The recipient is unidentified from the salutation.
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).
Informing the recipient that Mrs. Tweddale is very ill and requires the assistance of a doctor; saying that the recipient had earlier offered to seek the advice of an eminent surgeon and he would like to request that be done as soon as possible; saying that he could rely on a country surgeon but he would not like to in this circumstance.