BIB_ID
126775
Accession number
MA 9520.1
Creator
Elliston, R. W. (Robert William), 1774-1831.
Display Date
1814 December 6.
Credit line
Purchased, 1891.
Description
1 item (3 pages, with address) ; 22.9 x 18.8 cm
Notes
The letter is written from Stratford Place, an address in London where Elliston is known to have lived.
Address panel with postmark: "Mrs Elliston / Miss Rundall's - Milsom Street / Bath."
Part of a collection of three letters from R. W. Elliston to his wife Elizabeth Rundall Elliston. Each item has been described in an individual catalog record.
Removed from an extra-illustrated volume from the series Dramatic Memoirs (PML 9505-9528).
Address panel with postmark: "Mrs Elliston / Miss Rundall's - Milsom Street / Bath."
Part of a collection of three letters from R. W. Elliston to his wife Elizabeth Rundall Elliston. Each item has been described in an individual catalog record.
Removed from an extra-illustrated volume from the series Dramatic Memoirs (PML 9505-9528).
Provenance
Purchased from Henry Sotheran & Co., London, 1891.
Summary
Saying that he was glad to hear she had arrived safely and in good health, "with no encrease of cold, almost a miracle with you are so sensitive at this time of year"; adding "I had little doubt of the ball prooving [sic] attractive, & if it should at the same time satisfy the expectations of your sister & brother, the experiment & labour will not have been fruitlessly employed; nor the expense on our part thrown away"; mentioning that he had gone to Croydon the previous day with "Stripps & his Sister"; sending news of Lucy's cold and Nurse Scott's health; saying that he has "received the license for the Olympic, in my own name, & it is now a saleable property"; conveying his wishes that "your looks & spirits may be all that you can desire, & your reception from your old friends, all that you deserve"; sending his "kindest remembrance to our Children"; adding in a postscript: "Dont be delicate as to pressing Hobbs -- He ought to pay, & I think he will."
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