BIB_ID
285869
Accession number
MA 7363.22
Creator
Swett, Lucia Gray.
Display Date
1889 May 26.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20.6 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 Mammina."
Signed "your Mammina."
Summary
Commiserating with Severn about her "dreadful and even terrific anxieties," concerning John Ruskin, imploring her to "telegraph for [her] husband" as his "presence may immediately have a calming influence." Reminding Severn that "the former nurse from London said he had never seen a case so dangerous," and discussing Ruskin's new "violent attacks." Hoping that Severn has decided what to do with her children, as "there is always most danger of contagion when the attack is going off." Relating to Severn that "there has been a feeling abroad for some time ... that if at any time [Ruskin] should be beyond his own control, [Severn] would be most in danger."
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