Autograph letter signed : Venice, to "Mia Figlia amata" [Joan Severn], 1889 June 17.

Begging Severn not to write the Alexanders if she is too tired or busy. Discussing the marriage of Mrs. Q.T. (?), expressing amazement that she means to "become a bride while still wearing the deepest widow's weeds," and inquiring "who and what is the future husband," and noting that "such a marriage can promise no happiness for they cannot respect themselves or each other." Mentioning Leitzia is in Florence, noting that the lawsuit is in the "Court of cassation after which there is no farther appeal," and that they are expected to win fifty million francs, which will be divided among three families. Stating that Murat left four children, one of whom married Washington's grand-niece.