BIB_ID
193080
Accession number
MA 9473.2
Creator
Colman, George, 1762-1836.
Display Date
1818 March 26
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1982.
Description
1 items (2 pages) ; 18.4 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Acquired as part of a collection of 93 letters of artists and authors acquired in 1982 and formerly accessioned as MA 3553.
This letter is simply addressed as "dear Madam", however, the first letter in this small collection is a copy of a letter written to Colman in which the writer identifies herself as "Frances Richmond Smyth, now exists as a Mrs. Alex'r Paul, widow." (see MA 9473.1) The content of this letter follows on directly as a reply to her letter. The correspondence includes two additional letters from Colman to "dear Madam." (see MA 9473.3 and MA 9473.4)
Written from 5 Melina Place, Westminster Road.
This letter is simply addressed as "dear Madam", however, the first letter in this small collection is a copy of a letter written to Colman in which the writer identifies herself as "Frances Richmond Smyth, now exists as a Mrs. Alex'r Paul, widow." (see MA 9473.1) The content of this letter follows on directly as a reply to her letter. The correspondence includes two additional letters from Colman to "dear Madam." (see MA 9473.3 and MA 9473.4)
Written from 5 Melina Place, Westminster Road.
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1982.
Summary
Expressing his pleasure at seeing her and finding "...that you are now enjoying three of the greatest blessings in this World - tranquillity of mind, health, & independence. - For myself I cannot boast of having had a redundance of those ingredients in human life which are so 'devoutly to be wished;' - but under all the checker-work & changes of mortality, I have had the good fortune, thank Heaven! to maintain very good spirits. Among other revolutions which I may still experience, it is not unlikely that I may, before the commencement of the Summer, entirely quit the Counter of the Old Shop you mention; - & if some arrangements be not speedily made to my satisfaction, I shall certainly have no concern in the Haymarket [illegible]. Under these circumstances, you will perceive this is not the moment for my treating(?) with Customers. - But I will take care to let you know how this matter is decided, one way or the other, in due time."
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