BIB_ID
411146
Accession number
MA 9453.6
Creator
Calvert, Adelaide, 1836-1921.
Display Date
[1876 February 13].
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1962.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.5 x 11.3 cm
Notes
Written from Alexandra Park.
Date of writing from penciled notation at top of letter, likely the date of receipt.
William A. Turner was a promoter of the Arts in Manchester.
Part of a collection of 128 letters to William Alfred Turner formerly accessioned as MA 2243.
It is likely that the reference to Powell is to a by-election of February 1876 when Francis Sharp Powell, a Conservative, ran against Jacob Bright, the Liberal Candidate and supporter of women's suffrage. Powell was predicted to win but Bright was the victor.
Date of writing from penciled notation at top of letter, likely the date of receipt.
William A. Turner was a promoter of the Arts in Manchester.
Part of a collection of 128 letters to William Alfred Turner formerly accessioned as MA 2243.
It is likely that the reference to Powell is to a by-election of February 1876 when Francis Sharp Powell, a Conservative, ran against Jacob Bright, the Liberal Candidate and supporter of women's suffrage. Powell was predicted to win but Bright was the victor.
Provenance
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1962.
Summary
Thanking him for the book but saying she had already received another copy and will return the one he sent; adding that they were at the Prince's Theatre the previous night and "...the news was brought that Powell was the victor by a large majority - I was consequently much snubbed and trampled on - Today I rise like a Phoenix!."
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