BIB_ID
302469
Accession number
MA 4371.69
Creator
Mayer, S. R. Townshend (Samuel Ralph Townshend), 1841-1880.
Display Date
1879 Mar. 31.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.8 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from S. R. Townshend Mayer to George Bentley, publisher and editor of Temple Bar magazine. Letters have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Written on St. James's Magazine stationery, but with the heading canceled and "Richmond, Surrey" written below.
Written on St. James's Magazine stationery, but with the heading canceled and "Richmond, Surrey" written below.
Summary
Describing a recent bout of influenza, noting "this place is killing me ... the proximity of the gasworks so demoralizing," and attributing his illness to the fact that he "left of tobacco some weeks ago on the score of economy." Discussing mutual acquaintances and literary matters.
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