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LETTER FROM BARON L. VON MANDELSTOHE TO JOSEPH DELAFIELDEntry/Object ID
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Stockbridge Mass May 26 /
1845 /
My dear Sir /
The bearer of this letter is my friend Mr. Jones from / Stockbridge in whose favor Mrs. Delafield has had / the great kindness to interfere, my thanks for it & / also for Your friendly letter. Mr. Jones decided wisely / to go personally to N.Y., his way there is paved, &/ he may now try his good luck; I wish him from all/ my heart a good success, I believe he deserves it. /
From Your letter I conclude that You are all / well, & with delight, that You calculate to spend / some time of the summer with us Berkshire people./ As to Your questions there is no doubt that You could / stay at Mr. Galpins if You apply in time, & I know / certainly that Mr. Galpin as well as Mrs Goodwin / would rather have Your family, than any other, but if / You are decided to take lodgings at a farmers a little / farther from the river there will be found Mr. Ash / burner & I have been on some hunting excursions for that / purpose, & found very good accommodations at Mr. / Yales very near Stockbridge on an elevated ground / towards North Lee, & I found a suitable place at Mr. / G. Warners’ about 3 3 miles from Stockbr. This latter place, / indeed a little far from Your friends, is on the other hand / more distant from the river. It is on the very mountains /
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by the way of Glendale, the people is kind, but not / much educated, the house new & comodious (sic) / but very simply furnished, good milk in abundance in every / style, excellent butter etc, shady woods near roundabout / & biutiful (sic) views. I know the people personally, since / a boy of a N.Y. friend of mine lodges & boards there / & goes to the school of Mr M. Warner brother of G.W ¼ / of a mile distant, & I know that they are very kind / people who would do all in their power to make / You comfortable, but their common way of living / is simple; & I believe they know not great deal about / refined cookery. But the situation is biutiful (sic), with- / out danger, secluded, & not too far from Your Stockbr. /friends. As to Lenox there would certainly not be any / river at all, & I should be very glad to have You there, / since I am to stay there, & I would devote all my spare / time to Your children, but I believe You would be/ too isolated there. Ms. Anne has enquired for You there / & she will tell You the result. /
It has been pretty cold here, but the country looks delight- / ful, I wish You would come very soon as it is cer- / tainly very good for Mrs. Delafield & the childrens / heatlh & we owe to Joe some scrambling & playing / robbers in the green meadows & woods. When You write / again either to Ms. Anne or to me please to mention / whether Mrs. Lang & the other servant girl or only /
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One of them are coming over? /
Mrs. Jone & Susan Sedgwick Mr. Galpin & family / want to be remembered. My regards to / Mrs Delafield, & to Your brother Doctor & my love to Louis, Matty, Julie, & Joe. /
respectfully and truly /
Yours /
L von Mandelstohe
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Von Mandestohe /
May 26/45- /
Jos. Delafield Esq. /
104 /
114 Franklinstreet /
New York /
Kindness of /
Mr. R. Jones.
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