"Letter to Mistress Van Kleeck" by Henry Livingston (Jany 1787) to Richard Sheridan's "Ah, Sure"

YouTube ^ | 1787 | Henry Livingston

[mairdie]

One of my absolute favorites. Henry's sister Cornelia, Mistress Van Kleeck, four years his younger, most likely told Henry this story, which he then turned into a humorous poem about her tenant's excuse for not paying her the pig he owed her. Illustrated with vintage postcards.

Going the opposite way, a very short religious poem that's also a favorite of mine, "Without distinction..."

[mairdie]

Much of Henry's account books show that debts were more often paid in trade than in coin.

[mairdie]

PING

[Tennessee Nana]

PING

[Dick Bachert]

While on the topic of "mistresses":

[mairdie]

“Ah, sure?”

[SunkenCiv]

Cornelia, what a fox. :^) Thanks TN.

[SunkenCiv]

https://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/ledger/students/6777

[mairdie]

Different Cornelia Van Kleeck.

This one was born, 29 Sep 1750, Cornelia Livingston, the daughter of

Dr. Henry Livingston, Sr. (27 Aug 1714-10 Feb 1799)
Susanna Storm Conklin, (09 Jul 1724-22 May 1793)

She married Myndert Van Kleeck on 15 Feb 1769, who is somewhat confusing as he’s sometimes referred to as Lawrence Van Kleeck (02 Feb 1745-14 Dec 1799), with her brother, Rev John Henry Livingston, officiating.

They’re shown as only having a single child, Henry (08 Mar 1793-05 Apr 1795), who died aged 2.

She died 14 Feb 1810 at the NYC home of the same brother, Rev John Henry Livington.

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But what you’re seeing in YOUR Cornelia Van Kleeck is the Dutch propensity for education of all.

[YogicCowboy]

Barter and trade is freedom in action, which is why leftists seek to make it forbidden, thus inevitably becoming black market.

[YogicCowboy]

Thanks. Too bad I cannot get course credit. Better than the class I abortively took.

[mairdie]

Someone wrote me about one of my art videos and I rewatched it yesterday. It really could be the basis of a class.

https://youtu.be/05kSpcfUCyI

Fine Arts - Ancient Egyptian Art to Ancient Music

Makes all the difference to add dates on the start of the image files. Lets you sort alphabetically and get chronology. SO much wish I could have had this capability back when I was studying the subject.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks mairdie.