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Autograph letter signed : Perth, to John James Ruskin, 1828 May 31.

BIB_ID
312598
Accession number
MA 7791.27
Creator
Richardson, J.R., 18th cent.
Display Date
1828 May 31.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.3 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark and addressed to "John James Ruskin, Esq. / Post Office / Litchfield."
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 continuing arrangements and the state of the family finances following the death of his mother.