BIB_ID
359756
Accession number
MA 826.16
Creator
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
Display Date
1812 Sept. 10.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, to Henrietta Frances Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 826 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1908.
Summary
Telling her that she has been anxious to hear of her safe arrival in Ireland; noting that she "admire[s her] courage in going such a journey after such an illness"; discussing shared acquaintances and the recent military victories of the Duke of Wellington; expressing her affection for Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, and the Duke of Devonshire.
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