BIB_ID
361773
Accession number
MA 3260.17
Creator
King, Rufus, 1755-1827.
Display Date
1817 Jan. 14.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Seth Dennis, 1978.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 24.7 cm
Notes
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.
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
Complimenting his last letter; encouraging him to read Cicero's orations, or to turn to Livy if he has already read Cicero; reporting that Frederic's brother James is in Washington, and his brother Edward is in Philadelphia; asking for news from home, including whether they "have ... yet any calves" and how the servants in the kitchen are getting along.
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