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Letter from Maria Fitzherbert, Buxton, to Mary Georgiana Dawson-Damer, 1825 September 7 : autograph manuscript signed with initials.

BIB_ID
425005
Accession number
MA 3498.26
Creator
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837.
Display Date
Buxton, England, 1825 September 7.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1980.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 22.4 x 18.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with fragment of a seal to "Hon'ble / Mrs. George Dawson / Paris."
Miss Seymour married George Dawson-Damer on August 20, 1825.
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1980.
Summary
Expressing her hope that she has arrived safely in Paris; asking that letters to her be sent to Tilney Street as she will be going "on a tour of visits. I dont mean to stay more than a fortnight at Hooton and as soon as I can after the 24th I shall go to Chatsworth the Duke has been all kindness to me & said all sort of pretty things about you & talk'd of writing to L'y Granville who he was sure w'd do all she could to make your Sejour pleasant to you. Since writing the above I had a letter from Lady Downshire informing me that poor Sr. Tho' Stepney was seiz'd w'h a cholera morbus... & died on Monday morning. I am very nervous & this account has shock'd me very much poor Soul what will become of her, I fear she will be pennyless."