BIB_ID
360166
Accession number
MA 848.12
Creator
Mary, Princess, Duchess of Teck, 1833-1897.
Display Date
1873 Jan. 23.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.8 cm
Notes
On mourning stationery with Kensington Palace 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
Telling him that she just returned from Cumberland Lodge; saying that she will "have great pleasure in receiving the Ambassadress on Sunday next"; discussing her support of a new church school; mentioning her "little protégée Helen Littleton," and wondering if he has seen or written to the secretary of the National Orphan Home on behalf of the child.
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