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Autograph letter signed : Brantwood, Coniston, to John Simon, "Sunday" [1878] Apr. 7.

BIB_ID
312115
Accession number
MA 7788.79
Creator
Severn, Joan, 1846-1924.
Display Date
"Sunday" [1878] Apr. 7.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.2 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 dating the letter to 1878.
Written on stationery embossed "Brantwood, / Coniston. Lancashire."
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Informing him of Ruskin's improving and stable mental health; saying "His mind seems so splendidly balanced about everything, but he thinks his heart very weak and sometimes says he won't get better--tho' he has no fear now about this mind."