BIB_ID
424268
Accession number
MA 14251.3
Creator
Eliot, George, 1819-1880, sender.
Display Date
Griff, England, 1840 July 30.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 23 x 18.8 cm
Notes
Addressed to "My dear Ivy".
Letter signed "Clematis."
Postmarked with address panel reading: Miss Martha Jackson / Gobious / near Hertford / Prepaid.
One of a collection of 13 letters from George Eliot to her friend and former schoolfellow, Martha Jackson (Barclay) (see MA 14251.1-13).
Letter signed "Clematis."
Postmarked with address panel reading: Miss Martha Jackson / Gobious / near Hertford / Prepaid.
One of a collection of 13 letters from George Eliot to her friend and former schoolfellow, Martha Jackson (Barclay) (see MA 14251.1-13).
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Extending an invitation to visit her at Griff and responding to a previous letter from Martha Jackson in which, according to Eliot, her friend hints at having received a marriage proposal.
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