BIB_ID
285901
Accession number
MA 7363.33
Creator
Swett, Lucia Gray.
Display Date
1889 Nov. 13.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 10 x 15.6 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 "Ever you devoted grateful Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Ciao" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Signed "Ever you devoted grateful Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Ciao" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Referencing the "terrible shock of this sudden loss" (referenced in MA 7363.29-32), noting that "it is enough to kill his poor wife." Thanking Severn for the poppy seeds, and noting that Sorella (Francesca) and Leitzia are trying to get a job for one of Edwidge's (Francesca's maid) grandsons at the garden of the municipality. Alluding to the health of John Ruskin, wishing "he could be just a little better."
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