LETTER TO EMMA NICHOLAS (MALONEY) FROM ELIZA STORRS
Entry/Object ID
HHV 008.228
Collection
Hoffman Manuscript Collection
Transcription
Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER HF 3042 M
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE 1830-36 April 1835-Oct 1836?
Stevedore strike feb 1836?
AUTHOR Eliza (Storrs)
RECIPIENT Emma Nicholas
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Pape and Mama Storrs, Katy,
PLACES
EVENTS “commotion in the streets”
Addressed to Miss Emma Nicholas
My dear Emma.
I am ready to come / and see you as I promised yesterday, / but there is so much commotion in / the streets that I am afraid to leave / the house, although it is perfectly / quiet down here and will probably / remain so. Papa has gone to the office / and if he should come home and / find me out he might be uneasy / He went out after dinner before I / had a opportunity to ask him if / he was willing I should go out and / Mama thinks [^it best that] my visit should be /
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postponed until to-morrow. I am / disappointed that we cannot meet / this afternoon. You of course hear / all the horrid stories; are they not / shocking? You will have marvellous tales to tell Katy when you see her /
Goodbye.
Your affectionate
Eliza
