Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER HF 3013 F
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE April [4],1805?
AUTHOR Alice Ann Hoffman (Philadelphia)
RECIPIENT Judge Josiah Ogden Hoffman (Albany)
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Dr McLean, Jim, Mrs Cohen, George, Becky, Matilda,
Godmother,
PLACES
EVENTS
KEYWORDS Leave Philadelphia
*Original spelling retained throughout work; content appears exactly as written.
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Philadelphia April
My dear father,
I this minute received your letter by/ Dr McLean, I delayed answering your other one,/ on account of not knowing what to say about/ our return- Jim says that if [house business]/ of Mrs Cohen’s which it seems you are aquan-/ted with comes on in April or shortly, he will/ come on with us- but, I think as that is/ very doubtful you had better make an ap-/-peal to George, to be our protector- I am/ sure he cannot refuse me, as it is no long/ time he has had it in his house to do me/ a favor- but this will not only be favoring/ me, but Becky & Matilda also- Becky/ cannot leave house before Sunday [inserted: tomorrow] week, as the passover/
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does not finish till then- But she says she will/ be ready to leave it certainly on that very/ day- So if George leaves home next fri-/-day, & arrive here on Saturday we can return again on Sunday I wish very/ much to see my dear Godmother, & hope/ she will be able to stay till Tuesday week/ to see us- but, would you my dear/ father, have me leave Philadelphia with-/-out my Becky- No! I am sure not-/
Your affectionate Child-/
Ann
My dear George-
Do come for us- So says/ Becky, so says Matilda, & so says/
Your affectionate/
Ann-
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[Address; written on letter]
Josiah Ogden Hoffman Esq./
No. 68 Greenwich St./
New York
[Postmark]
PHI, AP 5
[END OF LETTER]Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
