BIB_ID
430251
Accession number
MA 14300.33
Creator
Bowers, Eleanor, sender.
Display Date
Hanover, Germany, 1859 February 19.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (8 pages) ; 20.6 x 13 cm
Notes
Written from "Herrenhausen."
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Asking where she is and complaining that she has not heard from her for months, informing her that her family will be going to England in June and that the eldest daughter has "made her debut"; recounting a court ball she attended the prevous night and commenting on the attire, appearance, and conduct of some of those present; discussing various items and of news and society gossip, as well as current fashion; asking after the Blaze de Bury family and inquiring as to the name of their new baby; complaining about the weather in Hanover; discussing Countess Grote and her daughter's marriage ("Her daughter who married Münchausen is quite out of society in consequence of her husband's probities") and various mutual acquaintances.
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