Box 3
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Contains 176 Results:
Rutson Maury, 365 4th Street, New York, New York, to his sister, Ann Maury, England, 1863 August 6
File — Box: 3, Folder: 100
Identifier: id127351
Scope and Contents
Scope and ContentsEncloses a copy of a note to her from Miss Morrill, a copy of his reply, a note to him fom Mrs. King, a letter from Harriet saying that arrived safely in St. Louis, and a letter from Major Mordecai giving them recent news of Nan [none of these is present]; rceived a letter from Sam Pollard in S[an] Francisco and a letter enclosing a check to be given to Mrs. Pollard to pay for her father's tombstone; he planned to make money selling sheep's wool, but the market...
Dates:
1863 August 6
Ruston Maury, 4th Street, New York, New York, to his sister, Ann Maury, England, 1863 August 10
File — Box: 3, Folder: 101
Identifier: id127352
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Scope and Contents134 people died of sun-stroke this past week; Matthew spoke with the Greenwood vault-builder today, and they will write down their agreement tomorrow; building a vault with room for 22 people will cost $550; the vault will be done by 1 October; Mr. Mather told him that David [Spence] will stay here a while longer instead of returning to England with him on the Scotia; he and David came to dinner on Sunday; Mrs. Pollard sent him a long letter and enclosed a...
Dates:
1863 August 10
Rutson Maury, 4th Street, New York, New York, to his sister, Ann Maury, England, 1863 August 12
File — Box: 3, Folder: 102
Identifier: id127354
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Scope and ContentsDavid Spence and William went to see Mr. Mather off; David said that Mr. Mather was homesick; Colo[nel] Gilpin called at the office; told him Matthew would be there; read to him part of her last letter, but he did not pay attention; Matthew is also rude too often; despite his deafness, he is the one who makes and keeps all their business acquaintances, not Matthew; wrote a long letter to Harriet; Cha[rle]s Van Ness called for T [tea]; he [CV] was very hot...
Dates:
1863 August 12
Rutson Maury, New York, New York, to his nephew, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Liverpool, England, 1863 August 14
File — Box: 3, Folder: 103
Identifier: id127983
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Scope and ContentsSend a copy of a letter from James to Aunt Ann, part of which she as supposed to show him; in his [MFM] last letter, he said that he expected some of the northern cities to be captured and that he planned to return to New Orleans in late October; wants to know if his plans have changed since the events of the war did not turn out the way he expected them to; asks wjay je would do if the war continued for a few years and resulted in Reunion; thinks that he [MFM]...
Dates:
1863 August 14
Rutson Maury, 5 Hanover Street, New York, New York, to his sister, Ann Maury, England, 1863 August 20
File — Box: 3, Folder: 104
Identifier: id127984
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William's latest report was that things were going well with Walker; the doctor will probably remove the bandages today for the first time; William hurried back to Orange to be present; William does not know that he lanned to write her by the Quebec; received a long letter to her from Tobin, who is doing well. 2pp. ALS
Dates:
1863 August 20
Rutson Maury, 5 Hanover Street, New York, New York to his sister, Ann Maury, England, 1863 August 20
File — Box: 3, Folder: 105
Identifier: id127986
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Scope and ContentsAlready wrote her a note today, but he talked to William since he sent it; William took a lot of letters, including Tobin's. to Orange; an outer bandage was taken off [of Walker's wound] yesterday before William got back from Orange; all of it was taken off last night; Dr. Pearson, William, Sarah, and Henry Thompson, a young man who sleeps next door to Walker, were all there; Walker felt some pain when the bandage was removed, but he saw the wound and did not...
