Title

Letter from American Indian child to Indian Agent Mallet

Files

Identified Persons

Major Edmond Mallet; Paul Mathias

Identified Places

Tulalip Indian School; Tulalip Mission; Washington Territory

Author

Paul Mathias

Recipient

Major Edmond Mallet

Approximate Date

January 1, 1877

Original Item Medium

Correspondence

Accession Number

2013.001.081

Folder Name

Tulalip_Agency,_Washington_Territory

Language

English

Digital Reproduction Information

Scanned from a photograph at 400 dpi in TIFF format using a Nikon D800, and imported as JPEG2000 using CONTENTdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2015

Creative Commons License

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Transcription

Tulalip Mission Indian School
Jan 1th[sic] 1877

Major E J Mallet,

Dear Sir.

I write a few words to You, for this Merry and New Year. Today we Celebrate the feast of our Lord Jesus Christ the day when he was circumcised eight days after he was born, of the Blessed Virgin Mary. And so all the catholic in the world, celebrate this feast today and so I wish you a Merry and happy New Year today; happy in saying and doing pleasant things to others. New Year is the comencement[sic] of every thing in the [[strikethrough]]world[[/strikethrough]] year. And so with a man.

And I am very glad, on this merry and happy New Year. And hope you are glad also as I am A happy happy[sic] New Year and, May God bless you.

Most Respectfully, Very truly yours,

Paul Mathias

Recommended Citation

Edmond J. Mallet Collection. Emmanuel d'Alzon Library Manuscript and Photograph Collection. Assumption University, Worcester, Massachusetts.