Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER HF 3031 D
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE c.1833?
AUTHOR W.R. Williams
RECIPIENT Ann(e) Hoffman Nicholas
MEDIUM Paper, ink
DESCRIPTION Letter in regards to Ann Hoffman’s "library employments". Ann writing a novel?
PEOPLE
PLACES
EVENTS
KEY WORDS library,
*Original spelling retained throughout work, content appears exactly as written.
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My dear Madam/
I return your message with many thanks for the/ pleasure of pursuing it has with regret that you should/ have deemed it necessary to submit it to my examination/ I think the scene a very touching one both with much/ beautiful simplicity the truth that “fact is stronger/ than fiction” appears from the circumstance that the/ very object which struck me on the first reading was,/ that such apparent quotations in the last hours of/ life are hardly natural. On viewing again your/ note, I observed what had before been overlooked/ was the dialogue is founded as fact./
Wishing you much success in your library/ employments that guidance + [unrecovered] by which/ all shall be consecrated to the sources of your God./
I remain very respectfully/
Yours/
W.R. Williams/
To Mrs Nicholas/
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Mrs. Nicholas/
[received]
[END OF LETTER]Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
