sported this Season in the waves ___ /
Well dear Eliza my sojourn is / nearly over_ This week finishes my stay / here . & one week after that I am in / attendance upon the D - not the Devil but / next door _ _ I hope to get to you by the /
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time I named in my last, & cannot doubt / it, the 20th of August _ and then for / the Cottage & the North River, & Phill / & Louisa __ How I regret to hear that Fan, Mary, & Angela are all under the / weather__ I hope you will take good / care of yourself & keep well. & get / some flesh in your little _ frame__ / George & I were very sorry that he / forgot to give your message to Mary. / How did it work . Did she go up on / Sunday morning? Do write & / tell me about every thing / around you_ and who and about / the children & Mr & Mrs JA_ their sons & daughters ___ Only think that it / is more than three weeks since I / have taken a meal, or rather a / mouthful, out of my own room . my / arm too has not allowed me to wear / any thing but morning dresses ___ / I am convinced that is much better - / The disease is not rheumatism but / nuralgy - upon which distinction I will / deliver you a little lecture when we meet . / Miss Faris is well, & all I can wish in this pos-[ition?ture?itive?]/
Burn burn __ Thine ever MAS
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[On envelope wings:]
How is my dear little Louisas hand. The burn / I mean_ and what does Phil say & do ./ does he have time to speak or think of / his Mamma __ send you letters to NYork for the [?/me] & [?/NYork?] will forward [them? on?] [Mr. Patman?] for
If you have occasion to speak of me_ / you can say I am going very shortly / to Newbury Port ____ I suppose Mrs Sullivan / is still at Boston___
[ADDRESS]
Mrs. George L. Schuyler
Cottage Nevis
Dobbs Ferry NYTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
