BIB_ID
291996
Accession number
MA 7326.5
Creator
Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield, 1804-1881.
Display Date
[1857] July 7.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Includes a typed transcription on the facing page.
Part of a collection of 7 letters from Disraeli to Partridge and one engraving of Disraeli. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 7326.1-8).
With postmark, seal, and stamp.
Written on mourning stationery.
Part of a collection of 7 letters from Disraeli to Partridge and one engraving of Disraeli. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 7326.1-8).
With postmark, seal, and stamp.
Written on mourning stationery.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Saying that James [Disraeli] "is grateful for [Partridge's] sympathy"; reporting that James is better in health despite returning to "his mournful home where [his dead wife Isabella's] relics are on every side"; noting that he feels "as if we never could praise or lament [Isabella] sufficiently."
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