BIB_ID
360165
Accession number
MA 848.11
Creator
Mary, Princess, Duchess of Teck, 1833-1897.
Display Date
1872 Nov. 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18 cm
Notes
On White Lodge letterhead.
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.
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
Sending him a letter received by Mr. Wells that was "so insolent" that she directed Wells to return it and have the writer contact Col Airey instead; giving him directions about how to handle the letter she expects he will receive from an attorney (regarding a florist's bill that is past due); asking him to send a note on her behalf declining an invitation to a party because they will be out of town.
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