BIB_ID
122366
Accession number
MA 225.8
Creator
Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834.
Display Date
[1830 Mar. 4].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 20.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with trace of a seal and postmarks and addressed to "Mrs. Hazlitt, / Mrs. Tomlinson's / Northaw / near Potter's Bar, / Herts."
Localization from Lamb's references to walking to Northaw. Dating from postmark.
Part of a collection of letters and poems of Charles and Mary Lamb. Items in the collection are described in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for MA 225 for more information.
Sarah Stoddart was the sister of Sir John Stoddart, kings advocate at Malta. In 1808 she married William Hazlitt (1778-1830); in 1822 they were divorced.
Localization from Lamb's references to walking to Northaw. Dating from postmark.
Part of a collection of letters and poems of Charles and Mary Lamb. Items in the collection are described in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for MA 225 for more information.
Sarah Stoddart was the sister of Sir John Stoddart, kings advocate at Malta. In 1808 she married William Hazlitt (1778-1830); in 1822 they were divorced.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Summary
Stating that both he and Mary are "very unwell" and that Emma [Isola, their adopted daughter,] has had a brain fever. Reporting that he thinks letters to India pay no postage, and discussing mutual acquaintances. Hoping her health improves and promising to bring books as soon as he is well.
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