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Christine Biddle wrote from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Susan Niemcewicz in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Christine was delayed in writing to Susan as she was busy making family arrangements and receiving visitors. Wished Susan and Mr. Niemcewicz would come to see how pleasantly she was situated. Christine described one of her female servants as a “perfect treasure” who spoke broad scotch, understood her business, and did it completely. Attended a party the night before at Mrs. Griffiths where she happened to be seated next to Mrs. Dr. Bache with whom Christine had a good deal of conversation. Some people were saying that Maria Ricketts was engaged while others were saying she was married.

People mentioned: Julian Niemcewicz, Catharine Wistar Bache (d. 1820), and Maria Ricketts.

Author/Creator

Christine Biddle (1780-1861)

Recipient

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

Creation Date

1806-03-05

Creation Date

3-5-1806

Document Type

Manuscript

Location

Unknown location

Collection

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

Inventory Location

Bay 1, Column 2, LHC Series 2

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 the Special Collections Research Library and Archive at keanscrla@kean.edu.

Publishing Repository

Special Collections Research Library and Archive, Kean University

Christine Biddle to Susan Niemcewicz, March 5, 1806

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