BIB_ID
425037
Accession number
MA 3498.31
Creator
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837.
Display Date
London, England, 1825 November 7.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1980.
Description
1 item (3 pages, with address) ; 22.4 x 18.8 cm
Notes
Written from Tilney Street.
There is a penciled note on the verso of this letter, in the hand of Lady Constance Leslie, the youngest daughter of "Minney" Dawson-Damer, saying "Lord Francis in this letter, who Lady Stafford wished to marry my mother - later Earl of Ellesmere."
Address panel with seal and postmarks to "Madame Dawson nee Seymour / Soins de Messrs Freeborn Smith & Co. / Rome."
Miss Seymour married George Dawson-Damer on August 20, 1825.
There is a penciled note on the verso of this letter, in the hand of Lady Constance Leslie, the youngest daughter of "Minney" Dawson-Damer, saying "Lord Francis in this letter, who Lady Stafford wished to marry my mother - later Earl of Ellesmere."
Address panel with seal and postmarks to "Madame Dawson nee Seymour / Soins de Messrs Freeborn Smith & Co. / Rome."
Miss Seymour married George Dawson-Damer on August 20, 1825.
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1980.
Summary
Saying how much her frequent letters mean to her and expressing her concerns about their travels back to England being deferred to so late in the season; saying "I have been a sad rambler after I left Chatsworth I went to Fitzherberts & from thence to Trentham when I met the whole family Lady Stafford constantly lamenting you are not her daughter in Law as nothing they wish'd for so much as to have had you Lady Francis;" relating news of family and gossip of friends; expressing her concern for the weather they may encounter on their journey; continuing, in a postscript, with more news of friends.
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