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Peter Kean wrote from Balltown to Susan Niemcewicz in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Peter surmised that Susan would be surprised as to where he was writing from. His physician advised he go to Balltown and to drink their waters hoping they may relieve Peter of his ailment. However, this was not the only inducement as Tom Grimké had written Peter that it would be impossible for him to leave the Springs to pay Albany a visit. The letter Susan wrote Peter last week included one from J.B. who informed Peter that Mrs. Talbot, the lady to whom the main lands were sold, declined taking them. Colonel Deverux again wrote to Peter respecting the main lands but Peter would decline making a bargain with him and trusted in finding a purchase in Carolina. The Rutherford family arrived and Peter and Mary had a conversation. Mary said that she thought Sally Jay was going to Bedford. Susan spoke of religious facts but Peter felt every denomination of pious Christians were equally good. Dr. and Mrs. Romayne and Miss W. left for Niagara. Hoped the foundation for the house commenced. The Chancellor and Mrs. L arrived along with their daughter Mrs. R.

People mentioned: Thomas Smith Grimké (1786-1834), Sarah Louisa Jay (1792-1818), Colonel Deverux, the Rutherford family, Dr. and Mrs. Romayne, Miss W., Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), and Mary Stevens Livingston (1751-1814).

Author/Creator

Peter Philip James Kean (1788-1828)

Recipient

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

Creation Date

1809-08-17

Creation Date

8-17-1809

Document Type

Manuscript

Collection

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

Inventory Location

103 C

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

Peter Kean to Susan Niemcewicz, August 17, 1809

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