File:Sarah M'Clintock Hunt, II letter to Richard Hunt, II (3ca2d8b2f60e419aad96bd7165eb57e7).pdf

English: NPGallery

English: II Sarah M'Clintock Hunt

English: Organization: US National Park Service
Role: Curator
Address: Women's Rights National Historical Park, 136 Fall Street Seneca Falls, NY 13148
Email: https://www.nps.gov/wori/contacts.htm

English: Richard Hunt, II

English: Page 1:
“Sixth day evening
Dear Brother Richard
We recieved thy very exceptable and interesting letter this morning and were very sorry to hear of Cousin Lizzie’s sickness but hope she is better ere this. Thee spoke of those pictures it was that one we sent in the letter for we found it would not weigh so much after cutting off the piece. where did you go last First-day for a walk. was it to what is called Renwick Castle? I went there while I was in Syracuse. thee wanted to know if we had killed all our hogs. now we have killed but one and that is not a very large one. I believe we have not killed one of thy chickens. Today we have a real Rug scrape Aunt Margaret was down but we did not get them done Mother & Aunty went up to the village this afternoon Aunt Mary Ann was quite poorly but this is stale news I expect for Julia has told you all the news"
Page 2:
"Seventh-day morning, it is quite dreary this morn; snowing a very little at intervals. I wish it would snow hard or not at all. Mary & myself are niether of us very well, both having bad colds and sore throats. My throat is so sore I can hardly speak loud. Mary has just got up but does not feel much better hope she will soon though. She wrote to Wilson last Fourth-day. Francis Abbey started for California Fifth-day two of her cousins went as far as New York – with her. she sails next second-day in the Prometheus. Amos Kinney and his son were here yesterday to dinner, he has not got his Farm back yet. Aunt Mary Ann is much better now. Mother thought the telgraphic dispatch did her a great deal of good she was sitting up when Ma came away. Mother made some delightful Taffy yesterday. I think I must close for the present – so Good bye
from thy very aff Sister Sallie RP Hunt”
Page 3:
“[written in pencil] Received Dec 5th 1853 a very few lines from Sarah not at all satisfactory. but I will give both her and Mary a [talking?] to if they do not write a longer letter next time. I am not in the best of humor for I have written three and they one.”
On front of envelope:
"[Red stamp]THREE CENTS
[Post marked in blue ink] WATERLOO N.Y. DEC [illegible]
R R Rec Dec 5th TH
Richard Hunt Care of Borroughs Philip Syracuse N.Y.
Rec Dec 5th 1853 from Sarah"

English: 1123

English: Content Location: Unknown; Women's Rights National Historical Park, Seneca County, New York; Latitude: 42.9025993347168, Longitude: -76.8444976806641

English: U.S. National Park Service