BIB_ID
105324
Accession number
MA 23224
Creator
Hall, S. C., Mrs., 1800-1881.
Display Date
London, England, 1870-1877.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 20.8 x 13.3 cm
Notes
Address panel "Mrs. Howitt / 53 Via Margutta / Roma / Presented by / Cashel Hoey Esq're - amb."
The letter is undated however the Howitt's began spending winters in Rome in 1870 and Miss [Margaret] Foley died in December 1877 while traveling with the Howitts in the Tyrol.
From Dickens Correspondence.
The letter is undated however the Howitt's began spending winters in Rome in 1870 and Miss [Margaret] Foley died in December 1877 while traveling with the Howitts in the Tyrol.
From Dickens Correspondence.
Summary
Introducing Mr. Cashel Hoey who is visiting Rome with his daughter; adding "We are too happy in numbering my countryman among our friends - Who is loved & honoured by all who know him - his dear wife is adding to our number of deservedly popular novelists - I wish she could have accompanied Mr. Hoey for then your pleasure would have been doubled;" saying she has included a note of introduction to "our beloved Miss Foley - and shall be very grateful to you to introduce him to any celebrities who are now in Rome. I received a most interesting letter from Miss Foley last week."
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