Name/Title
Letter from Sarah Irving to Maria McLindenEntry/Object ID
HHV 003.622Description
Letter from Sarah Irving to Maria McLindenSubject
Maria McLinden has been ill, Grippe, reimbursement to [Joe?], Morgan Grinnell illness, improvement, Sarah’s recent fall, improving but Catharine won’t let her go out alone, stables of Mrs. [Banker?] burned down, death of Robert McLindenSubject Person/Organization
Sarah Irving (1817-1900), Maria McLinden, E. Morgan Grinnell, Catharine Ann Irving (1816-1911), Robert McLindenSubject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
New YorkCollection
Irving Manuscript CollectionTranscription
Dear Maria
We were very glad / to get Katie’s letter on Tuesday / saying you had received the / parcel by exprefs all right but / sorry to hear you still had / a bad cold. You will have / to take care of it for there / is so much of the Grippe going / about now. I have enclosed / a line to [Joe?] with a check for / $4615. With a little list of the / things he had paid out for us. / We have had very unpleasant / weather this last month, Yesterday / and today is more like winter / and I am glad of it for I feel /
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Much better when it is clear / and cold. Mr Morgan Grinnell / is much better and able to go / to his business, but does not / feel very strong, I am much / better than I was it took me / some time to get over the / shick from my fall and / Mifs Catharine will not let / me go out alone. I have been / not a short distance that last / two days, and tomorrow we are / to lunch at Mrs. Van Warts, she / would like to have us for dinner / but we cannot go any where / in the evening for by night time / I am tired and want to keep / quiet and go to bed early. /
I had not heard of the [stables] / of Mrs [Banker?] having been
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Burned down, in last [Saturday] / Argus said they were burned / but saved the horses and / carriages that was all. I hope / you will all have a pleasant / New Year and keep well / this winter. It seems so / strange to me not to write to / Robert - or to get his letters for / he was always so particular / about writing and wrote such / nice letters and told a / great deal in them. I cannot / tell you how I feel if thinking / of the Cottage without him. / but i have no doubt - he’s / much happier [where] he is / now, free from pain and sicknefs. / remember me to all the household / and tell Katie we thank her very / much for her nice letter [??] /
Yours, Sarah IrvingOther Names and Numbers
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W 2181 B
