BIB_ID
425167
Accession number
MA 3498.76
Creator
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837.
Display Date
England, 1829 June.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1980.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 22.3 x 18.5 cm
Notes
The letter is undated. The inventory of the collection suggests the year of writing was 1829 and the month was June.
Address panel with fragments of a seal to "Hon'ble / Mrs. Dawson Damer / Star & Garter hotel / Richmond."
Address panel with fragments of a seal to "Hon'ble / Mrs. Dawson Damer / Star & Garter hotel / Richmond."
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1980.
Summary
Relating news of Mary's illness; saying "poor Mary is suffering a great deal - Stone lanc'd her Breast on Wednesday * we hoped everything would then finish & she w'd rapidly recover but this Morning he has been obliged to go again thro' the same operation which has been most painful - it has made me very nervous for her sufferings have been terrible - I dont understand it but it seems odd to me that this sad operation is so frequently necessary - I hope Stone understands what he is doing - but he said in going away he was suspect another little [illegible] w'd form, I hope he may be mistaken;" discussing social news.
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