Name/Title
LETTER FROM JULIA BARTON HUNT TO JOHN ROSS DELAFIELD, NOVEMBER 1, 1921Entry/Object ID
MP.2013.34 a-bDescription
Text as follows:
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449 Park Ave /
New York /
Nov 1st 1921 /
Dear Mr. Delafield, /
I will endeavor / to answer yr two letters – one / of October 27th – the other o /f October 31st. /
The little combination desk / & book case / in the South west / bedroom, Edward Livingston/ had made for his sister – Mrs. Montgomery, to hold the / set of British poets which you / found in it. Where it was made / I know not. /
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Of the tea caddy on the top / of that book case – I remember nothing. /
The water colour drawing in/ the dressing room adjoining / S.W. room is by Lewis Livingston. / “Let him who is without sin first / Cast a stone at her” of the / original, I know nothing. /
The furniture of the dressing / room is old & has always been / in the house. That little / room was used as a study by / Mr. Barton & held books, & writing/ materials on shelves, also his / clothes. /
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The Book plates of which you / write in yr latest letter – that / of Robert R. Livingston & of / Edward Livingston, I cannot / tell you of . You may find other / books with more of these. /
The daguerreotype in the dining / room desk is of Mrs. Katherine / Garrettson, sister of Edward / Livingston, & widow of the Revd. / Freeborn Garrettson, a pioneer / of Methodism, & a native / of Maryland. I do not re- / member the other two possibly / one might be of the Revd. F. Garrettson. /
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And the other of a trusted agent / of Mrs. Edward Livingston by the / name of Jan Keurin/Keuris, who / lived in the village of Rhinebeck. /
The drawings were never used / that you write of for any buildings / on the place. About sixty / years ago, plans were made / for the present coachouse when / Mrs. Barton removed old tumble / down barns & stables - & built / the present Coachouse & the / present farm buildings, & also / the present farm house (dwelling). / The old farm house was removed / to the borders of the creek – north end /
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& used for labourers cottages – it / is the house now occupied by / William McMichael & is very / old. You have all the / buildings on the place that / were there originally. The / Porticos were added by Mrs. E.L. / & Mrs. Barton, and the piazzas / widened & Italian balustrades / placed instead of the old / spindled Colonial ones – also / on top of the house, & as you / know they added the two wings / N. & South – all this long / after the death of Edward Livingston. /
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You may come across skeletons / of summer houses & rustic seats / drawn by Mrs. Barton. /
I think the photographs / you found in the large book / Case of the “little parlour“ N.E. / are of the late Judge Salmon P. / Chase – a warm friend of Mrs. Barton / when her last two winters were / spent in Washington. You / of course are familiar with his / distinguished career. /
Thank you for Genl Montgomerys / genealogy. I have seen it in / the past. /
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I will not close without offering / you my Congratulations on the / D.O.L. you have received for / yr vall (sic) services during the great war. /
Sincery yrs /
Julia Barton Hunt
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