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CATALOG NUMBER HF 3020
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE June 26, (1799 ?)
AUTHOR Sarah Ogden Hoffman
RECIPIENT Ann Hoffman and Matilda Hoffman
MEDIUM Paper, ink
DESCRIPTION sick grandfather, girls traveling with JOH, Cate
*Original spelling retained throughout work; content appears exactly as written.
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My dear Children
Nothing coud have given me more / than the rest of your Father’s letter last Evening covering / one from you my Ann. I beg you will write often to me / to hear of the welfare of those we tenderly love is alw-/-ays pleasing, I assure it is not the greatest consolation / I can have, as I fear I shall not be able to visit you this / year. I have been for three long weeks confined upstairs / attending on your poor Grandpapa his situation has been truly distressing, at present his bodily health / is mending fast, his mind still very weak, & much / impaired tho vastly better than it was, I am myself / perfectly well & although I have had a vast deal of / anxiety both of mind & [inserted: fatigue of] body, I think god I have been / able through the whole scene to stay with him, my wishes / are that I may have health & strength sufficient to conti -/ nue to him every aid & comfort his malady may require / he [crossedout] often speaks of you all & appears very happy at the / Idea of seeing your Father. I wish I could say [buelah] was / better, but she remains much in the same way -
Aunt Seton & family well, I rejoice to hear your Aunt [inserted: Betsy is] / better. I most ardently pray she may continue mending /
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Till her health is quite restored & may a mercifully god / long spare her to remain a Blessing to my Children & to / all her connections. I am glad to find you both have / school, let me intreat you my Children improve well / your present time spend not an hour in Idleness. / When you have leisure from your books, Employ / yourselves at your needle, Mammie Lawson I am sure / will be pleased to instruct you, to whom with Cate give / my love. I beg you kiss my little Mary & Ogden for me / & don’t let them forget me, take the same hint & I pray / you remember your Grandmama whose heart doats / on you all, tell your Father I thank him for his / letter, the next spare hour I have shall be / employed in writing to him, that heaven my preserve & bless you all is the sincere desire
Of your truly affectionate
S. G H
Miss Ann & Matilda Hoffman June 26th
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[END OF LETTER]Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
