LETTER FROM JULIA BARTON HUNT TO JOHN ROSS DELAFIELD, AUGUST 19, 1921
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MP.2013.29
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Montgomery Place /
August 19th /
1921 /
Dear. Mr. Delafield, /
I am very grateful / for your expressions of / sympathy on the sad occasion / of the death of my very dear / and venerable brother on / August the 14th in New Orleans. /
I had hoped from his / last letters to see him here / once more when the blow / fell suddenly. /
Your more than kind / expressions towards myself /
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With regard to this place / & a residence here I fully / appreciate & thank you from / my heart. / But Montgomery / Place is now yours, & it / is right you should take / possession & that I should / leave as soon as I can. / Make preparations for doing / so, after a residence of fifty / nine years it will take / me a little time. /
My nephews are still / in New Orleans with their /
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aged & bereaved Mother & I am / without any particulars, but / hope to hear in a few more / days. The shock to us all / has been great.
With kindest regards, / believe me to be / very sincerely yours, /
Julia Barton Hunt /
John Ross Delafield /
27. Cedar Street. /
New York.
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Aug 19, 1921
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Paper, ink
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