BIB_ID
402779
Accession number
MA 2148.62
Creator
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.
Display Date
[1851 September 23].
Credit line
Acquired from the University of Illinois, 1961.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 13.3 x 10.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Year and date of writing determined from internal evidence, though the dating is not conclusive. See the published editions of the correspondence, cited below, for additional information.
Envelope addressed to: "George Barrett Esq." There are no stamps or postmarks.
With fragments of a seal.
Envelope addressed to: "George Barrett Esq." There are no stamps or postmarks.
With fragments of a seal.
Provenance
Acquired from the University of Illinois, 1961.
Summary
Thanking George for a present; referring to the reconciliation between George and Elizabeth, following the break after her marriage; concluding: "Be assured that I rejoice in the hope, nay the conviction, that the union between us will only grow closer with time...".
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