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Letter from Maria Fitzherbert, London, to Mary Georgiana Dawson-Damer, 1835 November : autograph manuscript signed with initials.

BIB_ID
425545
Accession number
MA 3498.177
Creator
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837.
Display Date
London, England, 1835 November.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1980.
Description
1 item (4 pages, with address) ; 18.6 x 11.5 cm
Notes
Address panel to "Hon'ble / Mrs. Damer."
The letter is simply dated "Tuesday Ev'g, however it is unclear on which Tuesday in November or early December 1835 Mrs. Fitzherbert was writing. The place of writing appears to be London which would likely have placed it as late as November 24 or December 1 as she was writing from Clarendon and hoping to return to London around the time of Minney's birthday which was November 23rd.
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1980.
Summary
Reporting that she was very fatigued from her journey "...& I daresay as my fever has left me I shall be quite well again - I was so determined to get home that I suffer'd a good deal in travelling but the change of air I am sure will shortly set me quite to right again - Nothing can have been more kind than the Inhabitants of Clarendon but as the House was full of Company & that I was unfit to add to the Society I thought Home the best place for me;" asking about her plans for coming to Brighton; saying "...with respect to Brighton your coming there for a fortnight & leaving all the children at home makes me quite unhappy & I must say not worth the trouble of a Journey for so short a time. I wish my House was large enough to lodge you all but as that is not possible why will you not let me take one for you & bring the Chicks with you for it will be a sad disappointment to me not to see them as well as George & yourself - They might have their meals in my House or if you did not chuse that I would send a Kitchen Maid who would cook for them all they want - only let me pray of you to determine that I may make my arrangements accordingly for nothing shall I do till I hear from you - the apartments up stairs are kept for you but perhaps you would like better to be lodg'd with your children - either can be easily done if you will only say explicitly yr wishes - I cannot bear the poor children to be left alone in the Winter at Came - They had better be in London than there;" continuing the letter the following day and asking her not to be angry with Lou or Mrs. Smythe for not telling her how unwell she was at Clarendon because she requested that they not tell her; asking about her Coachman and asking to let her know as soon as possible what plans she should make for Brighton.