BIB_ID
285758
Accession number
MA 7363.5
Creator
Swett, Lucia Gray.
Display Date
1887 Aug. 13.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 15.4 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from Lucia Gray Swett Alexander to Joan Severn. Items in this collection are described in individual records.
Signed "your affectionate and appreciating Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Signed "your affectionate and appreciating Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Describing the local hunt for robbers and the recent robbery of a poor merchant. Also concerning the health of Swett's "Figlio," John Ruskin, noting that she "shall feel no anxiety as long as [Severn] and [Ruskin] are together" and that Severn has "been a very pelican to him, and spent [her] very life in taking care of him." Mentioning that the Alexanders intend to travel with the Belmonts for safety when they leave Abetone.
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