Item 48: Letter from N[icholas] Longworth to Charles Cist, 1851 June 28
Item — Box: 11, Folder: 48
Dates
- Created: 1851 June 28
Creator
- Longworth, Nicholas, 1783-1863 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letter
Condition Note:
Good.
Measurements:
3 ½ in. x 7 13/16 in.
Description:
This is a letter from Nicholas Longworth to Jacob Cist on June 28, 1851. In the book Sketches and Statistics of Cincinnati in 1851 written by Cist, he incorrectly stated the measurements of Longworth’s winehouse. In this letter, Longworth calls out Cist as being a fibber while having a standing in the church. The creator of this letter, Nicholas Longworth, was born in New Jersey in 1783. He was a winemaker and real estate speculator. The recipient, Charles Cist, was born in Pennsylvania in 1792. Cist became an editor and was the creator of a family journal called The Western Weekly Advertiser.
Transcription:
{Front}
Friend Cist
Thy standings in the church, is of too long a standing, to be injoined by Fibbing. Mine, in the meeting, is not. Did Longworth joy his wine House was 144 feet in front. Thine N. Longworth
June 28th 1851.
N. Longworth the Comment to Millionaire & “Wineking” Died July 10. 1863 Age 80 years.
{Back} N. Longworth June 28th 1851
N. Longworth the Comment to Millionaire & “Wineking” Died July 10. 1863 Age 80 years.
{Back} N. Longworth June 28th 1851
Creator
- Longworth, Nicholas, 1783-1863 (Person)
Repository Details
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570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu