BIB_ID
428885
Accession number
MA 14286.59
Creator
Knox, Maria, 1795-1822, sender.
Display Date
Nasirabad, India, 1821 December 23.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (8 pages) ; 18.4 x 11.1 cm
Notes
Address page: Mrs. Colonel Butler / On her way up the River / to be left at the Post Office / Patna / Decr 23d.
Note that Maria has become very ill in the month since the previous letter in the collection.
Hooghly refers to the city of Hooghly-Chinsurah, West Bengal, India.
Forms part of a collection (MA 14286.1-66) of letters written by Maria Knox to her mother, Mrs. Harriet Butler.
Note that Maria has become very ill in the month since the previous letter in the collection.
Hooghly refers to the city of Hooghly-Chinsurah, West Bengal, India.
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 is feeling slightly better, but remains confined to her couch and that she hopes that the cold weather will improve her condition. Writing that she has lost hope of better health. Reporting that she has received a letter from her friend General Powell in England as well as mother's letter from Hooghly. Writing that she is pleased with Miria, her servant. Reporting that George received a letter from Henry and Anne in England. Writing that George wants to go to Calcutta, but that she and Alexander are against it, as "he will only get into debt for he has an extravagant turn." Writing that "Emily Shakespeare was to be married on the 12 to Mr. William Dick ... he is Magistrate at Agra" and commenting that "Aleck and Charlotte seem to think my illness will stop your journey."
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