BIB_ID
361787
Accession number
MA 3260.24
Creator
King, Mary Alsop, 1769-1819.
Display Date
1817 Oct. 25.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Seth Dennis, 1978.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 24.5 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Frederick G. King / Cambridge University / Massachusetts."
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: E. Wilson 1802.
With postmark and 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: E. Wilson 1802.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Provenance
Gertrude W. Dennis.
Summary
Saying she is glad his bedding arrived in good order, and advising him to have it "properly aired" before using it; commenting on the weather; giving news of Frederic's brothers and their children; sending a message for Mrs. Gore about ordering satin; telling him that many people are asking after him, especially Mrs. Bogart and her family; asking how he spends his time when he is "not engaged in [his] collegiate studies"; informing him of two "sudden" deaths; advising him to buy more pairs of woolen socks if he needs them.
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