BIB_ID
285966
Accession number
MA 7363.49
Creator
Swett, Lucia Gray.
Display Date
1890 Mar. 1.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 9.9 x 15.7 cm + envelope
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 "Carisima Tutta Tua Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt. Envelope with postmarks (marked Firenze) addressed to Mrs. Arthur Severn, Brantwood, Coniston, Lancashire, Inghilterra; back flap has "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Signed "Carisima Tutta Tua Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt. Envelope with postmarks (marked Firenze) addressed to Mrs. Arthur Severn, Brantwood, Coniston, Lancashire, Inghilterra; back flap has "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Alluding to the newspaper controversies discussed in MA 7363.46-47, noting that Francesca tried to write a contradiction, but "was surprised to find she could write nothing at all satisfactory to either herself or [Swett]." Suggesting Miss Greenaway "contradict the part of the story relating to her." Thanking Severn for sending moss, and describing the coming of spring.
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