Emma Nicholas Malony (1816-1866), Julia Hoffman (1810-1861)
Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
New York
Collection
Hoffman Manuscript Collection
Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER HF 3037 A
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE
AUTHOR Julia Hoffman
RECIPIENT Emma Nicholas
MEDIUM Paper, ink
New York March 20th, 1826/
I did not intend my dear Emma to have/ delayed so long answering your letter and I am afraid / you will think that I did not ever mean to do it/ Pa has not yet come home I have just got a letter/ from him and from his sending me money I do not/ believe he means to come soon I shall be delighted to/ see Matilda for I am very lonesome and very tiered of/ being with only George./
Nance has another family of kittens Caty only kept/ two they are the great amusement of Billy he plays/ with them and makes them [holler] a great deal./ I have not seen Mary or Phil in a great while all/ winter I have taken Spanish lessons in the moring/ on Saturday which prevented my going for Mary and/ since I have left off every Saturday has been rainy./
Mr. Fields was here a few nights ago he said that/ he expects to [crossed out] go to Stockbridge the beginning of/ April so that Matilda will just miss him./
So Mr. Fairchild is engaged to Miss Jones I suppose/ since his engagement he rolls his eyes on her instead/ of rolling them on Matilda and you as he used to/ do
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It is dark that I cannot see to write any more/ Give my love to your mother and Matilda/ Your affectionate aunt/
Julia Hoffman
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[Address]
1st/
To/
Miss Emma Nicholas/
Stockbridge/
Massachusetts/
[Postmark]
New-York/
Mar/
21/
No. 1/
{unrecovered}2/
[END OF LETTER]
