BIB_ID
428334
Accession number
MA 14286.24
Creator
Knox, Maria, 1795-1822, sender.
Display Date
Nasirabad, India, 1821 March 23.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (5 pages) ; 25.3 x 20.1 cm
Notes
Address page with remains of seal: Mrs. Colonel. Butler / Care of G. Cruttenden Esq. [scratched out] / Calcutta [scratched out] / Barrackpore / 23rd March.
Mr. George Cruttenden was an India trader and partner in the firm of Cruttenden, McKillop, and Co.
Forms part of a collection (MA 14286.1-66) of letters written by Maria Knox to her mother, Mrs. Harriet Butler.
Mr. George Cruttenden was an India trader and partner in the firm of Cruttenden, McKillop, and Co.
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
Commenting on her mother's complaints about the weather in Bengal and criticizing Mr. Cruttenden. Writing that Charlotte is in conflict with Mrs. Halliday and commenting on an issue with "the little property in Mr. Palmer's hands", owing to a change in the exchange rate between the rupee and the pound. Planning a list of supplies to send for if her mothershould come to visit them. Relaying Alexander's comments on the pay for army officers and recalling a party she attended with Charlotte and Alexander.
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