BIB_ID
425465
Accession number
MA 3498.142
Creator
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837.
Display Date
London, England, 1833 May 17.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1980.
Description
1 item (5 pages, with address) ; 18.3 x 11.2 cm
Notes
The letter is undated. The inventory of the collection suggests the year of writing was 1833. The place of writing from contents of the letter.
Detached address panel with seal to "Hon'ble / Mrs. Damer / Paris."
Detached address panel with seal to "Hon'ble / Mrs. Damer / Paris."
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1980.
Summary
Reporting that she had arrived in London from Petworth, the baby [Seymour] was with her and "...is quite well. There never was anything behav'd so well - he was the admiration of the whole house - I never saw so Intelligent a little animal as it is - he walk'd about the whole town & took such notice of all the fine pictures & statues that you would have been astonish'd had you seen him - Lord E[gremont] took him several times into his own room & swears he must be two or three years old as he never saw any thing like him - Munster will give you the details - the child never would quit him - appropo of Munster pray write him a few lines for he is seriously hurt at your never doing so & really he takes so much trouble about your letters & about Baby that he does deserve little notice to be taken of him - The Heat of the Weather has compleatly knock'd me up - had I staid another day at Petworth I am sure the child would have been ill - he was so excited with all he met with that he grew quite pale & nurse could not make him remain in his bed or get any sleep at night;" thanking her for the box of "fashions" and the widow's cap; adding "I have just got an Invitation for the D. of Devonshire's Ball which nothing shall induce me to accept - he has invited twelve hundred people - what a crowd & confusion it will be - The King's Ball takes place tonight ;" relating news of Mrs. Wat and Cou, saying that Mrs. Wat believes the Duke of Orleans is very much in love with Cou and discussing other family members; adding "If you sh'd see the Queen & Mlle pray express my thanks for their kind enquiries after me & pray give my kindest regards to Chabot - he is a very old acquaintance & I have a great regard for him;" saying that she believes she wrote her a "...Melancholy sort of letter from Brighton but they are such horrid people there that I have taken quite a disgust to them."
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