Dates:
1863 August 20
Rutson Maury, Fourth Street, New York, New York, to his sister, Ann Maury, England, 1863 August 22
File — Box: 3, Folder: 106
Identifier: id127989
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Scope and ContentsEncloses a copy of a letter from Miss Lippett; sent the original, along with a basket of peachesm to Walker; it wuold be a blessing if Walker's accident led him to think about Religion; wrote letters to Miss Lippett and to Harriet; Walker's friend, Mr. J. de Jonge, called and said he was going to Orange to see him; thinks he should have told him not to visit Walker yet, but he wanted to hear more news; Mr. de Jonge promised to call on him if all was not well,...
Dates:
1863 August 22
Sallie F. Maury, Infirmary, [Charlottesville, Virginia?], to Nan, (Anne F. Maury), Milton, North Carolina, 1863 August 24
File — Box: 3, Folder: 107
Identifier: id129119
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Got a letter from cousins Matt and Matsey which mentioned Cousin Lewis; Julia and her children are staying at Cousin Jesse's house; Jesse was here yesterday and he said he was going to make Nannie [his wife] write to her [AFM], but then he found out that she [SFM] had planned to write; got a letter from Charles [Maury, her husband] last night saying that they had letters from Cousin Matt including one for her [AFM] from Lewis, which she hopes she has gotten; does not want the ribbon anymore;...
Dates:
1863 August 24
Rutson Maury, 4th Street, New York, New York, to his sister, Ann Maury, England, 1863 August 26
File — Box: 3, Folder: 108
Identifier: id129170
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Scope and ContentsEncloses a copy of his letter to Harriet; got a letter from Fontaine who claims that he would only be able to make money as a Civil Engineer on Railroads if he were dishonest; he wants to go into business with James; thinks James is much deeper in debt than he claimed to be in his last letter; thinks a partnership betwen the two boys is a bad idea; David [Spence] said that the D[octo]r looked at Walker's wound today and said that it was doing well;called at...
Dates:
1863 August 26
Rutson Maury, 365 Fouth Street, New York, to his sister, Ann Maury, Liverpool, England, 1865 August 29
File — Box: 3, Folder: 109
Identifier: id129195
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Scope and ContentsLetter is incorrectly dated; the year should read "August 29, 1865". Had a pair of English shoes repaired; got his beard and hair trimmed; received a letter from Harriet; Walker's friend Mr. John T. Smith called at the office today and was saddened by the news of Walker's accident; wrote to Harriet to say the Mr. N.M. Ludlow and party had not yet arrieved; also told her that, since Walker was doing so well, he would stop sending her daily reports; thinks that...
Dates:
1865 August 29
Sarah F. Maury, Stamford, Connecticut, to her Uncle Rutson Maury, New York, New York, 1863 September
File — Box: 3, Folder: 110
Identifier: id129219
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Scope and ContentsDressed Walker's arm, which was getting better and better; his pain from yesterday disappeared before he went to bedm and he does not have as much pain today; he and James went fishing and caught 13 fish, which they will eat for breakfast; James loooks very healthy; Miss Dunning sends thanks for the peaches; got a letter from Josey, who said that Aunt Ann Maury had been to visit him; he is confined to bed again; Miss Dunning says he [RM] would be welcome if he...
Dates:
1863 September
Rutson Maury, Fourth Street, New York, New York, to his sister, Ann Maury, Liverpool, England, 1863 September 1
File — Box: 3, Folder: 111
Identifier: id129316
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Scope and ContentsPalmer put a lamp on the fence that separates his yard from theirs; the lamp shines very brightly into their yard; the lamp sits on both sides of the fence, and he had to cut part of the fence to put it there, but he did not ask their permission; dislikes the lamp because it makes their house look like part of Palmer's establishment [bar]; Walker got into an arguement a few months ago about a Free-love poster that had been posted on the pump; Palmer later...
