BIB_ID
310474
Accession number
MA 2159.58
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
1872 Apr. 7.
Credit line
Purchased, 1961.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from John Ruskin to Thomas Richmond. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Ruskin has written "Herne Hill" at the top of p. 1 indicating location of writing.
Ruskin has written "Herne Hill" at the top of p. 1 indicating location of writing.
Provenance
Henry W. Wollaston; purchased in 1961.
Summary
Discussing the terms of a lease with his neighbor over the use of the fields and the land around the Lake; discussing his plans to build a boathouse on the property and saying that his neighbor may "cut nothing bigger than a walking stick--and if I choose to grow thistles six feet high all over the ground--I will. And I'll build my boat house as I like, or not at all;"
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