Letters to, from George Vaux VIII, 1885 - 1886

Note: Most of these letters pertain to financial matters between N.M.M. and George Vaux, as it appears Vaux handled her finances in the years after Levi Morris’ death.

Some highlights include:

1881 5/15. [writes that he will not burn his letters and alludes to tension between him and N.M.M.]

1881 6/1. [list of N.M.M.’s “more important affairs” in case anything should happen to him]

1882 1/22. [asks N.M.M. to reconsider her decision not to spend the winter at his house]

1882 2/6. [discusses the “misunderstanding” between them and writes that he hopes they can make peace]

1882 2/12. [expresses surprise at N.M.M.’s rejection per J.T.S. of his invitation for her to come to his house to discuss “family difficulties” and her stipulation that if they meet it should be at J.T.S. and E.M.S.’s house and in the presence of C.W.M. and E.M.S.]

1882 11/13. [discusses son Willie’s sickness]

Philadelphia, 1883 1/14. [“I do not like to write business letters on first day, but was so crowded yesterday that I was compelled to let many things lay over and this letter was one of them.”]

Philadelphia, 1883 1/19. [encourages N.M.M. to donate to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania toward its purchase of the Patterson property on 13th and Locust Streets and encloses a subscription card]

1883 10/11. [advises N.M.M. against converting the mill to steam power as “it would be a step toward the neighborhood which would undoubtedly impair the value of thy adjoining property”]

“Home,” 1884 11/23. [thanks N.M.M. for her invitation for him to visit Cadorus but declines as it will be the fourth anniversary of Sallie’s last visit to the house, rendering a visit unbearable for him]