BIB_ID
289145
Accession number
MA 7605.14
Creator
De Vere, Aubrey, 1814-1902.
Display Date
1876 Jan. 5.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1982.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 15.4 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 58 letters from Aubrey De Vere to Mr. and Mrs. John W. Field. Letters are cataloged individually in 58 records (MA 7605.1-58).
Written from Curragh Chase, Adare on stationery printed with a crest badge showing a castle and a pig and with the motto "Vero nihil verius."
Written from Curragh Chase, Adare on stationery printed with a crest badge showing a castle and a pig and with the motto "Vero nihil verius."
Summary
Discussing the illness of his eldest brother, Sir Vere de Vere, and sending Christmas and New Years wishes. Discussing mutual acquaintances and De Vere's poetry. With a postscript noting that De Vere's eyes are so weak that he begs Field to use very white paper and very black ink when replying.
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