Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
023.005.03 |
Collection |
Robert Bowne Suckley (1856 - 1921) |
Title |
Correspondence: Robert Bowne Suckley, Jr., 1918-1920 |
Date |
1918 - 1920 |
Object Name |
Correspondence |
Scope & Content |
Twenty-nine letters and postcards [letter #1] Jan 13, 1918: Found house in Spartanburg, S.C. which would be perfect for Mama and the girls. [#2] Jan 21: "Mama & the girls arrived last week and have had a good time ever since." [#13] Oct 3, 1918 [Stationed in France] "Our work is to classify the prisoners that come in to the cage." "That wedding [Betty & Littleton Hambley] must have been an interesting thing... I am glad it was a Suckley event at Rhinebeck instead of a city thing in the Incarnation with the name of Montgomery associated with every phase of it." [#17] Dec 16, 1918: "The war's sudden ending has been a tremendous let-down." Describes socializing with a French family. [#19] Expects to be discharged soon. [#21] June 15, 1919, 121 Madison Ave. return address : Maunsell Crosby said "...he had reason to believe that Mr. Minot would be willing to sell the land going in a circle from Wilderstein Northwest around to the great cow barn, for a very moderate price, say 4 or 5 thousand." Nov 24, 1919: 41 East 80th St--"I feel that if you could rent it for a good figure, you would be willing not to sell it...I have always hoped, if I should ever marry, to rent it, and live there myself." [#27] July 31, 1920. They have just offered to make me a captain in the Police." Dec 21, 1920: "Katharine & the Montgomerys got off in great form this morning, with a family meeting very similar to the one a year ago when you were going over." |
People |
Crosby, Maunsell Schieffelin (1887-1931) Hambley, Littleton C. F. (1887-1976) Suckley, Elizabeth "Betty" Montgomery (1893-1987) Suckley, Katharine Bowne (1893-1970) Suckley, Robert "Robin" Bowne, Jr.(1888-1974) Suckley, Robert Bowne, Sr. (1856-1921) |
Subjects |
Real Estate-New York City Soldiers Weddings World War, 1914-1918 |
Legal Status |
Property of Wilderstein Historic Site |