Record ID:
361752
Accession number:
MA 3260.14
Credit:
Gift of Mrs. Seth Dennis, 1978.
Description:
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 20.2 cm
Notes:
Addressed to "Master F.G. King / Jamaica / Long Island."
Docketed.
With trace of a seal.
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.
Summary:
Giving directions for their servant Hannah about how to clean a shipment of pocket handkerchiefs that were damaged by water in transit; asking him to inform Hannah that it is now time to clean the house for her return; hoping that Hannah's health will be up to the task; complaining that the weather has been "so warm as to make our little and confined apartments very uncomfortable"; speaking of her desire to be at home.
Provenance:
Gertrude W. Dennis.
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