BIB_ID
300070
Accession number
MA 225.22
Creator
Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847.
Display Date
1803 Sept. 21.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 31.4 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to "Miss Stoddart / Dr. Stoddart's / Ryde / Isle of Wight / To be left at the post office." Docketed.
Lady Isabella Stoddart wrote under the name Mrs. Blackford.
Part of a collection of letters and poems of Charles and Mary Lamb. Items in the collection are described in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for MA 225 for more information.
Sarah Stoddart was the sister of Sir John Stoddart, kings advocate at Malta. In 1808 she married William Hazlitt (1778-1830); in 1822 they were divorced.
Lady Isabella Stoddart wrote under the name Mrs. Blackford.
Part of a collection of letters and poems of Charles and Mary Lamb. Items in the collection are described in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for MA 225 for more information.
Sarah Stoddart was the sister of Sir John Stoddart, kings advocate at Malta. In 1808 she married William Hazlitt (1778-1830); in 1822 they were divorced.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Summary
Discussing Stoddart's lovers and plans, stating that "the terms you are upon with your Lover ... apper wondrous strange to me," but noting that "as I cannot enter into your feelings, I certainly can have nothing to say to it, onlyt hat I sincerely wish you happy in your own way, however odd that way may appear to me to be." Discussing Stoddart's relationship with her new sister-in-law (Isabella Moncrieff), talking at length about her mother's difficult relationship with her aunt in order to illuminate Stoddart's own situation. Mentioning that her mother (whom she killed) "is always in my poor head and heart." Advising Stoddart to be as open and honest with her sister-in-law as possible.
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