BIB_ID
427757
Accession number
MA 14286.11
Creator
Knox, Maria, 1795-1822, sender.
Display Date
Nasirabad, India, 1820 November 10.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (5 pages) ; 25 x 20.4 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal: Mrs. Butler / Care of Captain Graham / Artillery / Allahabad / 10th Nov.
Forms part of a collection (MA 14286.1-66) of letters written by Maria Knox to her mother, Mrs. Harriet Butler.
Forms part of a collection (MA 14286.1-66) of letters written by Maria Knox to her mother, Mrs. Harriet Butler.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Relating a long story about a controversy between her husband Alexander and Fagan, an official under his command. Fagan wrote an insulting letter to Mr. Burns regarding the provision of transportation (called “carriage” in the letter), which both Alexander and Mr. Burns decided to send to headquarters for disciplinary action. Alexander wrote to Fagan urging him to withdraw his letter to avoid being punished. Recalling how Fagan confronted Alexander in a heated argument. Lamenting the extent to which the issue has harassed Alexander and herself, blaming Fagan's wife for inciting him to behave this way, and speculating that she does so out of jealousy of her.
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