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Description
Susan Ursin Niemcewicz wrote from Ursino to Peter Kean and Sarah Kean, her son, and daughter-in-law, addressed General Morris' Butternuts, Otsego County, NY. She updated them on family affairs, particularly concerning their cousins Julia Lawrence and an upcoming wedding.
People Included: Julia Lawrence, John Throp Lawrence, Mr. Ogden, Mr. Ricketts, Miss Robels, Mr. Rudd, Rachael, Peggy
Author/Creator
Susan Ursin Niemcewicz, formerly Susan Livingston and Susan Kean (1759-1833)
Recipient
Peter Philip James Kean (1788-1828)
Sarah Sabina Kean, formerly Sarah Sabina Morris, and later Sarah Sabina Baker (1788-1878)
Creation Date
8-25-1818
Document Type
Manuscript
Location
Ursino, Elizabethtown, County of Essex, NJ
Inventory Location
Bay 1, Column 2, LHC Series 3
Recommended Citation
Niemcewicz, Susan U.. Susan Ursin Niemcewicz to Peter Kean and Sarah Kean, August 25, 1818. Manuscript. From Special Collections Research Library and Archive, Kean University, Liberty Hall Collection 1810s. https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1810s/105
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 1739-1847. 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 Elizabeth-Town, 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 who were owned by the Kean and other families, offering a glimpse into their forced work and places of residence.