BIB_ID
428613
Accession number
MA 23198.12
Creator
Gurney, Emelia Russell, 1823-1896.
Display Date
London, England, 1886 July 20.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1982.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.7 c 11.2 cm + envelope address panel
Notes
Envelope address panel with postage and postmarks to "Mrs. John Field / Ashfield / Co. Franklin / Mass: / U.S.A."
Written from "3, Orme Square" on stationery engraved with the address.
This letter was acquired with a large collection of letters written to Mr. and Mrs. John W. Field and was previously accessioned MA 3838.
Written from "3, Orme Square" on stationery engraved with the address.
This letter was acquired with a large collection of letters written to Mr. and Mrs. John W. Field and was previously accessioned MA 3838.
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1982.
Summary
Thanking them for the "...charming little double candlestick...I do think it the sweetest thing of you both to let me have it while you keep its Twin - It is most touchingly precious to me;" wondering how they are doing and commenting on how "We live so much in the past & in the future - but our God calls Himself in the present tense I am & it is in the present moment & the present circumstance we must find our being fed by Him... It is this living present Sustenance I commend you both..Geraldine has sent me the most charming letter of Kathleens describing her delightful hospitable hosts & their fascinating surroundings - How it will refresh & renew her youth! Again & again I embrace you! "
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