BIB_ID
361717
Accession number
MA 3260.2
Creator
King, Rufus, 1755-1827.
Display Date
1815 Dec. 13.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Seth Dennis, 1978.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 24.7 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Frederic Gore King / Jamaica Long Island / N York."
Docketed.
Part of a collection of letters from Rufus and Mary King to their son Frederic Gore King. Letters are described in individual records; please see collection record for MA 3260 for more details.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Docketed.
Part of a collection of letters from Rufus and Mary King to their son Frederic Gore King. Letters are described in individual records; please see collection record for MA 3260 for more details.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Provenance
Gertrude W. Dennis.
Summary
Telling him that he has arrived in Washington and giving details of his journey; mentioning a letter from his son Edward; reporting that Congress is meeting in a temporary building; asking him to relay various instructions about their house to Mr. White; hoping he is "comfortable at Miss Wickham's," and telling him "not to neglect [his] lessons."
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