Record ID:
361771
Accession number:
MA 3260.15
Credit:
Gift of Mrs. Seth Dennis, 1978.
Description:
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 24.9 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 instructions to her servant Hannah about how to clean a shipment of linen; asking Frederic to give Hannah directions about cleaning the house for their arrival; noting that they will probably leave Washington by the end of the month and "proceed homewards as rapidly as possible"; asking when Miss Wickham is moving; telling him he "can sleep in [his] bedroom at home and eat" with Miss Wickham.
Provenance:
Gertrude W. Dennis.
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