Autograph letter signed : Florence, to George Goodin Moulton-Barrett, [1860] November 1.

Discussing the progress of Henrietta's illness, and her hopes and fears about it; asking how much it would cost to name a second trustee, now that Sir Joseph Arnould has confirmed that he can no longer serve as a trustee for Robert (see MA 2148.55); writing that many European countries--and recently, Spain--are building expensive military defenses, and that in Italy they are expecting war; explaining that the books by Elizabeth Sewell she had mentioned in a previous letter were for Henrietta, not for herself; writing that she prefers Trollope: "I agree with you in adhering to Anthony Trollope--& indeed Robert & I both consider him first-rate as a novelist"; mentioning that Trollope is in Florence, visiting his brother Thomas, and that he has come to see them two times already: "Anthony has an extraordinary beard to be grown in England, but is very English in spite of it, & simple, naif direct, frank.. everything one likes in a man--Anti-Napoleonist of course, & ignorant of political facts more than of course..."; sending news of Garibaldi ("worn to the bone & in the worst spirits"), the chaos in Naples, and Louis Napoleon's policies towards Italy; commenting on Julia Martin's health and the English climate; asking for a letter from Arabella and for her help in getting the copies of Miss Sewell's books to Henrietta.