Letter from Maria Knox, Nasirabad, India, to Mrs. Harriet Butler, 1819 September 11 : autograph manuscript signed.

Writing that she is distraught to learn that her mother and Anne are planning to return to England with Harriet, expressing her fear of losing them, and begging her mother not to leave. Lamenting that they are going “to that dear Country I love better every day”, insisting that Charlotte remain in India and come to live with her, and further insisting that a journey to Calcutta will damage Charlotte's health. Committing to set off for Agra as soon as the weather allows. Reporting that she and Alexander are selling their elephant to buy a carriage, “in consequence of the motion of the Elephant affecting me so much.”, and that Alexander's “fit of Gout left him so suddenly as it came on”, which she attributes to his “doing the honors of the French beans and Cucumbers to Major Sealy on Sunday.”