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Isabelle Bell wrote to Susan U. Niemcewicz in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Heard that Mr. and Mrs. Ricketts had gone from Montreal to Quebec and planned to proceed home by way of Boston. Congratulated Susan on the hopes of seeing her husband, Julian Niemcewicz, soon. Isabelle wished she could afford herself time to join Susan and her happy family for a week and engage in “social chat.” Felt obliged by Susan’s kind and friendly attentions to her Margaret. Catherine and Angelica Van Rensselaer came for a visit. Mr. Imbert, the French gentleman who taught drawing in Albany the winter prior, left them and there was an opening for a man of talents to make a fair trial of the disposition of the inhabitants to encourage the science of painting. L’ Aubineau[?], their last teacher was not fortunate and left a rather ill impression. They were shocked by the death of Miss Henrietta Williamson.
People mentioned: Mr. Imbert, Mr. and Mrs. Ricketts, Mrs. Bellassis, Mrs. and Miss Church, Miss Henrietta Williamson, John B. Linn, Susan Ridley, and Robert LeRoy.
Author/Creator
Isabelle Bell
Recipient
Susan Ursin Niemcewicz, formerly Susan Livingston and Susan Kean (1759-1833)
Creation Date
1804-09-23
Creation Date
9-23-1804
Document Type
Manuscript
Inventory Location
Bay 1, Column 2, LHC Series 2
Recommended Citation
Bell, Isabelle. Isabelle Bell to Susan Niemcewicz, September 23, 1804. Manuscript. From Special Collections Research Library and Archive, Kean University, Liberty Hall Collection 1800s. https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1800s/322
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Publishing Repository
Special Collections Research Library and Archive, Kean University
Collection
Liberty Hall Collection, 1711-1847 (bulk 1790-1830)