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Vanderhorst family papers

Other papers include an antebellum letter, of Nov. 23rd to John Vanderhorst at the United States Military Academy (West Point, N.Y.) from E.W. Nowell, reporting family locations and local news of a school taught by a Mr. Simons, which had "increased a great deal since I last wrote ... Mr. Simons has moved his school to Archdale street and he has a very fine large yard, the boys had a set of quoits but someone has been so very kind as to steal them in the most genteel manner imaginably."

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  • "Other papers include an antebellum letter, of Nov. 23rd to John Vanderhorst at the United States Military Academy (West Point, N.Y.) from E.W. Nowell, reporting family locations and local news of a school taught by a Mr. Simons, which had "increased a great deal since I last wrote ... Mr. Simons has moved his school to Archdale street and he has a very fine large yard, the boys had a set of quoits but someone has been so very kind as to steal them in the most genteel manner imaginably.""@en
  • "Letter, 15 July 1839 (Norfolk, [Va.]), from her sister, Mary [Wayne?] to Mrs. Ann Vanderhorst in Charleston, re her travel plans for reaching Morrisania, N.Y., with stops in Baltimore and Philadelphia, "my head feels better since I have come out of the noisy steam boat," and adivising against travel to New York City by a sailing vessel due to fears of yellow fever, "you will be Quarantined for 30 days" unable to go ashore; letter, 17 Aug. [1844?] (Edingsville, S.C.), from Mary Wayne to [Ann] Vanderhorst in New York, hoping for a successful rice harvest so that she could visit New Orleans, "the Paris of America," and Cuba "the [Court] of Spain, of America," noting Mrs. Vanderhorst's anticipated visit to Saratoga, N.Y., and including a description of her location at Edingsville, a retreat for rice planters located on Edisto Island, S.C., as "a delightful summer retreat ... no mosquitoes on the front beach houses; & the bathing in the sea most charming ... I presume now, you do not return South, until Nov.""@en
  • "Letter, 24 May 1850, from aboard the U.S.S. Lexington, "Quarantine Anchorage" in New York, from Thomas R. Ware, Bursar, to "Elias Vander Horst, Esq." [1791-1852] in Charleston, S.C., re death of his son, Elias Vander Horst from yellow fever while on duty in the harbor of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), reporting on his final days and relating his burial in an English cemetery, "I was very desirous, Sir, that the remains of my much esteemed friend would be brought to the U. States, but the Surgeon decided that this would have been unsafe, at that time" although that Ware assured Vanderhorst that after a few months, that danger would have passed and the remains could be transported to the U.S."@en
  • "Letters, 1838 - 1850, from family and friends, reflecting logistics of travel and education for a wealthy family with relatives in Charleston, S.C, and vicinity, and in New York, and elsewhere, including letter, 23 Sept. 1838 (Charleston, S.C.), from A.M. Lynah to "Master Elias Vanderhorst" in New York for school, presuming that he would "have reached Flushing by this time ... I suppose you and Lewis have joined the boat club by this time ... I hope to join you next year. I have taken one ride on your horse ... I like him very much, he is spirited and suits me very well ... I hope you will be interested in New York and if you go to the theatre I wish you would give me a long account of everything you see.""@en

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