Dates:
1863 September 1
Rutson Maury, 5 Hanover Street, New York, New York, to his sister, Ann Maury, Liverpool, England, 1863 September 1
File — Box: 3, Folder: 112
Identifier: id129734
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Scope and ContentsReceived her letter, which enclosed a copy of Tobin's letter to her and a note to Aunt Elizabeth; gave all three of them to Matthew; qill thik of the melon seeds [to send to her?] the next time they eat a good one; William has gone back to Orange; Walker is still doing very well; William and Sarah divided the watch last night; will be glad when they can stop doing it; received a letter from Mrs. Greene and one from Harriet; her children have been suffering...
Dates:
1863 September 1
Rutson Maury, 4th Street, New York, New York, to his sister Ann Maury, Liverpool, England, 1863 September 5
File — Box: 3, Folder: 113
Identifier: id129773
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Scope and ContentsSent her some seeds from a very good Musk Melon; wrote a short letter to James this morning; received a letter from this afternoon; made a copy for Harriet and encloses a copy for her; Louisa has been having a hard time since the baby was born; was glad to hear that Mrs. Pollard got the letter he sent with the money in it, and is glad that he ha been sending her extra money; if he had known about Louis'a cholera, he would have put money in the letter he sent to...
Dates:
1863 September 5
Rutson Maury, 4th Street, New York, New York, to his sister Ann Maury, England+, 1863 September 9
File — Box: 3, Folder: 114
Identifier: id130355
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Scope and ContentsMailed the letters for the Persia; wrote to Sarah and requested a letter from her and Walker every other day; sent a letter to JAmes and included $50 for Louisa; had dinner at a restaurant with David Spence and William and then went to meet Mrs. R[ichar]d Gilpin; the steamboat was late, and they got very cold while they were waiting; everything was ready for them when they got to Matthew's house; Colo[nel] Gilpin arrived and ate dinner with them; (10 September)...
Dates:
1863 September 9
Rutson Maury, 5 Hanover Street, New York, New York, to [his sister, Ann Maury?],, 1863 September 12
File — Box: 3, Folder: 115
Identifier: id130358
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Received a letter from James, saying that his wife, Louisa, is out of danger now; she is still very weak; their son is doing well; Mrs. Pollard took good care of Louisa; James had just heard of Walker's accident, which upset him; William is spending all day with Sophy; James says that he has grow thin, but he feels well. 1p AL
Dates:
1863 September 12
Rutson Maury, 5 Hanover Street, New York, New York, to his nephew, Walker Maury,, 1863 September 12
File — Box: 3, Folder: 116
Identifier: id130371
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Scope and ContentsAsks what time of the day he has been receiving his letters, so he knows what time to send them; Matthew sold £4000 though Wood and Redmond; told M[atthew[ think he wished he had been consulted first; Matthew felt that it was a good price, but he [RM] didn't think it was necessary; later they had another disagreement; they have heard that there was no change in Charleston, South Carolina, though they had heard that the city had surrendered; does not think there...
Dates:
1863 September 12
Rutson Maury, 4th Street, New York, New York, to his sister, Ann Maury, England, 1863 September 14
File — Box: 3, Folder: 117
Identifier: id130383
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Scope and ContentsHas not received a letter from her for a long time; received another letter from James, who said Louisa keeps getting better; encloses a copy of his letters [not present]; hopes she will show the letters to some of their nephews; William went to Dunnington today and went fishing with Walker; a doctor there saud it might take 6 weeks for Walker's arm to heal completely; hopes it does not take that long; David Spence is not feeling well; encloses a letter from...
Dates:
1863 September 14
Rutson Maury, 4th Street, New York, New York to his sister, Ann Maury, England, 1863 September 16
File — Box: 3, Folder: 118
Identifier: id130401
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Scope and ContentsPlans to write to Nan soon to tell her of Walker's accident; sent Miss Lippett's letter to Walker, was glad to read in her latest letter that she plans to wait for more information about Walker before deciding to gome home sooner than she had planned; David Spence went to see his doctor again; the doctor told him not to take any more physic for a day; (17 [Sept.]) went to get letters from Arabia, but they had not yet arrived; David is feeling better, and his...
