Beaumanoir De Laforest to Susan Kean, June 29, 1789

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Beaumanoir De Laforest wrote from New York to Susan Kean, her friend, address not included. She was concerned for John Kean's health and hoped that all was well in Beaufort. She gave updates about all their friends and associates in New York. She wrote how she still felt like a stranger in America and could not adjust to some of the customs. She was planning a trip to the country to see one of her relations there, going to Bethlehem, the Falls, Newark, and then Elizabethtown to see Lady Christine. There were rumors that General Clarkson was to marry Susan Livingston, Sarah Jay's sister.

People Included: Mrs. Eveleigh, Mr. Butler, Mr. Macomb, Mr. Constable, Mrs. Dalton, Mr. Eruger, Mrs. Lynch, Jane Griffin, Lady Kitty, Mrs. Izard, Mrs. Rucker, Mrs. Langdon, Mrs. R. Morris, Mrs. Smith, Chancellor Livingston, Mrs. Butler, Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Frank Van Berckel, George Washington, Sarah Jay, , Rolt Izard, Mary Seton, John Wilkes, John Livingston, Eliza McEvers, Eliza Livingston Otto, Mrs. Livingston (Margaret Livingston?), Mrs. Montgomery,Lady Mary, Lewis William Otto, Eliza Otto, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Church, Mr. Huger, Caroline De LaForest, Mrs. Le Couteuby Mr. Van Berckel and Cornelia Van Horne.

Places Included: Philadelphia.

Author/Creator

Beaumanoir De Laforest

Recipient

Susan Kean, formerly Susan Livingston, and later Susan Ursin Niemcewicz (1759-1833)

Creation Date

6-19-1789

Document Type

Manuscript

Location

New York, NY

Collection

Liberty Hall Collection, 1711-1847 (bulk 1790-1830)

Inventory Location

103 C

Recommended Citation

De Laforest, Beaumanoir. Beaumanoir De Laforest to Susan Kean, June 29, 1789. Manuscript. From Special Collections Research Library and Archive, Kean University, Liberty Hall Collection 1780s. https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1780s/276

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