BIB_ID
105148
Accession number
MA 23223
Creator
Hall, S. C., Mrs., 1800-1881.
Display Date
London, England, 1856.
Credit line
Purchased on the Acquisitions Fund, 1981.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 15.8 x 10.0 cm
Notes
Previously accessioned MA 3589.
Written on mourning stationery from "21 Ashley Place / Saturday."
Year of writing from the reference to the death of her mother who died January 20, 1856.
Mrs. Montgomery was the widow of Robert Montgomery (1807-1855) and mother of Jessie Anne Douglas Montgomery (1851-1918).
Written on mourning stationery from "21 Ashley Place / Saturday."
Year of writing from the reference to the death of her mother who died January 20, 1856.
Mrs. Montgomery was the widow of Robert Montgomery (1807-1855) and mother of Jessie Anne Douglas Montgomery (1851-1918).
Provenance
Purchased on the Acquisitions Fund, 1981.
Summary
Inviting her to call when she is next in London; adding "What a blessing little Jessie must be to you - but I am sure, lovely as Devonshire is, you find (as we did) the air relaxing;" informing her of the death of her mother in January "...without a sigh or a struggle - as lovely in death as she was in life! but her loss to me, is what I cannot write about."
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