BIB_ID
157572
Accession number
MA 3618
Creator
Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849.
Display Date
London, England, circa 1822.
Credit line
Gift of Maisie Kinnicutt Houghton (Mrs. James R. Houghton), 1979.
Description
1 item (3 pages, with address) ; 18 x 11.2 cm
Notes
Edgeworth dates the letter only "Sunday Morning." According to the DNB, Edgeworth became close friends with the Katers during a visit to London in 1822, thus the estimated date of writing.
Written from: "Grove House / Kensington Gore." This was the home of Lady Elizabeth Whitbread (née Grey), widow of the politician Samuel Whitbread. She lived there from 1816 until her death in 1846.
Address panel: "Mrs Kater / Union Place." Mary Reeve Kater was the wife of the scientist Henry Kater, and the author of a History of England for young people.
Transcription available in the Collection File.
Written from: "Grove House / Kensington Gore." This was the home of Lady Elizabeth Whitbread (née Grey), widow of the politician Samuel Whitbread. She lived there from 1816 until her death in 1846.
Address panel: "Mrs Kater / Union Place." Mary Reeve Kater was the wife of the scientist Henry Kater, and the author of a History of England for young people.
Transcription available in the Collection File.
Provenance
Purchased from Goodspeed's Book Shop, 15 June 1979.
Summary
Inviting the Katers to visit with her and Lady Elizabeth Whitbread.
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