All on personalized stationery with "Francesca" embossed in corner.
Most were torn in half and mended.
Discussing at length the ill health of John Ruskin (Ms. Oldham's godfather) and urging him to make a visit to Italy; concerning Ms. Oldham's contributions to the poor, and Ms. Alexander's work. A letter of 1885 Aug. 19 notes, "I am finishing a picture which he asked me to draw for him just before he was taken ill, and I want to have it ready to send to him as soon as he is well enough to be amused by it." She mentions Ruskin's work in a letter of 1894 Aug. 8: "The page which our dear friend gave you from the Roadside Songs is part of an old hymn to the Cross: I am very glad that it is in your hands, and that it reminds you sometimes both of him and of me. I have not the heart to write about him; but I hope, as you do, that he does not suffer ... "