BIB_ID
312404
Accession number
MA 7791.7
Creator
Ruskin, Catherine Tweddale, 1763-1817.
Display Date
1808 Oct. 25.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 25.2 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark and addressed to "Mr. Ruskin / No 4 Castle Street / Falcon Square / City / London."
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).
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
Expressing gratitude that he wrote his last letter to his father and not to her; saying that his father was grateful to be taken into his confidence; continuing to discuss their financial woes and his father's instability; relating, at length, news of the family and family history.
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