LETTER TO EMMA NICHOLAS (MALONEY) FROM ELIZA STORRS
Entry/Object ID
HHV 008.226
Collection
Hoffman Manuscript Collection
Transcription
HF 3042 K
Saturday morning /
I have so much to tell / you my dear Emma that I am / at a loss where to begin, and at / this note is too small to contain / all, and my pen is not as competent / as my tongue, I will save all / until I see you, and can you / not come down next Monday / morning and remain all night / with me. You know we have / the little dress to make for Ogden / we can do it then if you will come /
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Papa is going to Ballston this / evening and will not return / until next Wednesday, we have / room enough for you, and you / must not say no to this request. / your shirt I send with this note / I should have finished it, but / did not know how much to / turn up at the hem – I wished / to send it earlier in the week, / this I was prevented from doing. / we have got a house 62 / Greenwich St. I wish very much / to see you and tell you all / about it. I am delighted with it. /
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Peyton is hurrying me and I / must close. I have had several / letters from W, one from P Hughes / I was quite astonished to receive / a letter from her. /
Your affectionate /
Eliza storrs /
The burning glasses for the / [?], I have sent to your / mother at Mrs Pauldings / I used my new candle for the first / time to seal this note, don’t you / feel very much honoured. /
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Mifs Emma Nicholas /
224 Greene St. /
