Autograph letter signed : Washington, [D.C.], to her son Frederic, 1816 Jan. 17.
Record ID:
361721
Accession number:
MA 3260.4
Credit:
Gift of Mrs. Seth Dennis, 1978.
Description:
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 24.7 cm
Notes:
Addressed to "Master Frederick King / Jamaica Long-Island."
Docketed.
With trace of a seal.
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.
Summary:
Commenting on Frederic's recovery from a "severe cold"; describing the snowy and rainy weather in Washington; discussing the health of Mr. and Mrs. Gore; asking him to send word of various acquaintances at home; mentioning her son Edward and noting that he "will be admitted to the Bar in the Spring"; telling him to write to Edward more frequently "as it is unkind to neglect a brother who is separated by such a distrance and in a land of strangers."
Provenance:
Gertrude W. Dennis.
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