BIB_ID
361861
Accession number
MA 3260.42
Creator
King, Rufus, 1755-1827.
Display Date
1820 Apr. 30.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Seth Dennis, 1978.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 25.3 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Mr. Frederic G. King / Harvard University / Cambridge / M."
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.
Place of writing inferred from King's mention of Congress.
Watermark: Fellows 1818.
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.
Place of writing inferred from King's mention of Congress.
Watermark: Fellows 1818.
With trace of a seal.
Provenance
Gertrude W. Dennis.
Summary
Saying that he has had a favorable report of Frederic from Mr. Gore; warning him that "virtue consists in the overcoming of infirmity and in victory over the seductions of passion," and counseling him to "act with perseverence of decision, consulting the monitor within"; informing him that "Congress may adjourn about the 8th of May"; telling him to bring his clothes home with him.
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