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Rutson Maury, 4th Street, New York, New York, to his sister, Ann Maury, Liverpool, England, 1863 June 21

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 80
Identifier: id117176

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents

It is a cold, rainy evening, and he got wet when he took his walk; "Jody" will come back early in the week, but has not yet said whether he will stay with them or not; David and Mr. Mather ate dinner with them today; they will not leave for L[ive]rpool until the end of July, and they can bring her anything she needs; plans to give David his old overcoat to give to old Callaghan; hopes Mytton and Tobin will visit Callaghan; encloses the two letters from Harriet that he forgot to enclose in the last letter [not present]; there were not many people at church today; is convinced that the letter with the broken seal he got from Mrs. Cox had been opened by Gov[ernment] officials; Mrs. Cox should know better than to include letters to be sent to the South; there has been no illicit information in the letters Mrs. Cox sent to him; he hates being spied on; gave Walker a pair of summer shoes; bought powered ceder to keep the moths away from his clothes and it has been working; the summer has been cool; the finances of the Union are in good shape, while those of the Confederacy are continually getting worse; officers have been elected for the new Exchange Bank in Liverpool; the young people of the house do not talk to him because he is deaf; most of their conversations therefore are about unpleasant subjects; (22 June) the death rate for the city is higher than it was in previous summers; encloses a copy of a note from Miss V[irgini]a [Draper] and his reply [not present]; (23 [June]) does not think that Matthew's family's business trip to the Far West is a good idea; thinks that they will not have enough time to enjoy themselves; would also like to have Matthew aroung because there are a lot of business matters to be dealt with; Walker will be around, but probably won't be of ,uch help; encloses a copy of a note from Harriet [not present]; Sarah asked him for money; everyone is in good health; the price of gold is steady and cotton is rising. 12pp. ALS

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  • Creation: 1863 June 21

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Extent

From the Collection: 6.31 Linear Feet

Language

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: French

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