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to Catherine Macaulay
November 25, 1769
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Typed copy of letter between Benjamin Rush and Catherine Macaulay.
GLC01794.56
November 24, 1769
Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of, 1742-1829
Typed copy of a letter between the Earl of Buchan and Catherine Macaulay.
GLC01794.57
to Iszard
circa 1763-1791
Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791
Typed copy of a letter between Iszard and Catherine Macaulay.
GLC01794.58
to Sophronia
1769
Typed copy of letter between Sophronia and Catherine Macaulay.
GLC01794.59
to Catharine Macaulay
December 8, 1769
Sophronia, fl. 1769-1770
Typed copy of letter between Sophronia and Catherine Macaulay
GLC01794.60
to Mr. Whately
June 9, 1769
Homfray, fl. 1769
Typed copy of letter between Whately and Homfray.
GLC01794.61
Beesley, James, fl. 1769
Typed copy of letter between James Beesley and Catharine Macaulay.
GLC01794.62
to Blanche Kelso Bruce
1 May 1876
Howard, Eliza, fl. 1876
Howard is writing Senator Bruce to ask for help in being reinstated as a messenger. She was furloughed in February, and has since run out of money and is in desperate need of reappointment to keep her home.
GLC09400.237
January 11, 1877
Burritt, A.W., fl. 1877
Burritt is asking Senator Bruce for help in getting her papers back she is asking to meet with him in person.
GLC09400.239
to Morris "Moe" Weiner
February 17, 1944
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008
V-Mail. Sylvia rushed after dinner to N.Y. Union Headquarters, only to find that she had gone on the wrong night. So she dashed over to the movies with Ben and Mad [sister and her boyfriend]. Says another week has slipped away; but February 22nd...
GLC09414.0165
28 September 1943
Written at home. Sylvia notes the weather is an Indian Summer, which he may or may not know depending on where he is, and that her sister Mad is sick. Says it will soon be Rosh Hashanah [Jewish New Year]. She isn't religious, but the holiday evokes...
GLC09414.0126
December 28, 1943
Written at 2:30 PM in pencil on Arrow Head Lodge, Ellenville, N.Y. stationery. Sylvia says she has just left Moe this morning, at first she was sad; but is now feeling chipper and listening to some Russian records. There has been a lapse in time from...
GLC09414.0127
8 January 1944
Written at 12 Midnight. Sylvia woke up late and had to rush to work and got the entertainment for the Victory Party organized. Reports on friends and family. Sylvia says "I have learned that I can live independently- but only because you are always...
GLC09414.0128
January 10 1944
Written at 9:30 PM at home. Sylvia talks about being responsible for the entertainment for the Victory Party. She has "singing waiters and men's ballet," which rehearsed today. She also has arranged for a play that is to be done in pantomime. She is...
GLC09414.0129
January 11, 1944
Written at 11:00 PM at home. Sylvia remembers riding in the car with Moe, just being happy he was with her. Recalls past New Year's Days and how they didn't realize that the events of the world would affect their lives. She had a difficult day at...
GLC09414.0130
January 16, 1944
Written at 1:00 AM. Since it's a Sunday, Sylvia just lounged around all day. Had roast beef and brussel sprouts for dinner. Put on her ski boots and went to Brighton [Beach] for a walk. She also had some more rehearsals for the Victory Party.
GLC09414.0131
January 19, 1944
Written at 1:00 AM at home. Sylvia talks about Moe's letters to her in regard to his Winchester [England] trip and how she feels from reading them that she had been there alongside him. She is proud of his adjustment to life in the service. She is...
GLC09414.0132
January 21, 1944
Written at 2:15 AM at home. Sylvia says that the Victory Party was that night and the entertainment that she was in charge of went off very well. It was the first time she had ever organized anything on such a large scale (200 guests attended). A...
GLC09414.0133
January 22, 1944
Written at 10:15 PM at home. Sylvia draws a diagram of the furniture arrangement of the bedroom for Moe as a setting for a play that she writes as a dialogue between them. Says she will write another letter describing the day's events.
GLC09414.0134
January 23, 1944
Sylvia read over the Selective Service policies during lunch. She says the Board tries to get all the information they can about a potential recruit, such as school, health, family and employment records. She recounts the interview process for...
GLC09414.0135
Written at 12:10 AM. Sylvia reports that everyone has praised her for her work on the Victory Party and that they made a $275 profit for the National War Fund. A friend brought her to a dress factory in Manhattan and she found a beautiful dress for...
GLC09414.0136
January 24, 1944
Written at home. Sylvia has just returned from the Draft Board, and has received an allotment check for two months for $60. This made her feel rich; and she is sending him $10. Says she is doing "okay" financially, not to worry. Says she is going to...
GLC09414.0137
January 25, 1944
Letter is decorated with hearts which Sylvia says are her first installment on Valentine's Day. She tried sending him the New York Times, but it keeps coming back to her. Also, talks about the new found freedom that women now have. She mentions that...
GLC09414.0138
January 26, 1944
Written at 12:00 Midnight at home. Sylvia had a bad day, particularly at work, but considers Moe a constant source of comfort.
GLC09414.0139
January 28, 1944
Sylvia had a good day at work and got the new license plates for the car, after waiting thirty minutes for them. Can't use the car very often, as now she only had "A" [ration] coupons, so only one and a half gallons of gas a week. Talks in general...
GLC09414.0140
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