Letter to Miss Hawks from Stonington
date: label: date made
content: 1802-06-19
notes: label: Description
content: Letter from Stonington written to Miss Hawkes (possibly Lydia Hawkes at Richfield), June 19, 1802.
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content: My Dear Miss Hawks,
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content: The Love and esteem I have for friends and acquaintances & for you in perticular, excites a wish in me to hear from you as often as convenient . I recieved your letter of Sept 16 it was joyfully Perusedand affoards a pleasing ldea that you have me in remembrance. You mentioned of sending a Letter of an earlier date wich I have not received, Jut I hope the misconvaence of one Letter will not discourage you from continuing the Correspondence that has comenceed between us.
label: Description
content: The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Communications
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content: Copp Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Brenton Copp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.006873.130
label: catalog number
content: 6873.130
label: accession number
content: 28810
objectType: label: Object Name
content: letter
label: Other Terms
content: Sheet (Paper); Manuscript
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 7/8 in x 12 5/8 in; 20.0025 cm x 32.0675 cm