BIB_ID
402822
Accession number
MA 2148.69
Creator
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.
Display Date
1861 December 21.
Credit line
Acquired from the University of Illinois, 1961.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.2 cm + envelope
Notes
City of writing determined from postmarks and internal evidence; RB gives the place of writing as "1 Chichester Road, Upper Westbourne Terrace." See the published edition of the correspondence and the checklist, cited below, for additional information.
Envelope with stamp and postmarks addressed to: "George G Barrett Esq/ Warnicombe House/ near Tiverton/ Devon." In RB's hand, to the left of the address: "R Browning."
The last lines of the letter are written on the back of the envelope.
On mourning stationery.
On the fourth page of the letter, there are two bars of music written in pencil. As RB notes in a postscript, these were by Pen; RB hadn't realized Pen had used the piece of paper for this purpose until he reached the end of his letter. The musical composition they are from has not been identified.
Envelope with stamp and postmarks addressed to: "George G Barrett Esq/ Warnicombe House/ near Tiverton/ Devon." In RB's hand, to the left of the address: "R Browning."
The last lines of the letter are written on the back of the envelope.
On mourning stationery.
On the fourth page of the letter, there are two bars of music written in pencil. As RB notes in a postscript, these were by Pen; RB hadn't realized Pen had used the piece of paper for this purpose until he reached the end of his letter. The musical composition they are from has not been identified.
Provenance
Acquired from the University of Illinois, 1961.
Summary
Concerning the investment of proceeds from the sale of the ship "David Lyon" (one of EBB's father's ships in the West India trade; EBB had a share in it which seems to have passed to Pen on her death); telling George that he is not likely to see any money from it anytime soon; explaining that the solicitors, Boddingtons, sold the shares on a verbal assurance from Joseph Arnould and then refused to pay out the money until they received and verified a written warrant from Arnould; writing that if and when he receives the money, he will consult with George on the investment to be recommended to Henry Chorley; asking whether George knows if Mr. Hawthorne (another solicitor) has the Trust-deed; thanking him for his beneficence to Pen: "[H]e has fared sumptuously every day since, & never forgets the founder of the feast"; writing that Arabella has been very good to him ("I see nobody else"); sending news on how the arrangements for Pen's education are proceeding: "Pen is quite well, at his German lesson, a few doors' off, or he would add his truest love...".
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