BIB_ID
359895
Accession number
MA 826.38
Creator
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
Display Date
1817 Dec. 15-1818 Jan. 7.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Countess of Bessborough / Cavendish Square / London / Inghilterra."
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.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
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.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1908.
Summary
Lamenting the death of Princess Charlotte and noting that "all the poor women who are with child are frightened out of their senses"; reporting that their quarantine is over; talking about Cardinal Consalvi; discussing politics in France; commenting on the poor health of Leopold; noting that Vesuvius is quiet again; mentioning shared acquaintances.
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