FEINBERG/WHITMAN NOTES and NOTEBOOKS NOTES -- Brooklyniana UNDATED Brush, Dolly Box 38 Folder 34 1050 Brooklyniana : Dolly Brush. A. MS. (1p. 18 1/2 x 20 cm.) Written in pencil on a sheet of lined paper, torn off at the bot- tom, 134 words: Dolly Brush-Conklin-Gildersleeve - Huntington, 1818 - [2 ?] A little old woman, nearly 75 years old coming on horseback alone, from her house in the village, six miles--off-visiting--spry good humored, loquacious, knew all the news and gossip--welcome every- where from her amiable character and kindness-- rode on a great heavy side saddle, a load of itself--jumped up, and and down from her seat without assistance-- ------- # was expecting once to be confined,--could not send her tipsy husband to the store for things,--went herself--got them-- felt the pains advancing as she was returning--stopped for the mid- wife--arrived home just in time. Aunt Annie Suydagn , the peacemaker--lived with her large family of sons and daughters and sons in law and daughters in law--"the PeaceMaker"--Lame Polly--Long Polly-- Dolly Brush - Conklin - Gildersleeve - Huntington, 1818 -- A little old woman, nearly 75 years old coming on horseback alone, from her house in the village, six miles - off visiting - spry good humored, loquacious, knew all the news and gossip - welcome everywhere from her amiable character and kindness -- rode on a great heavy side saddle, a load of itself -- jumped up, and and down from her seat without assistance -- --------[?] was expecting once to be confined, -- could not send her tipsy husband to the store for things, -- went herself -- got them -- felt the pains advancing as she was returning -- stopped for the midwife -- arrived home just in time. Aunt Annie Suydazn, the peace maker -- lived with her large family of sons and daughters, and sons in law and daughters in law -- "the PeaceMaker" -- Lame Polly -- Long Polly -- Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.