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Description
James Ricketts in New York, NY wrote to Susan Kean, unaddressed. Both James and Sarah Ricketts wrote Susan a Christmas Letter about the recent goings on and Susan's decision to leave for New York without Peter. There was a measles outbreak at the time. People included: Mr. Biddle, Mrs. A., Peter Kean, Phil, Hannah, Mrs. L., Cato, Mr. K., Mr. L, Mrs. L. Places Included Camelo at William Street [in NYC].
Author/Creator
James Ricketts (1754-1824)
Recipient
Susan Kean, formerly Susan Livingston and later Susan Ursin Niemcewicz (1759-1833)
Creation Date
12-25-1795
Document Type
Manuscript
Location
New York, New York
Inventory Location
Bay 1, Column 1, LHC Series 2
Recommended Citation
Ricketts, James. James Ricketts to Susan Kean, December 25, 1795. Manuscript. From Special Collections Research Library and Archive, Kean University, Liberty Hall Collection 1790s. https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1790s/301
Rights
This collection is open to the public for research use. Copyright remains with Kean University. Credit this material. Personal photographs may be made for research purposes. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to Lynette Zimmerman, Executive Director at the Liberty Hall Academic Center & Exhibition Hall at lzimmerm@kean.edu.
Publishing Repository
Special Collections Research Library and Archive, Kean University
Collection
The Liberty Hall Collection consists of the correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and other manuscript material of the Livingston and Kean families, dated from 1739 to 1847. The bulk of the collection is related to Susan Livingston Kean Niemcewicz (1759-1833). The Livingston and Kean families frequently corresponded and held accounts with other wealthy, prominent, colonial, and early American families in New Jersey, especially Elizabethtown, Philadelphia, New York City, upstate New York, England, France, and Poland. A small portion of the collection includes correspondence with early Virginia families unrelated to the Livingston and Kean families. The collection includes second-hand accounts of enslaved people owned by the Kean and other families, offering a glimpse into their forced work and places of residence.