Dates:
1863 September 16
Rutson Maury, 5 Hanover Street, New York, New York to his sister, [Ann Maury, England], 1863 September 19
File — Box: 3, Folder: 119
Identifier: id130402
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David is doing better but still does not have a good appetite; received a long letter from James, saying that Louisa is better but it very weak; he also said that Yellow Fever has definintely arrived [in New Orleans]; James said that the Mobile expedition had been postponed due to Gen[era]l Grant's accident and the amount of sickness among the men; has not heard anything more from Fontaine. 2pp. ALS
Dates:
1863 September 19
J.B. Thomson & Co[mpany], Liverpool, England, to Mess[ieu]rs James Maury & Co[mpany], New Orleans, Louisiana, 1863 September 19
File — Box: 3, Folder: 120
Identifier: id130403
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Scope and ContentsAttaches a duplicate of their letter of 2 [Sept. 1863]. 1 p. CY of ALS Bears Cy of ALS from J.B. Thomson & Co[mpany], Liverpool. England, to Mess[ieu]rs James Maury & Co[mpany], New Orleans, Louisiana, 2 September 1863. At the request of Matthew F. Maury, they have paid him £25 and debited his [JM] account for that amount; Matthw Maury showed them a letter from his brother, who wrote that he would give Matthew Maury an order upon them if he needed money;...
Dates:
1863 September 19
Rutson Maury, 4th Street, [ New York, N.Y.], to his sister, Ann Maury, Liverpool, England, 1863 September 20
File — Box: 3, Folder: 121
Identifier: id130407
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Scope and ContentsHas not heard from Fonatine again, so assumes he is headed for the South; wrote to Dr. William Pierson [?] to ask for the bill and to ask if Walker needed to stay in the country any longer; Mr. Ludlow wrote down his recipe for Ag[?] and Fun[?], which he encloses so she can send it to Tobin [not present]; Mr Ludlow plans to leave for St. Louis next week, and William plans to go with him; wrote to Walker, saying that he expected that he and Sarah would return...
Dates:
1863 September 20
Rutson Maury, 4th Street, New York, New York, to his sister, Ann Maury, Liverpool, England, 1863 September 22
File — Box: 3, Folder: 122
Identifier: id131154
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Scope and ContentsTold Matthew the sad news from her letter [Tom Addison and his son-in-law's death] before he left to return to Cornwall; added the news about the deaths to the letter she had enclosed for Sarah; William was shocked by the news; wrote a letter to Harriet; is glad that she returned to L[iverpool] when she heard the news; hopes that Margaret will be alright, but is most concerned about her daughter Emily; all at Welfied place must be very sad; cannot believe that...
Dates:
1863 September 22
Rutson Maury, 4th Street, New York, New York, to his sister, Ann Maury, Liverpool, England, 1863 September 23
File — Box: 3, Folder: 123
Identifier: id131156
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Scope and ContentsWrote a long letter to Miss Lippett, since she was so kind as to send a letter inquiring about Walker even though she is very ill; will include her note to Miss Lippettt with the letter when he mails it; received a letter from Walker, which shows that he is getting more accustomed to using his left hand; William will meet Walker and Sarah when they return; received a letter frmo Walker, which shows that he is getting more accustomed to using his left hand;...
Dates:
1863 September 23
L.A. L[ippett], Providence, Rhode Island, to her "Dear Friend" Rutson Maury, New York, New York, 1865 September 24
File — Box: 3, Folder: 124
Identifier: id131204
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Received his sad letter about his friends and relatives [Tom Addison and Captain Maude?]; prays Miss Wakefield's new treatments will relieve her suffering; it is kind of him to invite her again to New York, but she is not well enough to accept; had been ill in bed for five or six weeks when she had heart trouble; she was very relieved when her heart began to beat normally again; her sight is failing so much that she can no longer walk out alone; the friend who is writing down her dictation...
Dates:
1865 September 24