BIB_ID
425431
Accession number
MA 3498.134
Creator
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837.
Display Date
Brighton, England, 1832.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1980.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.6 x 11.3 cm
Notes
The letter is undated. An excerpt from this letter is published as part of a letter dated November 16, 1832 (MA 3498.133) but the date of this letter is unclear. The contents seems to follow on conversations in the autumn of 1832. The place of writing from contents of the letter.
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1980.
Summary
Apologizing for not writing sooner but saying that after George visited her she had an attack of spasms; saying she will be moving into her house even though her apartments have not been painted as she is not happy with paying eleven guineas a week "... for remaining where I am tho the House is very comfortable and the Situation beautiful;" saying she would like to go to London for a few days and would like to pay her a visit; adding "Munster left this morn'g - I shall miss him very much - I believe he would have liked to have staid but his Lady wife all of a sudden got tir'd & would go to Petworth - you know she so compleatly governs that he does not chuse otherwise than obey - it matters not where she is she never makes her appearance;" relating news of friends and family.
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