BIB_ID
360145
Accession number
MA 848.8
Creator
Mary, Princess, Duchess of Teck, 1833-1897.
Display Date
1872 Jan. 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from Princess Mary, Duchess of Teck, to Colonel Airey. Letters are described in individual records; please see main record for MA 848 for more details.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1911.
Summary
Asking him to send a refusal to "the enclosed petition on the plea of 'too many claims' on my purse"; discussing other philanthropic causes; noting that his last letter was "very depressing"; commenting on Edward VII's recovery from illness.
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