Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER VC 3190
OBJECT NAME Letter (journal?)
DATE [possible 1794 - en route to New Windsor?]
AUTHOR [Cornelia Clinton?]
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/KJ8F-KM8
RECIPIENT
MEDIUM paper, ink
PEOPLE “the Governor”, John McKesson, “Maria”, Mr Sands, “red headed
fellow”, “Caty”, “George” ??, “Maria’s beau”, Mr [VN], Mr Jones,
PLACES New York City, “John McKessons”, Queen Street, King Street,
Hanover Square, “Mr Sands”, “verletneberg’s hill”, Broadway, a
dock, the Battery, Greenwich [street?], sloop, New Windsor,
https://www.untappedcities.com/history-of-nyc-streets-why-is-there-king-street-prince-street-but-no-queen-or-princess-street-manhattan/
KEYWORDS regarding trip leaving New York City
After I Left the house of the Governor which / was on Wednesday the 4th of August at 4 OClock in the After= / noon we took our cours tords John McKessons & when we / had walked down Queen street as far as King Street, his / Excellency proposed our turning that Street as it / was probably that we might see some of our friends / Maria seconded the motion saying that it was a / narrow street & shady therefore it would be / Cooler than any other [^ except] than Hanover Square / & that was out of our way so it was agread / upon that we should take the nearest way, / so when we came as far as Mr Sands nearly / oposite there lives 2 Young Gentlemen & 3 youg / Ladies well the little red headed fellow who / has some pretentions to Maria poked his / head out of the window & said how do you do / Ladies, Oh very well [??] we all in a breath / Good by says Maria I am a going [page deteriorated] [well] / god beliefs you replied he in very mournfull / accents we walked on in this manner the Gov’r / & Caty before, Maria walked a little behind / with her arm drawn throw mine & her / Eyes fixed on the ground & every now & then / lifting her handkerchief in order to wipe away the / falling tears & repeating these words, does not / George look sorry, say did not he look very mu-[ch?] / distress pre-[??]-ly I heard some one say /
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How do you do Gov’r how do you do Mifs Clinton, / by this time we have got opposite the wind, / of a white house, no I believe it is a store / I gave Maria a little push to see who [??] / there when after looking sometime I per- / eived a little man sitting on a counter & in / a [lone?] voice cried Goodby peace & heaven be / with the Maria & My self both said fare= / [??]-ll put our handkerchiefs to our eyes drawed / our veils & walked on. __ Caty said nothing / but [sying] every moment as if her heart / would break walks along side of my / father I nead not say that she was oblig’d / to draw her vele over her face. _ nothing / particular hapened from the time we / turned King street till we arrived at / John Mc Kefsons. _ when we hard got a far as this / we began to think of taking leave of our friends / there which diverted our minds from the la-[??] / melancholy farewells thro King Street. _ / we took ourselves upstairs to the Dining / room where after we had take a glafs of / wine & water to re-[?-ute?] ourselves [^ us a little] we [??-] / =ked in the drawing room kifsed the Ladies all / round to & took ourselves of through verletenbergs / hill acrost broadway to the dock where we / exspected to find the sloop but dreadful to tell [?] / [fter] walking from the battery to Greenwich
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Maria [?-ou-?] Beau had a pretty [smart] lecter / from the Govrnor (which I am happy to / say has been of serviceable to him) upon / account of not leting us now more perticu / =larly the houre the sloop was to sale. / after drinking our tea which we pored down / as fast & as hot as [??] got it we sat aff ag= / =ain for the dock & we arrived there with / out any inconveniences except Mr [VN] / & My self who had like to have fallen over / a small shoe which lay in the streat - . / when we came to the vessel (which by / good luck was there) Mr JOnes poked Maria / in the sloop as did mr [VN] [^ did’ me Lady Caty / we left to the care of my Father. _ we / went in the [cabbeen] & found a decent / old lady there who was or pretended to be / very happy to see us we appeared like= / =wise to be glad to see her for we lernt / this old [maxim] ( from our father and Mother) / to make the best of a bad bargain. _ / we kifsed the young [^ Gentlemen] that accompanied / us there & then set Sale for the Citty of / New Windsor. —Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
