BIB_ID
428876
Accession number
MA 14286.58
Creator
Knox, Maria, 1795-1822, sender.
Display Date
Nasirabad, India, 1821 November 24.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 22.7 x 18.4 cm
Notes
Address panel: Mrs. Colonel Butler / Care of Misses Cruttenden & Co. [crossed out] / Calcutta [crossed out] / Berhampore / 24th Novr.
A lac or lakh is a traditional Indian word for 100,000 of something, often money.
Forms part of a collection (MA 14286.1-66) of letters written by Maria Knox to her mother, Mrs. Harriet Butler.
A lac or lakh is a traditional Indian word for 100,000 of something, often money.
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
Writing that Henry's brother George is distraught over their father's death and conveying the circumstances of the death. Writing that she, Alexander, Charlotte, and Mr. (Charles Walter)Welchman are still planning to take their tour (mentioned in a prior letter). Commenting on Mrs. Holland's improved health following her pregnancy, adding "She is the mother of an exceedingly fine Boy whom she nurses herself & has never enjoyed such good health." Reporting that Mrs. Farrington is unwell following the birth of her child (mentioned in the letter of November 18), which Maria blames on "not attending to Welchman's instructions." Commenting on a military appointment and reporting that "Old Bathurst" has died "worth 5 Lacs of rupees. he has left a lac to each of his daughters."
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