BIB_ID
312553
Accession number
MA 7791.18
Creator
Ruskin, Catherine Tweddale, 1763-1817.
Display Date
[1813 Aug. 15].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark and addressed to "Mr. Ruskin / Red Lion Inn / Ferry Bridge / Yorkshire."
Date and place of writing from pencil notation on p. 1 by Helen Gill Viljoen.
John James Ruskin was heading to Perth when he was forced to stop at Ferry Bridge in Yorkshire due to an onset of typhus fever.
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).
Date and place of writing from pencil notation on p. 1 by Helen Gill Viljoen.
John James Ruskin was heading to Perth when he was forced to stop at Ferry Bridge in Yorkshire due to an onset of typhus fever.
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 her concern for his ill health; informing him that Margaret is on her way and that she would have accompanied her but his father is waiting for him at Newcastle and she wants to be at home when he returns; adding that the "only relief I can find is in the prospect of Margt [sic] being with you since I am deprived of that comfort myself it is the only plan that can give me peace."
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