BIB_ID
294449
Accession number
MA 860.22
Creator
FitzGerald, Edward, 1809-1883.
Display Date
1880 Oct. 2.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.6 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 22 letters from Edward FitzGerald to Horace Basham (MA 860.1-14, .16-23) and 1 letter from FitzGerald to Arthur Basham (MA 860.15). Items are described individually; see collection record (MA 860.1-23) for more information.
Written from 18 Arnold Street, Lowestoft.
Written from 18 Arnold Street, Lowestoft.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. before 1913.
Summary
Stating his intention to travel home to Woodbridge the following week, and hoping to visit Aldeburgh soon. Mentioning that he has not been in a boat during the last two months, noting that "the Sea is too dirty." Discussing fishing and enclosing (not present) a postal order.
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