Letter to uncle 3
- Title:
- Letter to uncle 3
- Collection:
- 19th Century Prison Reform Collection
- Date:
- 1807-1868
- ID Number:
- RMM01157_B01_F13_009_03
- Collection Number:
- 1157
- File Name:
- RMM01157_B01_F13_009_03.jpg
- Transcription:
- saying he had praised the Pacha of Egypt in his work, and thought should he send him a copy, he might recognize it. I replied, "There was no 'modus operandi' about it, I wish you to understand that. I am not in the usual acceptation of the term 'strong minded woman', but simply a private lady brought up in the home, or love there, and all the fame or honor which you are pleased to say are mine, the Royal gifts "Did [?]" after the "[?]" interpretation." He asked if I was not an English lady, then expressed his great astonishment upon seeing me enter the room as the vision, etc. of his promenades for years past. I cannot write it, compliments tho tremendous seemed sincere. All quite romantic! Said he had never been able to learn my name but it had been the dream of his life to make my acquaintance. "What would Saxton[?] say," he exclaimed, "my friend Saxton[?]! Why he was mad about you! Poor fellow he is married now, settled down in life." Well, dear Uncle, it was all very "funny", as we women say. He recited, sang, asked for the "Broadside" to recite in public, for he writes, gives concerts, and recitations, etc. I suppose he's pretty gay; has lived a [?]ing
- 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.