BIB_ID
403683
Accession number
MA 8917.53
Creator
Mathews, Cornelius, 1817-1889.
Display Date
1843 November 5.
Credit line
Acquired from the University of Illinois, 1961.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 24.9 x 20 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Elizabeth B. Barrett,/ London." On the lefthand side: "Mr. Charles Welford,/ of New York."
This letter and the following one, MA 8917.54, were hand-delivered to Wimpole Street. This letter functioned as the wrapper for MA 8917.54. See the published editions of the correspondence, cited below, for additional information.
This letter and the following one, MA 8917.54, were hand-delivered to Wimpole Street. This letter functioned as the wrapper for MA 8917.54. See the published editions of the correspondence, cited below, for additional information.
Provenance
Acquired from the University of Illinois, 1961.
Summary
Introducing Charles Welford (an English bookseller and writer, at that time a junior partner in the New York firm of Bartlett and Welford) and mentioning that he has been looking forward to an interview with EBB with great interest; hoping that Welford finds EBB "in the enjoyment of good spirits and improving health."
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