LETTER TO EMMA NICHOLAS MALONEY FROM OGDEN HOFFMAN

Letter

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

LETTER TO EMMA NICHOLAS MALONEY FROM OGDEN HOFFMAN

Entry/Object ID

HHV 008.175

Tags

Accessioned object

Collection

Hoffman Collection

Cataloged By

Tara R. Iacobellis

Category

Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts

Acquisition

Accession

HF 3038 D

Source or Donor

Mrs. Wilton S. Burton

Acquisition Method

Gift

Source (if not Accessioned)

Mrs. Wilton S. Burton

Notes

Mrs. Wilton S. Burton: Donor Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Wilton S. Burton

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Letter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Letter

Transcription

Transcription

CATALOG NUMBER HF 3038 D OBJECT NAME Letter DATE August 9, 1841 AUTHOR Ogden Hoffman RECIPIENT Emma Nicholas Maloney MEDIUM Paper, ink PEOPLE Charles Fenno Hoffman PLACES EVENTS Emma visits NYC, *Original spelling retained throughout work, content appears exactly as written. [PAGE 1] Monday Aug 9, ‘41 My Dear Emma - Charles told me on Friday / that you were in N York but / I was constantly engaged in / Courts until late on Saturday / Night _ Yesterday I thought / I would certainly see you, / But I was so much india - / posed that I could not / leave the [town] _ to day I / am better, but again busy / in Court _ and this afternoon / its possible I start for Goshen. / If I do not go, I will come / + see you this Evening and / if I do I will return in / a few days _ I am sorry, my / dear Emma, thus to postpone / my welcome; and am also / sorry that my wife is not / [END OF PAGE 1] [PAGE 2] Here _ But in a few days / if not this Evening, we / will meet; and I will / bring with me my wife’s / love for you _ I am in great haste _ Your affectionate Uncle O Hoffman Mrs E Malony [END OF LETTER]

Transcriber

Kathryn Alexander

Language

English

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Former Number

Other Number

HF 3038 D

Parts

Count

1

Location

Notes

Temporary

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Mrs. Wilton S. Burton

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

Department

Note

Library

Created By

CHannan

Create Date

January 23, 2024

Updated By

cmonaco@hudsonvalley.org

Update Date

January 27, 2026