BIB_ID
428712
Accession number
MA 14286.48
Creator
Knox, Maria, 1795-1822, sender.
Display Date
Nasirabad, India, 1821 October 9.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 25.7 x 20.3 cm
Notes
Address panel: Mrs. Colonel Butler / Care of Mrs. Canty / Barrackpore / 9th October.
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
Reporting that she has "been better and stronger altogether since this month commenced" and that Anne and Henry are unlikely to return to India for at least two years on account of their travels to France. Commenting on her mother's journey to Nasirabad, that "I am afraid you will have such a cold and tedious journey." Asking for advice on what she needs for the baby's arrival. Writing that a Mr. Hanson "has sent 20 numbers of his journal" to Alexander. Asking her mother so see if supplies Alexander ordered have been sent yet.
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