BIB_ID
428629
Accession number
MA 23198.19
Creator
Gurney, Emelia Russell, 1823-1896.
Display Date
London, England, 1886 December 14.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1982.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.7 x 11.4 cm + envelope address panel
Notes
Written from "3, Orme Square" on stationery engraved with the address.
Envelope address panel with postage and postmarks to "Mrs. John Field / 1400 New Hampshire Avenue / Washington D.C. / U.S.A."
This letter was acquired with a large collection of letters written to Mr. and Mrs. John W. Field and was previously accessioned MA 3838.
Envelope address panel with postage and postmarks to "Mrs. John Field / 1400 New Hampshire Avenue / Washington D.C. / U.S.A."
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
Saying she will send her the image of St. Peter that she mentioned in her last letter (MA 23198.18) in two days; adding "Yesterday I met dear old Mr. Jukes - an old prophet in our Church - he was telling me of a Mrs. Sullivan who had been suffering agonies for years - & sank a few hours after a terrible operation - in the interval she expressed her feeling in a Song. I said I should like to have that song to send to some dear sufferers in America - he sent me this note today which I send on to you (see MA 23198.20) - feeling as if it, itself w'd convey something a copy could not - there being a virtue in the hand that wrote it. This will get to you about Christmas time & be better than a Christmas Card - I thought of that word scourgeth just now - not only chasteneth but scourgeth every Son whom He receiveth! It is terrible - some scourge stripes enter into the very heart & tear it - & must bring out mighty Trust - or Despair - we know which the Scourge is bringing out of you dearest friend."
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