BIB_ID
430481
Accession number
MA 14300.49
Creator
Brougham, Emily Frances, 1811-1884, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1847 January 26.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 22.4 x 18.7 cm
Notes
Date of writing from postmark; place of writng from internal evidence: according to The Morning Chronicle (Saturday, January 2, 1847; Issue 24085) Mrs Brougham gave birth to a daughter on December 24, 1846, at Grosvenor Square, London.
Postmarked with seal; with address panel: Madame / Made La Baronne Blaze de Bury / Rue Neuve de Luxembourg / 18 / à Paris / France.
Cross written on first page.
Postmarked with seal; with address panel: Madame / Made La Baronne Blaze de Bury / Rue Neuve de Luxembourg / 18 / à Paris / France.
Cross written on first page.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Concerning the difficulty of settling upon a name for her newborn daughter, Madame Blaze de Bury's travel plans, and an accident that befell Mrs Mountjoy Martin as a passenger on the Great Western Railway.
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