BIB_ID
311854
Accession number
MA 7788.30
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
1882 Feb. 23.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.9 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters primarily from John Ruskin and Joan Severn to Dr. and Mrs. Simon. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
With a penciled notation on p. 1 by Helen Gill Viljoen indicating the letter was written from Herne Hill.
With a penciled notation on p. 1 by Helen Gill Viljoen indicating the letter was written from Herne Hill.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Saying that he has a chest cold and has sent for the doctor; asking why she would ask him about becoming a Roman Catholic; adding "So far from that, I'm all the difficulty in the world to keep the last ray of Christianity more about me--against the East wind."
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