BIB_ID
425316
Accession number
MA 3498.103
Creator
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837.
Display Date
Brighton, England, 1831.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1980.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 22.4 x 18.5 cm
Notes
Written on mourning stationery.
The letter is undated. She refers to [Lord] Munster. George FitzClarence was made 1st Earl of Munster on June 4, 1831.
Address panel with seal to "Hon'ble / Mrs. Dawson Damer / Gros'r Street."
The letter is undated. She refers to [Lord] Munster. George FitzClarence was made 1st Earl of Munster on June 4, 1831.
Address panel with seal to "Hon'ble / Mrs. Dawson Damer / Gros'r Street."
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1980.
Summary
Discussing Lou's [Louisa Mary Smythe, daughter of Mrs. Fitzherbert's brother, Walter Smythe] impending marriage and the need for secrecy until the financial matters can be settled; encouraging her to have her children vaccinated against the small pox which is "...raging here with the greatest Violence as bad as the Cholera;" saying she is sending this letter "...under cover to Munster I fear you will find him in a State of great Excitement which I regret very much - I hope you may be able to quiet his mind for he makes himself quite ill with it & I fear & dread the consequences to him;" asking her to write and let her know when she might see her.
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