Manuscripts

"Sir: After my respects to you & your family…:" draft letter expressing an unfavourable opinion about a young man engaged to the addressee's daughter

Description: Possibly written by Stephen Duryea.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: undated
Call number: mssDuryea
Creator: Duryea (Family : (1685-1803))(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased for the Huntington from Carmen D. Valentino by the Library Collectors' Council, March 2024.
Associated people: Niblo, William (1790-1878,)
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