BIB_ID
285248
Accession number
MA 7362.34
Creator
Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917.
Display Date
1888 Mar. 7.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 15.4 x 10 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters primarily from Francesca Alexander to Joan Severn. Items in this collection are described in individual records.
Signed "from your affectionate and most grateful Sorella."
Written on stationery with "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Signed "from your affectionate and most grateful Sorella."
Written on stationery with "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Concerning the mental health of Alexander's "Fratello," John Ruskin, hoping that "very soon all these strange delusions may pass away." Requesting for Alexander's mother, Lucia Gray Swett Alexander, that Severn send back a short account of the Bourne family (from which the Alexanders are descended) held by Severn, as it is the only copy. Also discussing a box of anemones sent by Alexander to Severn.
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