BIB_ID
361808
Accession number
MA 3260.31
Creator
King, Rufus, 1755-1827.
Display Date
1818 Jan. 16.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Seth Dennis, 1978.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 24.7 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Christopher Gore Esqr. / for Mr. Frederic King / Boston."
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: C. Wilmott 1815.
With postmark and trace of a seal; place of writing is from postmark.
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: C. Wilmott 1815.
With postmark and trace of a seal; place of writing is from postmark.
Provenance
Gertrude W. Dennis.
Summary
Informing him that Charles and James and their children were sick but are now recovering; reporting that Frederic's mother's "health is feeble, and her power of digestion very weak indeed"; telling him to "make the most of [his] time and opportunities."
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