BIB_ID
285533
Accession number
MA 7362.92
Creator
Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917.
Display Date
1890 Oct. 8.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.8 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 "Your affectionate Sorella Francesca."
Signed "Your affectionate Sorella Francesca."
Summary
Concerning the greatly improved health of Alexander's "Mammina," Lucia Gray Swett Alexander, and describing in detail the "only morning [in the last three months] when [Alexander] was really frightened" for her mother's health. Mentioning that Alexander will write to her "Fratello," John Ruskin, as soon as she has "a spare hour." Briefly discussing education, Alexander is "sure [that Severn] would be a great deal better for [her children] than any school."
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