Letter, Hewlett T[ownsend] Coles, at sea, to "My Dear Wife," [Catherine Van Suydam Coles], n.p., 1822 August 8-1822 August 9

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Identifier: MSN/EA 5022-4

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Letter, Hewlett T[ownsend] Coles, at sea, to "My Dear Wife," [Catherine Van Suydam Coles], n.p., Wrapper

Letter, Hewlett T[ownsend] Coles, at sea, to "My Dear Wife," [Catherine Van Suydam Coles], n.p., Page 1

Letter, Hewlett T[ownsend] Coles, at sea, to "My Dear Wife," [Catherine Van Suydam Coles], n.p., Pages 2-3

Letter, Hewlett T[ownsend] Coles, at sea, to "My Dear Wife," [Catherine Van Suydam Coles], n.p., Page 4

Scope and Contents

August 8: Aboard Eliza. Word of the ship's progress, and expressions of love for Catherine. August 9: Coles relates a dream of the previous night in which he returned home and "as soon as You [Catherine] saw me you got up and went out of the house without speaking to me." This reminds him of a strange fear he had of Liverpool prior to its departure, and how his uncle had advised him that "if I was fearfull of her that I had better not go in her."