Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Mia amata Figlia" [Joan Severn], 1890 Feb. 20.

BIB_ID
285957
Accession number
MA 7363.47
Creator
Swett, Lucia Gray.
Display Date
1890 Feb. 20.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 10 x 15.6 cm
Notes
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 "La Tua Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Noting that in America the newspaper statements (mentioned in MA 7363.46) "have not met with general belief." Giving the history of Princess Aliteri, and mentioning that Swett is "very cautious about receiving strangers [as] it is so unpleasant to break of the acquaintance if it proves unpleasant."