BIB_ID
428293
Accession number
MA 14286.17
Creator
Knox, Maria, 1795-1822, sender.
Display Date
Nasirabad, India, 1821 January 4.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (5 pages) ; 24.8 x 20.2 cm
Notes
Address page with postmark and remains of seal: Mrs. Butler / Care of Lieut Colonel Wood / Engineers / Fort William / 4th January
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
Admiring her mother's "self denial and abstinence" and committing to follow it for her own health. Commenting on her and Alexander's present cold relationship with the Fagans (the subject of several previous letters). Reporting that Mrs. Kennedy gave birth to a daughter the previous day, that Mr. Dewaal has died, and discussing who will care for his wife. Reporting other local news and recent millitary activities.
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