United States, Connecticut, New Haven County, New Haven, 41.30815, -72.92816United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729Cobb, Marion, 1822-18971850-01-03Letter from January 3, 1853? from Marion Lumpkin Cobb, wife of Thomas Read Rootes Cobb and daughter of Joseph Henry Lumpkin, to Callie King, wife of Porter King and Marion's sister, about a trip to New York with her father and family to tend to her own health. Her illness may be due to the birth of one of her sons. She also includes news of her son's illness, fashions in New York, seeing the play David Copperfield, anticipating a performance of the operatic singer Sontag, and a visit to New Haven. Neither of her sons surrived childhood. The letter possibly refers to a son who died within six months of birth.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO.image/jpegjhl0018http://american-south.org/http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Joseph Henry Lumpkin family papers, 1821-1862 (bulk 1852-1857), box 1, folder 18, document jhl0018.New York (N.Y.)--Description and travelNew Haven (Conn.)--Description and travelClothing and dress--New York (State)--History--19th centuryCobb, Marion, 1822-1897--Journeys--New York (State)--New YorkCobb, Marion, 1822-1897--HealthCobb, Thomas Read Rootes, 1823-1862--Journeys--New York (State)--New YorkLumpkin, Joseph Henry, 1799-1867--Journeys--New York (State)--New YorkDickens, Charles, 1812-1870. David CopperfieldSontag, Henriette, 1806-1854King, Callie, 1826-1905Letter: New York, [New York] to Callie [King, 185-] Jan. 3Text