Letter to uncle 2
- Title:
- Letter to uncle 2
- Collection:
- 19th Century Prison Reform Collection
- Date:
- 1807-1868
- ID Number:
- RMM01157_B01_F13_009_02
- Collection Number:
- 1157
- File Name:
- RMM01157_B01_F13_009_02.jpg
- Transcription:
- I did not hear from you and hoping that you did not weary of my letters. Nothing of especial interest has occurred since I wrote you, in the Educational Department, relative to Pelayo. Those institutions having their usual vacations of present. Did I tell you of Dr. Webster's call on me? He made a long [?] and said delightful oisel. You know he is President of the New York College. He said Pelayo should be in their Library, and probably in the College, as a class book. He spoke of you, of dear Aunt Evelina, of the "Passion Flower" I think, or the "Deserted Cottage", saying he had a copy now of the verses. The Harpers are very courteous and kind to me, which is noble considering my poem was published by their rival [??]. Joseph Harper, the ex-mayor, is one of the Trustees of [?] and anxious to introduce Pelayo there. The other day I called at [?] (having learned that [?] [?] intended sending them a sketch of Ben with my verses) to request the correction of the word (as wrongly printed in [?]'s copy) "beautieifeed" to "beatifeed", in case it should be received by them. Mr. Joseph H. insisted before my being seated for a chat, and making himself very agreeable telling me much of his life etc. I chanced to speak of " Drifting About" by Mafset[?], (which I had just been reading) in reference to the author's troubles as an accountant, etc. and the next day I found a highly perfumed card on my return home bearing a coat of arms "Amor et Pax" and Stephen Mafset[?]. I was surprised and I must tell you "entre nous", to give the story it's relish as somewhat "funny"; that for years, at intervals, for he is a rover[?]. Mafset[?] always appeared struck with admiration when he met me, keeping in my vicinity, respectfully, each time longer than necessary. I learned his name by seeing his photograph in some shop. A few weeks since he trapped[?] me in B. way[?] after a long interval and seemed to remember his old [?]. Margaret said he appeared [?] that I was out by claiming "[?] I wish to see Mrs. B! When will she be in? At one?" "No" "At three?" "No" "This evening?" "Yes, sir." "I will be here at eight o'clock", and so he came (he afterward told me) not knowing Mrs. Beech was his unknown admiration. The truth is, Mr. Harper praised me to him and he made an excuse of desiring to know how I obtained my Royal gifts, etc., to see the lady recipient and author, asking me the "modus operandi", apologizing for the liberty
- Work Type:
- documents
- Cite As:
- Enos Thompson Throop. Papers, #1157. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Enos Thompson Throop Papers
- Box:
- 1
- Folder:
- 13
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the 19th Century Prison Reform Collection is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of its age, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright]. This collection was digitized by Cornell University Library in 2017 from print materials held in the Rare and Manuscript Collections, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Katherine Thorsteinson. For more information about these volumes, please contact the Rare and Manuscript Collections at rareref@cornell.edu. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.