Letter from Joseph Jefferson to William Winter

Letter

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Letter from Joseph Jefferson to William Winter

Entry/Object ID

HHV 011.3

Description

Letter from Joseph Jefferson to William Winter

Subject

Trip to the highlands, fishing, visited inn for two nights, drinking Padua Water from stone bottles, Bayard Taylors, trout, old bridge at Abbotsford, the old ini, Bailie Nicol Jarvie Inn, medicine

Subject Person/Organization

Joseph Jefferson (1829-1905), William Winter (1836-1917)

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Edinburgh, Scotland, Loch Katrine, Scotland, Loch Lomond, Loch Aird, Abbotsford

Collection

Joseph Jefferson Manuscript Collection

Letter Details

Letter Date

Jul 11, 1876

Transcription

Transcription

[Front Page] [written in different penmanship] Received/ N.Y. July 23d/ 1876 /Answered/ Aug 21st [Monogram] JJ Caanan Lodge/ Edinburg / July 11th, 1876 My dear Willie, Your poem is / charming. This gives /thanks to you in /advance of Bayard / Taylors. We have / [Inside Page Right] just returned from /a trip to the Highlands / Loch Katrine,/ Ellen’s Isle, /Loch Lomond & Loch / Aird. I hooked / many a beautiful / trout in Loch Katrine. / I wish you could / have joined with me / on the old bridge / at Abbotsford where / [Inside Page Left] Scott fixes the arrest of Rob Roy / The old Inn now- called the / “Bailie Nichol Jarvie Inn” is still / standing. We kept these for two / nights. It is a very lovely spot / and as there was no visitors / but ourselves we could ponder/ and idealize uninterruptedly- [Last Page] I am in excellent health which / I attribute to drinking “Padua / Water” . You can get it at the/ [unrecovered]. It comes in stone bottles. / It is wonderful for the liver. / Don’t fail to take it. Almost / half a tumbler before breakfast. / It operates like medicine and [Front Page Crossed Writing] acts like a charm on [depressed] / spirits. Take it about three / mornings & then stop till you / require it again. It is the most / beastly stuff you ever tasted / Love to Mrs. [unrecovered] / As ever / Joe [Referring to: Bailie Nicol Jarvie Inn]

Transcriber

Catalina P. Hannan

Language

English

Other Names and Numbers

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M 1427

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M 1427 C

Number Type

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JJ 1427 C

General Notes

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Curatorial Remarks

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Booklet style letter. Header of Letter: JJ

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Department

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Library