BIB_ID
312699
Accession number
MA 7791.33
Creator
Richardson, Charles Thomas, 1811-1834.
Display Date
1833 Dec. 6.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 24.9 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmarks and addressed to "Geo. Richardson, Esq / care of Mr. Rogers / Broad Green / Croydon Surrey."
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
Describing the ship's layover at The Downs due to bad weather; saying that another ship, also bound for Sydney, tried to sail out and was forced to return; giving them information on how to write to him and where to send packets for him.
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