BIB_ID
428426
Accession number
MA 14286.26
Creator
Knox, Maria, 1795-1822, sender.
Display Date
Nasirabad, India, 1821 April 17.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (6 pages) ; 25.4 x 20.4 cm
Notes
Address panel with remains of seal: Mrs. Colonel. Butler / Care of G. Cruttenden Esq. [crossed out] / Calcutta [crossed out] / Barrackpore / 17th April.
Forms part of a collection (MA 14286.1-66) of letters written by Maria Knox to her mother, Mrs. Harriet Butler.
Mr. Brougham was Henry Peter Brougham, first Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), an English lawyer and politician. He served as Caroline of Brunswick's attorney-general during her divorce proceedings in Parliament. See Michael Lobban, "Brougham, Henry Peter, first Baron Brougham and Vaux" in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Forms part of a collection (MA 14286.1-66) of letters written by Maria Knox to her mother, Mrs. Harriet Butler.
Mr. Brougham was Henry Peter Brougham, first Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), an English lawyer and politician. He served as Caroline of Brunswick's attorney-general during her divorce proceedings in Parliament. See Michael Lobban, "Brougham, Henry Peter, first Baron Brougham and Vaux" in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Reporting that she and Alexander have reconciled with the Fagans after their quarrel of the past fall. Writing that Mr. Fagan sent an apology to Alexander through Captain Hall, and that the Fagans later dined at the Knox's home. Commenting on her mother's situation, "I have refrained from saying any thing on all the uncertainty of your situation my dearest mother for I am sure it must be horrid enough for you to endure." Writing of the "heavy accusations" against Mrs. Roberts' husband. Reporting that Alexander is "full of admiration of Mr. Brougham's Defense of the Queen" and commenting, "I wonder what his fat Majesty says!".
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