BIB_ID
402813
Accession number
MA 2148.68
Creator
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.
Display Date
[1861 October 8].
Credit line
Acquired from the University of Illinois, 1961.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.4 cm + envelope
Notes
City and date of writing determined from postmarks and internal evidence. See the published edition of the correspondence and the checklist, cited below, for additional information.
RB gives the place of writing as "7 Delamere Terrace", where Arabella Barrett was living at the time.
Envelope with stamp and postmarks addressed to: "George Moulton Barrett Esq/ Warnicombe House,/ nr. Tiverton,/ Devon." In RB's hand, to the left of the address: "R Browning."
On mourning stationery.
RB gives the place of writing as "7 Delamere Terrace", where Arabella Barrett was living at the time.
Envelope with stamp and postmarks addressed to: "George Moulton Barrett Esq/ Warnicombe House,/ nr. Tiverton,/ Devon." In RB's hand, to the left of the address: "R Browning."
On mourning stationery.
Provenance
Acquired from the University of Illinois, 1961.
Summary
Sending George news of how Arabella is bearing "this fresh affliction" (which has not been identified, but may have been the death of the longtime Barrett family housekeeper, Minny Robinson); writing that "bitter as her grief is, I hope & think that the need of helping & comforting others comes as a beneficial diversion to it. She is a Christian and will bear up where unsupported human nature would fail altogether"; telling him that he is moving a few doors away and will keep George updated on her health until she is able to write; offering to help: "You will of course absolutely command me,--you or anyone of the family,--should you imagine I can be of the least assistance."
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