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Letter from Lord Dufferin, Bangor, Northern Ireland, to Frank Cowper, 1900 January 10 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
192964
Accession number
MA 22784
Creator
Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Blackwood, Marquis of, 1826-1902.
Display Date
Bangor, Northern Ireland, 1900 January 10.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, special gift of Jo Zach Miller, IV, 1985.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 17.6 x 11.3 cm
Notes
Written from Lord Dufferin's estate, "Clandeboye," in County Down, Northern Ireland.
Acquired with thirteen letters to Cowper from Lillie Langtry, Kenneth Grahame, Quiller-Couch and others which are cataloged separately. This collection was originally accessioned as MA 4320.
Summary
Referring to the news that his son had been injured in the Boer War: "As yet we know nothing beyond the fact of our poor boy having been desperately wounded in the head, but to-day or to-morrow I trust we shall learn more, and in the meantime we hope for the best;" mentioning Cowper's desire to go to South Africa, "where, as you say, your quick sight and power of observation would stand you in good stead;" describing a sailing trip.