BIB_ID
364308
Accession number
MA 52.48
Creator
Leigh, Augusta, 1784-1851.
Display Date
"Sunday night" 1830 Nov. 29.
Credit line
Acquired before 1923.
Description
1 item 4 p.) ; 18.6 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of autograph letters written by Lord Byron, Lady Byron, Catherine Gordon Byron, Contessa Guiccioli, Ada King Lovelace and others from 1788 to 1855. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Summary
Thanking him for the game he sent to her; saying that "just at this moment it is doubly felt from the contrast it presents to the conduct of some of the persons of your acquaintance -- I have a tale to tell whenever we meet again -- which will I am sure surprise you -- I am vain enough to think shock you for my sake;" adding that she has heard that the Duke of Sussex is enjoying being at "the dear old Abbey"; adding that she has "wished myself in it a million times since I left it!"
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