Letter from Catharine Irving to Florence Jaffray Woodriff
Entry/Object ID
HHV 003.6
Description
Letter from Catharine Irving to Florence Jaffray Woodriff
Subject
Sale of Sunnyside to Alexander Duer Irving
Subject Person/Organization
Catharine Ann Irving (1816-1911), Florence Jaffray Woodriff, Alexander Duer Irving (1842-1910)
Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
New York, Sunnyside
Collection
Irving Manuscript Collection
Letter Details
Letter Date
Apr 11, 1896
Transcription
Transcription
My dear Florence
I write a line just / to say that our dear little / home of “Sunnyside” does / not go out of the family / but that we have passed / it over to our nephew / Duer Irving as Staten / Island who I think will / appreciate it and be able / to keep it in good order / which we found we /
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Had no longer the means / of doing and besides we / were getting too old for / the care of a place in the / country and all the troubles / incident to housekeeping / and although I know we / shall miss the little home / when summer comes still / we as well as our family / all thought it wiser for / us to give it up. We shall / miss too, many of our old / neighbors unless they are
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Kind enough to come and / see us occasionally which / I hope you will, it is a / convenient situation when / you come down on some / shopping expedition and / as we are out very little / we shall always be so / glad to see you. I am / glad you are pleased to / have the little picture for / after we are gone I do not know whose hands it / might fall into and I would
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rather know now where it / has gone . with kind love / from my sister
I am yours affectionately
Catharine Irving
