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Autograph letter signed with initials : Jamaica [New York], to his son Frederic, 1819 Apr. 26.

BIB_ID
361845
Accession number
MA 3260.40
Creator
King, Rufus, 1755-1827.
Display Date
1819 Apr. 26.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Seth Dennis, 1978.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 19.8 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Mr. Frederic G. King / Cambridge Masstts. / Harvard University."
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.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Provenance
Gertrude W. Dennis.
Summary
Giving his consent to Frederic "to apply for leave to return ten days or a fortnight before the end of the term"; telling him that his mother [Mary Alsop King] wants him to bring home all his clothes so she can determine what clothes need to be replaced; commenting on the cold weather and remarking that his mother's health "has been less good ... than heretofore"; informing him that his brother Charles had another daughter; adding that his brother James is in good health.