Ann Hoffman to Judge Josiah Ogden Hoffman

Letter

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Ann Hoffman to Judge Josiah Ogden Hoffman

Entry/Object ID

HHV 008.80

Description

Box 31

Subject

learning French, visit from father

Subject Person/Organization

Ann Hoffman Nicholas (1790-1840), Josiah Ogden Hoffman (1766-1837), Sarah Matilda Hoffman (1791-1809), Rebecca Gratz

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Philadelphia, PA

Context

March 1806

Collection

Hoffman Manuscript Collection

Transcription

CATALOG NUMBER HF 3013 E OBJECT NAME Letter DATE March [15],1806? AUTHOR Alice Ann Hoffman (Ann Nicholas Hoffman) (Philadelphia) RECIPIENT Judge Josiah Ogden Hoffman (Albany) MEDIUM Paper, ink PEOPLE Uncle Martin, Mrs Grelaud, Matilda, Rebecca Gratz PLACES EVENTS leave Philadelphia, return to NYC KEYWORDS *Original spelling retained throughout work; content appears exactly as written. [PAGE 1] Philadelphia March My dear father Matilda received your welcome letter yesterday / it delighted both her & me very much _ you say you wish / us to return by the middle of April ! _ Matilda is quite _ / delighted with it & desires me to say that we both speak / French perfectly well, & without any [French phrase] e houte / on all occasions, and at all times _ I think that we have derived as much good as we should in staying / here two years longer _ I speak french with perfect ease / and if I make a practice of talking it I am sure / I shall improve as much at home as at school _ / My music also I have improved in _ & I may say my / manners _ If then my dear father wishes ys to return / be the middle of next month we can _ Suppose / when you answer this letter you ask Mrs Grelaud / [END OF PAGE 1] [PAGE 2] To let me sleep at the Miss Gratz’ for the remainder / of the time I am to stay here- They are anxious for / it & I have always flattered myself that the / few last weeks should be spent with them- It / will only be a few weeks for I fancy you will / let us return after the first week in April- I shall / come here every day, but I have during the whole / winer anticipated the last weeks as being so pleasa- /ntly spent in their house- You have only to make / the request to Mrs. Grelaud & she will consent it / needs no arrangement for so short a time- - - - / Do answer this immediately, & write to Becky, she / talks of returning with us, & if you will give / her a [unrecovered] [invitation] I have no doubt she / will- Matilda [inserted: desires] me to remember her to you; I say / to you how delighted she is al the thought of return - / ing _ As for me, the happiest moment I have / ever experienced or ever will experience will be when / I fly the & to the heart of my beloved father -/ Alice Ann Hoffman [END OF PAGE 2] [Address; written on letter] Josiah Ogden HOffman Esq No. 68 Greenwich Street New York [Postmark] PHIL, MR 15 [END OF LETTER]

Transcriber

Kathryn Alexander

Language

English

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Former Number

Other Number

HF 3013 E

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Mrs. Wilton S. Burton

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

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Curatorial Remarks

Note

Very think paper, small tear in letter.

Note Type

Department

Note

Library

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Transcription

Note

*Original spelling retained throughout work; content appears exactly as written. [PAGE 1] Philadelphia March My dear father Matilda received your welcome letter yesterday / it delighted both her & me very much _ you say you wish / us to return by the middle of April ! _ Matilda is quite _ / delighted with it & desires me to say that we both speak / French perfectly well, & without any [French phrase] e houte / on all occasions, and at all times _ I think that we have derived as much good as we should in staying / here two years longer _ I speak french with perfect ease / and if I make a practice of talking it I am sure / I shall improve as much at home as at school _ / My music also I have improved in _ & I may say my / manners _ If then my dear father wishes ys to return / be the middle of next month we can _ Suppose / when you answer this letter you ask Mrs Grelaud / [END OF PAGE 1] [PAGE 2] To let me sleep at the Miss Gratz’ for the remainder / of the time I am to stay here- They are anxious for / it & I have always flattered myself that the / few last weeks should be spent with them- It / will only be a few weeks for I fancy you will / let us return after the first week in April- I shall / come here every day, but I have during the whole / winter anticipated the last weeks as being so pleasa- /ntly spent in their house- You have only to make / the request to Mrs. Grelaud & she will consent it / needs no arrangement for so short a time- - - - / Do answer this immediately, & write to Becky, she / talks of returning with us, & if you will give / her a [unrecovered] [invitation] I have no doubt she / will-Matilda [inserted: desires] me to remember her to you; I say / to you how delighted she is al the thought of return - / ing _ As for me, the happiest moment I have / ever experienced or ever will experience will be when / I fly the & to the heart of my beloved father -/ Alice Ann Hoffman [END OF PAGE 2] [Address; written on letter] Josiah Ogden Hoffman EsqNo. 68 Greenwich StreetNew York [Postmark]PHIL, MR 15 [END OF LETTER]