Letter from Philip John Schuyler to Philip Jeremiah Schuyler
Entry/Object ID
HHV 006.4
Description
Letter from Philip John Schuyler to Philip Jeremiah Schuyler
Subject
Illness of father, illness of son, medical assistance better in Albany
Subject Person/Organization
Philip J. Schuyler (1733-1804), Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (1768-1835), Angelica Schuyler Church (1756-1814), Sarah Rutsen Schuyler
Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Albany, NY, Rhinebeck, New York
Collection
Schuyler Manuscript Collection
Letter Details
Letter Date
Jul 21, 1798
Time Period
18th Century
Transcription
Transcription
Albany [21’ July 1798?]
My Dear Child
Your letter + your [?sister] has / created a painful sensation in mine / + Your mamas minds, we did not / know that you had been so very / much indisposed and are still / very unwell, Your mama cannot / leave me in my helplefs condition / or she would go to you, but we both / Intreat you to come up without / delay, not only as a change of air / may be beneficial but as better / medical afsistance can be obtained here, _ _ If It should be necefsary /
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One of your sisters will go down / to bring you up, If Sally’s condition / is such that she cannot attend you / delays my child are dangerous / and If any thing prevents you from / com-[wax seal]-g as early as I anxiously wish / you should, do not fail to write me /
I continue much as I have / been for some time past __ /
Your mama & sisters Join me . in love to you and to Sally and / to the Children God blefs you all .
Yours Ever affect’ly
P Schuyler
Your sister Angelica is expected to day
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[ADDRESS]
P Schuyler
July 21 9[8]
To Ph. Jer Schuyler Esq.
At
Rhynbeck
