Name/Title
Letter from Catharine Irving to Katrina Irving WilliamsEntry/Object ID
HHV 003.668Description
Letter from Catharine Irving to Katrina Irving Williams
Two sets of pages - letter, and page in unknown handwriting with following text: "Date of letter 1880 / Theodore's death, Dec (sic) 20 / 1880 mentioned / Katrina Williams would have been / living in Medford at this time."Subject
Theodore's death, family news, Christmas, SunnysideSubject Person/Organization
Catharine Ann Irving (1816-1911), Katrina Van Tassel Irving Williams (1845-1915), Theodore Irving (1809-1880), Marie Louise Ketching Irving (1836?-1893?), Sarah Sanders Paris Storrow (1813-1885), Wentworth Cruger Bacon (1880-1959), Catharine Paris Storrow Bacon (1842-1917)Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
New York, Brooklyn, NYCollection
Irving Manuscript CollectionTranscription
Transcription
92 Fifth Ave
Dec 25th
Thank you very much my / dear Kate for your very pretty / Christmas card, it is a pleasure / to know that we are remembered / at such times and particularly / I suppose as we grow older / and the family dwindles down. / Our Christmas times are so changed / from what they used to be, when / the little Cottage was filled to / overflowing, and for so many / years without any interruption / now we are seated quietly in our / bed room without any thing /
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To mark the day. Fortunately / we have out little child in the / house who has loads of Christmas / presents and so happy with them / that it is delightful and cheering / to see him. I don’t know whether / you could have seen in any paper / the death of your Uncle Theodore, / he died last Monday after an / illnefs of more than two years, / he has been very ill at different / times that we thought he could / not rally, and he thought i / might be the case again, but, / of course he was growing weaker / after every attack and for l two / weeks before his death we were / expecting to hear it at any / moment, he died most peace-
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-fully and quietly without a / struggle. He had the most / devoted wife and every care / and comfort that was pofsible for / him to have. You see our generation / are gradually dropping off and I / cannot but feel the change when / I look back. Mrs Bacon (Kate / Storrow) has come to town for the / winter and her Mother has gone / up to day to look after her little / grandson, while Kate goes over to / Brooklyn to dine with Mr. Bacon’s / family. They have taken a house / in Park Avenue near 37th St. / and it is a great object of interest / to go up to see the baby which / has grown to be a nice little /
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Fellow and a great pet in / the family, as you know there / are not many babies in it. / I am sorry it is such a grey / day for Christmas though the / streets are so wet with snow / that we were afraid to go out / which makes rather a long day / of it. I hope all your little / ones are well and having a / very Merry Christmas, it is such / a lovely time for children. With / kind regards to Mr. Williams / and a Merry Christmas to you / both believe me ever
Your affectionate
Aunt KateTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
EnglishOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Former NumberOther Number
W 3323 a-bCondition
Notes
Remarks: a. Surface dirt; some staining.
b. Fold at upper left corner of page.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Katrina Van Tassel Irving Williams (1845-1915)Notes
RecipientGeneral Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 31CNote Type
DepartmentNote
Library
