MacKay_Letter_024
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MacKay_Letter_024
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Description
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Letter from Mary Mackay (most likely John McKay’s daughter) in Caledonia, New York, sent to a relative in New York. March 26, 1852.
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Mary Mackay – Caledonia March 26, 1852 to New York
Monday Morning
A thousand thanks, my dear for your glorious note in answer to me, which I did not imagine would elicit one from you – but I might have known from your universal-consummate goodness that something would “turn up” to please me.
I shall preserve the note for the reminder this glorious – I think every succeeding one I hear the best and this one I am sure is the best.
Oh [?] - we have had a sad warning this morning! [?] withstanding all our endeavors to force some common sense into John’s head – he will perish in having the consumption in the second stage and has warned us this morning to prepare for the event at some indefinite time. We have advised him as a last resort – (& what he has been fishing at all this time) to go immediately on a sea-voyage – (and I whisper to ma in the mean time we will have a decent garden) Well, this is truly heatless, but there is nothing the matter of John but Spring biliousness and the 3rd stage of Hypo – which makes it excusable. He probably will be tossing on the wild raging sea – before you arrive - & “puking” will surely cure him from contrast to his present sufferings. Burn this - If the Hypo should turn into a disease!
I hope & trust you will answer this in person – if you write to Lennie again please mention the way you will arrive, that I may write to Amelia – when to engage me a sewer -
My friend Sarah Bries is engaged to a bachelor of forty. Well done good & faithful servant.
Regards to all –
Your Affectionate Sister – Mary
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MacKay_Letter_024.1-2.jpg
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Creator
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Kristen Walker
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Subject
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Letter
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Publisher
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Izzy Moyer; Kristen Walker; Jill Johnson; and Renee Guerin
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Date
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1852.03.26
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Date Created
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2023.10.25
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Correspondence
Letter
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.jpg
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Paper
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Rights Holder
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Genesee Country Village & Museum
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