BIB_ID
393775
Accession number
MA 13166
Creator
Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851.
Display Date
[1843 Feb. 25] "Saturday".
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 11.2 cm
Notes
Sophia Denman Baillie was the wife of Joanna Baillie's brother, Dr. Matthew Baillie.
Inscriptions/Markings
With "Feb. 18th 1843" in an unidentified hand at head of first page; McLean dates the letter to Feb. 25, based on internal evidence.
Provenance
Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Declining an invitation to visit owing to her sister Agnes's feeling unwell; hoping to see the recipient soon and that she has recovered from a recent cold; expressing her sympathies on the death of mutual acquaintance Anne Grant Walters (died Feb. 20, 1843).
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