BIB_ID
285922
Accession number
MA 7363.38
Creator
Swett, Lucia Gray.
Display Date
undated [1889 Nov.].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 15.5 cm
Notes
Letter is undated, but references an upcoming visit by the Severns to Rose Castle. This visit is mentioned again in a letter (MA 7363.39) dated 29 November 1889.
Marked "Private -- Please Burn."
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 "Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Marked "Private -- Please Burn."
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 "Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Inquiring after the mental health of John Ruskin, noting that Swett can "hardly understand if [Severn's] account of Him is encouraging or not." Assuring Severn that anything she discusses with the Alexanders "is as forgotten." Also describing the pronunciation of Illinois.
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