BIB_ID
428787
Accession number
MA 14286.51
Creator
Knox, Maria, 1795-1822, sender.
Display Date
Nasirabad, India, 1821 October 26.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 25.8 x 20.5 cm
Notes
Address page: Mrs. Colonel Butler / Care of Messrs Cruttenden & Co. [crossed out] / Calcutta [crossed out] / Barrackpore / 26th Octr.
Magnesia was recognized as a laxative in the early nineteenth century. See J. Murray, A System of Materia Medica and Pharmacy, with Notes by N. Chapman, vol. 1 (New York, 1821), 269.
Forms part of a collection (MA 14286.1-66) of letters written by Maria Knox to her mother, Mrs. Harriet Butler.
Magnesia was recognized as a laxative in the early nineteenth century. See J. Murray, A System of Materia Medica and Pharmacy, with Notes by N. Chapman, vol. 1 (New York, 1821), 269.
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 her health is much improved and that (Charles Walter) Welchman has ascribed her pain to "wind or spasms" and prescribed Magnesia, which has eliminated it. Reporting that Charlotte is still ill. Writing that Alexander very much wants to return to England and commenting on Anne and Henry's lifestyle there. Sharing the story of a prominent failed engagement in Delhi, between Captain Gwatkin and Miss Smith. Reporting that Edward Ridge is in poor health after his injury in battle, that the Kennedys will be leaving town soon, expressing her shock at learning of "the death of that sweet interesting little girl Maria Cecilia", and lamenting the recent deaths of other children.
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