BIB_ID
285641
Accession number
MA 7362.133
Creator
Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917.
Display Date
1903 Nov. 26.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (9 p.) ; 17.8 cm
Notes
Alexander's failing eyesight impeded her letter writing "all summer," and most of this letter is written in another hand, with Alexander penning only the closing paragraph.
No location of writing is provided, but the Alexanders traditionally spent their winters in Florence.
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 loving and most grateful Sorella Francesca."
No location of writing is provided, but the Alexanders traditionally spent their winters in Florence.
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 loving and most grateful Sorella Francesca."
Summary
Sending apologies that neither Alexander nor her "Mammina," Lucia Gray Swett Alexander, have written "in a great while," noting that "letter-writing every year becomes more difficult for [Mammina], and as for [Alexander,] all summer [she] has had nobody to write for [her]." Noting that the Alexanders "stayed at Bassano much later than usual," where "the principle event of the summer was the great c[y]clone" and "the election of the new Pope." Expressing condolences that Severn's daughter-in-law has "passed into another church," and expressing thankfulness that Severn's daughter Lily has completely recovered (see MA 7362.131). Thanking Severn for offering the Alexander's the drawing from Alexander's Roadside Songs of Tuscany found in the college (see MA 7362.132, 134-135), and asking her to send a note arranging it with Mr. Spilmann. Also referencing a meeting between Severn and Alexander, hoping "always that one day [they] shall meet again," and noting that "if only [she] could see [Severn] once again, how many things [she] would have to tell."
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