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Letter from Mrs. Bowyer-Smijth, Paris?, to Baroness Marie Blaze de Bury, 1857? : autograph manuscript signed with initials.

BIB_ID
430460
Accession number
MA 14300.40
Creator
Bowyer-Smijth, Marianne Frances, 1821-1875, sender.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1857.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.5 x 11.4 cm
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Requesting that she arrive early for a gathering on the next day "to give us time to say a few words before the rest come"; commenting on some guests who are "both so charmed with yr. notes to them ... they are looking forward to Sunday they say they do delight in a romp"; saying that she is in "a bit of fright" on account of the arrival of a letter for "Sir W" from his agent, that four of the "embassy boys" are to dine with them tomorrow, and asking her to stay late if possible.