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Letter from Sophie Scheffer, Paris, to Rose Blaze de Bury, between 1850 and 1856 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
188311
Accession number
MA 14300.361
Creator
Scheffer, Sophie, 1805-1856, sender.
Display Date
Paris, France, between 1850 and 1856
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 20.7 x 13.3 cm
Notes
Written on blue paper from: 16 rue Chaptal.
Sophie married Ary Scheffer in 1850 and died, after years of poor health, in 1856.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Acknowledging receipt of a letter, explaining that she has been ill and kept to her bed these past two months, commiserating with Blaze de Bury's account of her own husband's illness, and writing that Mr. Scheffer has suffered recently from palpitations, mentioning that she has heard from Mrs. (Harriet) Grote who will be passing through Paris with her husband.