BIB_ID
285884
Accession number
MA 7363.29
Creator
Swett, Lucia Gray.
Display Date
1889 June 28.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 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 devoted Mammina."
Signed "your devoted Mammina."
Summary
Referencing a "sorrowful emergency" (the death of a family member?), noting that even if Swett cannot help Severn in her sorrow, she does "sympathise with [Severn] with all [her] heart." Expressing sorrow for "poor dear Mrs. Furneaux," noting that "this will come so hard to her, she is so very fond of her own family." Stating that Severn must be sorry to leave Swett's Figlio, John Ruskin, and that Francesca's health is well.
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