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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03432.084 |
| From Archive Folder | Archive of Captain John Bryant, Deputy Commissary of Military Stores at the Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts |
| Title | Cornelius Lyman to John Bryant, discussing the aftermath of his wife's death |
| Date | 19 August 1798 |
| Author | Lyman, Cornelius (b. 1758) |
| Recipient | Bryant, John |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | In the month after his wife's death, Lyman writes details about seeing and interacting with his young son, James. Discusses traveling to Pennsylvania with his late wife, their plans, and her sickness. Discusses various plans in the wake of her death. Filled with poignant and melancholy sentiments: "My hopes & future prospect are blasted I have lost a kind and tender mother a pleasant & agreeable companion and as a domestic wife exceeded but by few - poor little James is now sitting and playing by me...the sight of him brings to mind what has lately passed and what will pass on all the human race." Bryant was related to the late Sarah Mason through his second-wife, Hannah Mason. Written from Presque Isle, which is now Erie, Pennsylvania. |
| Subjects | Women's History Death Children and Family Travel Marriage |
| People | Lyman, Cornelius (b. 1758) Bryant, John (1742-1816) |
| Place written | Erie, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Women in American History; Children & Family; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Cornelius Lyman, brother of general and congressman William Lyman, was an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Captain John Bryant was the Deputy Commissary of Military Stores at the Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |