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CATALOG NUMBER HF 3042 O
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE possible 1833
(note: Mrs. Wood in NYC Sept. 1833, and possibly back early 1834 until April - see, pg 475 file:///Users/matthewdavanzo/Downloads/RoutledgeHandbooks-9781315102962-chapter69.pdf )
AUTHOR Eliza (Storrs)
RECIPIENT Emma Nicholas Maloney
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Mamma Storrs, Papa Storrs, Mrs. Wood (singer), “our beaux”
PLACES Oratorio, Storrs home
EVENTS Mrs. Wood sings at the Oratorio
My dear Em
I am quite rejoiced / to hear from you once more & / have the pleasure of informing / that I am well both in mind & / body and wish you were down / here by my side in Henry’s room / where I am drawing. You made / a mistake when you wrote / sorrowful evening, it was not / the evening but the day after /
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That was sorrowful, but it is / all over now and as usual I / have made a resolution never / to be so troubled about a trifling / thing again. But you will / know Em my inclination to / [crossed out] exhaust a great deal of feeling / upon unworthy subjects, and while / I lament this fault I can only / say I can’t help it, for I do / believe it is incurable, & at / the same time it is very foolish. / I acknowledge I never knew / until lately how much it / could affect my serenity. How /
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Could you mention such / nonsense to any one for / although I am willing you / should know my folly I don’t / wish any one else to possess / such information. I shall / be at home to mourn & / I wish you would come this / afternoon & stay all night and / we will walk on the battery in / the morning after breakfast, it / was lovely there this morning. / Mamma and I took a long walk / there. Do do do do do come / after dinner to day. Papa has /
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Gone & it is quite lonely. Mrs. Wood / sings at the Oratorio to morrow / evening don’t you wish our beaux would take us You could / go and hear her at an Oratorio. / I am glad you had a pleasant evening last evening. I shall expect you after dinner.
Yours
ElizaTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
