BIB_ID
370537
Accession number
MA 23044.5
Creator
Gaskell, Margaret Emily, 1837-1913.
Display Date
London, England, 1886 December 14.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1982.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.9 x 11.3 cm + envelope address panel
Notes
This letter was sent with a letter to Mr. Field of the same date (MA 23044.4).
Envelope address panel with postage and postmarks to "Mrs. John Field / 1400 New Hampshire Avenue / Washington / D.C. / U.S. of America."
Formerly accessioned MA 3838.
Written from "89, Harley St." on stationery blind-embossed "84, Plymouth Grove / Manchester."
Envelope address panel with postage and postmarks to "Mrs. John Field / 1400 New Hampshire Avenue / Washington / D.C. / U.S. of America."
Formerly accessioned MA 3838.
Written from "89, Harley St." on stationery blind-embossed "84, Plymouth Grove / Manchester."
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1982.
Summary
Concerning the suffering of Mr. Field; saying "If you only knew how I was suffering with you! Mrs. Turnbull's letter reached me last night only, as I am away from home for a few days, and I write to you the earliest moment that I can - to assure you of a sympathy which no words can rightly express. God knows how I feel for you - It is so terrible to have to watch great suffering - and I really think that yours is the heavier burden, dear, dear Mrs. Field, in standing by and enduring the sight of Mr. Field's agony - Oh how earnestly I pray that God will give you strength to bear up - to bear on - as long as this strain is laid upon you - I do so trust that some improvement may come, and that at any rate that terrible malaise may cease - to my mind worse even than pain - Oh how I shall keep thinking of you, most dear Mrs. Field - It is so terribly sad for you. Will Mrs. Turnbull be so very good as to let us have some further news soon, do you think? or is it asking too much? I am writing a line to Mr. Field to be given him or not as you think best."
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