BIB_ID
361727
Accession number
MA 3260.6
Creator
King, Rufus, 1755-1827.
Display Date
1816 Jan. 28.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Seth Dennis, 1978.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 19.8 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Frederick King."
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.
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.
Provenance
Gertrude W. Dennis.
Summary
Commenting on Frederic's last letter; reporting that they are having snow and bad weather; mentioning that the weather is making it difficult for his mother to recover from her cold; asking him to send weekly reports of his standing in his classes; promising that he "will not keep [Frederic] always under [his] encouraging admonitions, lest they lose their effect by often repeating"; expressing his hope that Frederic will become "an excellent scholar."
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