BIB_ID
291544
Accession number
MA 4979.68
Creator
Tennent, James Emerson, Sir, 1804-1869.
Display Date
[1851] Nov. 7.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1995.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.4 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters between Charles Dickens, Sir James Emerson Tennent and his family, and John Forster. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 4979 for more information.
Written on mourning stationery.
Written on mourning stationery.
Summary
Writing after the death of his daughter Edith and thanking Forster for his sympathy; reporting on how "poor desolate Lady Tennent" is "bear[ing] her sorrow"; saying that hearing Forster's "friendly voice" would "soothe" them; inviting Forster to call "on Sunday next."
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