BIB_ID
311068
Accession number
MA 1940.27
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
[1860 Nov. 2].
Credit line
Gift of James P. Magill, 1958.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.8 cm + envelope
Notes
Location and date of writing from postmark.
Part of a collection of letters from John Ruskin to Mrs. Hewitt. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Part of a collection of letters from John Ruskin to Mrs. Hewitt. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Gift of James P. Magill in 1958.
Summary
Thanking her for her letters and saying "I am not one of the people who have consolatory power--all is very dark and wonderful to me; for people at work, I am helpful; for people in illness and sorrow I can do nothing--for I could do nothing for myself. I want help and therefore I cannot give it;" saying that his mother is still in pain and depressed; commenting that he is "in a state of quite speechless indignation, besides, at the way the 'Powers' as they call themselves, let blood be poured out in Italy."
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