BIB_ID
424274
Accession number
MA 14251.7
Creator
Eliot, George, 1819-1880, sender.
Display Date
Griff, England, 1841 March 4.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 22.8 x 19 cm
Notes
To "My very dear Ivy".
Letter signed "Clematis."
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."
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
Concerning her household's imminent relocation to the Foleshill Road residence (which took place on March 17 of that year), explaining that she will be too busy to write or visit in the immediate future, expressing her hope that the recipient will come and visit her soon, and mentioning that she read "[William] Buckland's Treatise on Geology", which she compares favorably to (Charles) Lyell's writings on the subject.
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