BIB_ID
428210
Accession number
MA 9781.9
Creator
Mary, Queen, consort of George V, King of Great Britain, 1867-1953.
Display Date
Sandringham, England, 1896 October 16.
Credit line
Gift of Patricia S. Baldwin, 2018.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 20.1 x 12.5 cm + envelope
Notes
This letter is part of a collection of letters from the Duke and Duchess of Teck, Mary of Teck and two members of their Royal Household, Hélène Bricka and A. Nelson Hood to Dr. William Wilberforce Baldwin. See the collection record for more information.
Written from "York Cottage, / Sandringham, / Norfolk" on stationery engraved with the address and a small crown in the upper left corner under which she has signed "May."
Signed "Victoria Mary."
Envelope with postage and postmarks to "Doctor Baldwin / Villino Rubio / 1. Via Palestro / Florence / Italy."
Written from "York Cottage, / Sandringham, / Norfolk" on stationery engraved with the address and a small crown in the upper left corner under which she has signed "May."
Signed "Victoria Mary."
Envelope with postage and postmarks to "Doctor Baldwin / Villino Rubio / 1. Via Palestro / Florence / Italy."
Provenance
Dr. William W. Baldwin; his grandson Nicholas Baldwin; Patricia S. Baldwin.
Summary
Concerning medical treatment for her maid; saying "When I answered your first letter yesterday (MA 9781.7) I knew that you had made a mistake & had given me an account of my small nephew's eyes instead of my maid's but I was too polite to say so, hence the many questions I felt bound to ask you with regard to Tatry. I am most grateful to you for sending me Pagenstecher's account of Tatry's eyes as far as he can judge not having seen her, but as it would be extremely inconvenient to send her to Wiesbaden for an indefinite time, your idea of letting her see a specialist in London I think an excellent one. And would it do for me to arrange this & let Tatry be under the specialist's care for massage for a time & see how this answers? Do let me hear if you approve & which of the Drs. you mention you would prefer, also pray give their addresses - I hope to go to London Oct'r 26th for a week so if I have yr answer at once Tatry can see the specialist in London - & hear what he says - I should be so thankful if something could at last be done for my poor maid as it is most distressing to me to see her suffering from such a distressing thing. Hoping to hear that the gout has left you."
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