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Fragment of an autograph letter : Salcombe, to Joan Severn, [1891] Oct. 5.

BIB_ID
314031
Accession number
MA 7795.62
Creator
Froude, James Anthony, 1818-1894.
Display Date
[1891] Oct. 5.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 20.3 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from James Anthony Froude to John Ruskin and Joan Severn. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
The closing and the signature have been excised from the top of p. 3 but a manuscript copy, in an unknown hand, of the closing and the signature appear in the center of p. 3., with a parenthetical note beneath the signature saying "The original given as an autograph."
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Written on stationery embossed "The Molt, / Salcombe /Kingsbridge."
Year of writing from a penciled notation by Helen Gill Viljoen at the top of p. 1.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Asking "Can it be possible that your cousin [Ruskin] has recovered? The papers say so;" saying he has been unwell but that he hopes to "try a sea voyage" and will leave for Onslow Gardens shortly to prepare for the trip; asking to hear from her about Ruskin's condition and to pass along to him his "warmest love."