BIB_ID
361772
Accession number
MA 3260.16
Creator
King, Rufus, 1755-1827.
Display Date
1816 Apr. 28.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Seth Dennis, 1978.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 24.7 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Mr Frederic G King / Jamaica L I."
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.
Watermark: Fellows 1814.
With 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.
Watermark: Fellows 1814.
With trace of a seal.
Provenance
Gertrude W. Dennis.
Summary
Commenting on his class standing in Latin and Greek; noting that his mother is anxious about where he will go after his examination on May 2; suggesting that he stay with Miss Wickham, or "shift for [him]self as well as [he] can" if she goes to town; announcing that Congress will adjourn on Apr. 30, and they will set off for home on May 2; guessing that the journey home will take between ten days and a fortnight.
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