Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
023.009.06A |
Collection |
Robert Bowne Suckley (1856 - 1921) |
Title |
Correspondence: Eliza Sands Bowne, 1860-1882 |
Date |
1860 - 1882 |
Object Name |
Correspondence |
Scope & Content |
Twenty-one letters, most written from The Homestead by RBS's Aunt Eliza. She reports news about the family - Aunts Carrie and Phebe, Uncle Joshua, Cousin George among others; often mentions RBS's siblings and mother and the activities of many acquaintances. [letter #3] Dec 11, 1864: "..our Christmas tree will be ready the Monday after Christmas day." "I suppose as you & Rutsen belong to cousin Mary's Class, you will go to her tree also." [#4] March, 1866: "Aunts Carrie & Phebe went to take tea with uncle this afternoon, and they had the pleasure of finding cousin George there....He told us a good deal about his travels in different parts of the world, and of the Indians he saw, going over the Rocky mountains." [#7] Autumn, 1879: "..Stuyvesants, Fish's, Winthops are the relatives of your great grandmother, Mrs. Van Rensselaer (Rutsen ) the old lady on the Wilderstein wall." [#12] Ap 7,1880: Making silk quilts |
People |
Bowne, Eliza Sands (1814-1899) Bowne, Joshua Sands (1815-1882) Suckley, Catharine Murray Bowne (1823-1879) Suckley, Catherine "Kittie" Rutsen (1860-1879) Suckley, Robert Bowne, Sr. (1856-1921) Suckley, Rutsen (1853-1865) |
Subjects |
Family life Gossip |
Legal Status |
Property of Wilderstein Historic Site |