BIB_ID
428772
Accession number
MA 14286.49
Creator
Knox, Maria, 1795-1822, sender.
Display Date
Nasirabad, India, 1821 October 14.
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 / 14th Octr.
Ajmere refers to the city of Ajmer, Rajasthan, and the district of the same name.
Kishenghur refers to the city of Kishangarh, Ajmer District, Rajasthan.
Forms part of a collection (MA 14286.1-66) of letters written by Maria Knox to her mother, Mrs. Harriet Butler.
Ajmere refers to the city of Ajmer, Rajasthan, and the district of the same name.
Kishenghur refers to the city of Kishangarh, Ajmer District, Rajasthan.
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
Requesting some items from Calcutta and reporting that her health has improved and that they have planned "a little tour to Ajmere & Kishenghur next month." Commenting that Mr. (Charles Walter) Welchman is "one of the kindest and most attentive husbands I ever saw." Writing that Alexander "was siezed with a violent bleeding at the nose" two days earlier which lasted all night, and was treated by Mr. Welchman. Commenting on the affairs of Mrs. Ludlove, a recent widow. Writing that Alexander is saving "the fattest Bullock" for "home fed beef" when her mother arrives in Nasirabad.
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