29 resultados para Delia
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In this letter to John Henry Tudor's mother, Delia Tudor, Charles Lowell (Tudor's classmate in the Harvard College class of 1800) writes of his friendship and compassion for her son, and his hope that his health concerns will be resolved.
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Three letters written during Tudor’s various travels in England and the United States. In one letter, he writes of the precautions Delia should take in their correspondence in light of increasing tension between the United States and England. One letter is in French.
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Three letters written while Delia was traveling with her husband in South America aboard the U.S.S Franklin. In one letter, she writes about people she has met, including Condy Raguet, the United States consul at Rio de Janeiro.
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Three letters written to his mother about items of clothing he wishes to have and an electrical shock machine his father had sent the family from England. Two letters written while he was apparently visiting Robert Hallowell Gardiner before his marriage to Tudor’s sister, Emma.
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Four letters written from London and Bordeaux in which Tudor relays his impressions of the London weather, and seeds and plants he will send home to Rockwood, as well as details about his capture by a French privateer.
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Four letters written from Paris, in which he describes his capture by a French privateer and discusses virtues and vices of French society and culture. He also relays details about social visits, including a meeting with the Marquis de Lafayette. Included is an undated list of packages and trunks he was sending home. Content is obscured in some places from loss, and dates are missing from two of the letters, but presumably they were sent in the summer of 1800.
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Three letters addressed to Tudor at Oaklands. Mrs. Tudor recounts social gatherings and various conversations in detail, local gossip, and the activities of family members.
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Four letters written to his mother while she was traveling in Europe with sister Delia. He provides updates on the well being and activities of his siblings and father, including a coal mining venture undertaken by brother Frederic at Gay Head, Martha’s Vineyard. He also reports on the "miserable" state of the family’s finances and suggests marrying sister Delia to an Englishman with a fortune.
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Two letters in which Tudor describes a visit he made to a church, and relays the news that his father had lost his office of secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Three letters containing details about Mrs. Tudor’s travels to the Hudson Valley estates of Governor Morgan Lewis and former New York Chancellor Robert Livingston, and New Haven, Connecticut, as well as gossip and news about family friends.
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Two letters written from Birmingham, England, in which Tudor describes the town and his lodgings: "My establishment consists of a woman cook well recommended, [and] a housemaid....I am looking out for a cat, and have already a Newfoundland dog of Herculean dimensions." He also writes of his plans to leave England for New York.
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Four letters written from Gardiner, Maine. In one she expresses her grief following the death of her husband, and other letters offer her recollections of his role in the American Revolution.
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Four letters written from Gardiner, Maine, describing the activities of the family and comings and goings of the Tudor siblings. Several allude to the financial difficulties of Tudor’s sister, Delia, while her husband was at sea. One letter includes a missive from Robert Hallowell Gardiner.
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Four letters written from Gardiner, Maine, in which Mrs. Tudor comments on the marital troubles between Delia and Charles Stewart, and general happenings at Oaklands.
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Three letters written from Gardiner, Maine, discussing the movements of Tudor’s sister Delia, disposing of the late William Tudor’s clothing, and the activities of her grandchildren.