BIB_ID
312401
Accession number
MA 7791.6
Creator
Ruskin, Catherine Tweddale, 1763-1817.
Display Date
1808 Mar. 15.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmarks and seal and addressed to "Mr. Ruskin / No. 1 Lawrence Pountney / Hill Cannon Street / London."
Margaret Cock was John James Ruskin's first cousin and was living with Ruskin's parents at this time.
Part of a collection of letters, many of which were written by Ruskin's grandmother to his mother and father, or by John James Ruskin, James Tweddale, and other members of the family to one another. Collection also includes the indenture of Ruskin's grandfather (MA 7791.1, dated 1776), and a pedigree of the Ruskin family compiled by W. G. Collingwood.. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Margaret Cock was John James Ruskin's first cousin and was living with Ruskin's parents at this time.
Part of a collection of letters, many of which were written by Ruskin's grandmother to his mother and father, or by John James Ruskin, James Tweddale, and other members of the family to one another. Collection also includes the indenture of Ruskin's grandfather (MA 7791.1, dated 1776), and a pedigree of the Ruskin family compiled by W. G. Collingwood.. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Discussing his life in London and their continuing financial plight; expressing appreciation for his offer to delay his plans to marry so that he could help them but telling him that he must think about his own life; encouraging him to marry Margaret [Cock] and start a family and telling him that she has sufficient income on which to live.
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